listen
Hear Karla Avila!
Check out some of my music.
Visit www.myspace.com/karlaavilamusic
to listen to selected tracks from Karla Avila Live
in Concert.
 Hear
Karla on the Big Screen!
In 2005 Karla contracted the orchestra as
well as performed on clarinet on the film score to the Zeitgeist film Ballets
Russes, a documentary depicting through the memoirs of the original
dancers of the Ballet Russe the story of the famous ballet company that
premiered Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and brought ballet to America.
Composers David Conte and Todd Boekelheide wrote a beautiful soundtrack to
this documentary, which opened in NYC and SF in November and went on to
open in major cities across the country. It opened in SF at the Embarcadero
Center, after which it went to the Opera Plaza and the Red Vic. The film
and the music received critical acclaim by the New York Times and stayed at
the top of the national critic’s picks list for over 20 weeks! For more
information, visit www.balletsrussesmovie.com.
The
soundtrack was released in 2006 by the Intrada label and is available on
CD.
You can buy the soundtrack to Ballets
Russes at www.amazon.com and www.intrada.com.
A second film score to Orozco: Man of
Fire screens at Dolby Laboratories with plans to air on PBS
In 2006 Karla contracted a
chamber orchestra and performed on clarinet for composer David Conte’s
second film score, Orozco, a documentary about the life and art of
Mexican artist and muralist Jose Clemente Orozco, a man who influenced
artists such as Jackson Pollock and other prominent expressionists. The
film was screened at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco with
plans to air on PBS. Stay tuned for more details, or visit www.paradigmproductions.org for more information.
Nothingset Ensemble: A new music project
Composers Ted Hine and Darren Jones founded this awesome n.m.e., with some of the hottest young players on the scene in SF. Music is written or arranged for this eclectic and edgy instrumentation: clarinets, violin, cello, double bass, guitar, percussion, marimba, melodica, piano, and trombone. Visit www.nothingset.com for more information.
MikNawooj: A Hip Hop Project
Composer JooWan Kim has united with
Oakland-based rapper extraordinaire Kirby Dominant and some of the hottest
instrumentalists around to form MikNawooj. It’s straight-up hip hop with
sic beats and even sicker lyrics. The instrumentation makes for a really
fresh sound- piano, upright bass, drums, violin, cello, flute, and
clarinet. We just released our first album, Great Integration. It’s
about a prophet named MikNawooj and a black swordsman, the resurrecting of
gods and the lords of the material world, battles on mountains, demons, and
all this other crazy awesome wicked mythological stuff. Stay tuned for
upcoming shows this fall…
Check out Ensemble Mik Nawooj at www.myspace.com/ensemblemiknawooj.
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Local artists worth checking out:
My friend and great composer, Ian Dickenson,
is one of the truly talented up-and-comers in the Bay Area. He also plays a
mean bass. Check him out at http://www.iandickenson.com.
Another talented young composer (and good
friend) who is not afraid to write outside the box, Ryan Brown, can be
found at http://www.ryanbrownmusic.net.
I also recommend checking out trumpeter
extraordinaire and composer Erik Jekabson. He is definitely one of the hottest jazz trumpet players
around. Check out his site for
more info:
http://www.erikjekabson.com.
Recommended Products:
For custom-made clarinet and saxophone
mouthpieces for musicians of all levels, clarinet barrels and more, visit
the site of my good friend and fine mouthpiece maker Clark Fobes at http://www.clarkwfobes.com.
For fun teaching
methods and play-along books for teaching your students about jazz, go to
Jamey Aebersold’s site at http://www.jazzbooks.com, and of course, have them get as many recordings as
possible. I love Amoeba Music
on Haight Street for jazz and classical and everything else at a great
price.
Nobody’s Mother getting our groove on at Lefty
O’Douls, 2003
The Avenue Winds with John Adams
John Adams Young Composers Forum, May 2008
www.avenuewinds.com
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