O. Ian Ávalos (ASCAP)

Composer and Musicologist.
I am a professional musician that combines composition, performance, and education. I compose mainly for myself and perform mostly as a flamenco guitarist and accompanist. I have worked as an associate music instructor at Santa Ana College since 2001. I have also been a principal musician for the Department of Dance at UC Irvine on and off since 2001.
I am currently doing graduate research in Musicology at CSU Fullerton where my thesis will be: Music and Theater in Mexican Los Angeles: 1930-39.
Other topics I have developed during my graduate work there are: The State of Research on the Mexican Musical Baroque Period, Musical Romanticism in Nineteenth Century Mexico, and Expanding the Definition of Baroque Music Through the Example of Latin American Baroque Hybridity.
My most recent work is an analysis, “Content and Form in Ecuatorial by Edgard Varèse with New Proposals for Future Performance.” Ecuatorial is a futuristic orchestral work influenced by text from the Mayan book of genesis, the Popol Vuh.
As an undergraduate, I also did an analysis, “Form in Sensemayá by Silvestre Revueltas,” an orchestral work based on the poem of the same name by Cuban poet, Nicolás Guillén. During that time I wrote on and analyzed two film scores by Revueltas, Redes, and Ocho x radio, and wrote on and analyzed Krystof Penderecki’s Threnody: For the Victims of Hiroshima.
About three years ago I started work on a book Mexican Art Music: A Historical Survey. This is on hold now due to graduate school but it is about 80 - 90% done.
Specialties: Music composition, historical musicology, music performance, music instruction, guitar instruction, piano instruction, flamenco guitar, cante flamenco
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MORE:OMAR IAN AVALOS, has been active in the Los Angeles Flamenco scene for nearly a decade. He was primarily self taught in Flamenco guitar, and then later studied with other local guitarists such as Ted Mckown, Jose Tanaka, and Adam del Monte. He later attended courses in Flamenco guitar at the University of California Irvine during the "New World Flamenco Festival" with Jason McGuire, Jesus Torres, and Juan Antonio Suarez, "Canito". Part of his learning experience has come by performing alongside the local Flamenco talent Gabriel Reyna, a regular performer at El Cid. He most recently pursued studies in Flamenco guitar and composition in Seville, Spain with Lito Espinosa.
His experience in flamenco dance accompaniment includes work with Juan Talavera, Claudia de la Cruz, Yvette Garcia, Rocío Ponce, Ricardo Chávez, and Sarita Parra among others. He has performed at some of LA's most reputable Flamenco spots such as Alegria, Tapas, and Café Sevilla. Much of his involvement has been in the university circuit, including Cal Arts, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State LA, Soka University, and at UC Irvine where he served as a dance accompanist to Dr. Nancy Reuter.Other educational institutions where Omar has been involved as a performer and collaborator include Fullerton College, where he has performed and collaborated with Flamenco Dance instructor Rosa García, and at Santa Ana College where he has served as a music instructor since 2001.
Omar has collaborated on television projects for PBS (original score for a documentary alongside Enrique Rios), LATV and Univision (backup performance for Alex Ubago). His music will be featured in the upcoming made for TV movie "Con la misma moneda", written by Richard Villa (MTV, Hollywood Improv) and directed by Antonio "Tony" Pérez (mun2).
In 2006, Omar began excursions into Mexico, having performed on radio "Alter-Nativa" with hosts Rodolfo Meillón and Carlos Pérez and at CETYS University both in Ensenada, Baja California.
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OMAR IAN ÁVALOS GALLEGOS
Compositor y musicólogo.
Mexicano nacido en Estados Unidos de madre jaliciense y padre duranguense. Yo fui un niño precoz y muy inclinado a la música desde muy temprana edad. Mi primer premio musical lo gané a los seis años de edad. Crecí estudiando varios instrumentos entre ellos el piano, acordión, clarintete, saxofón, barítono, y el violín.
Me concentré en la guitarra en mi adolecencia empezando con los géneros de blues y jazz. Empecé a estudiar guitarra flamenca por afición e inquietud principalmente de manera autodidáctica. Luego estudié con los flamencos angelinos Ted Mckown, José Tanaka, y Adam del Monte. Asistí a cursos especiales de guitarra flamenca en la Universidad de California en Irvine durante el "New World Flamenco Festival" con los maestros Jason McGuire, Jesús Torres y Juan Antonio Suárez, "Canito". En el 2006 estudié guitarra flamenca y composición con Lito Espinosa en Sevilla, España.
He sido activo en Los Ángeles con Yvette García "La Sole", Gabriel Reyna, y especialmente con Juan Talavera con quien he trabajado extensamente. He participado en algunos de los tablaos más flamencos de este área como Tapas, Café Sevilla, y Alegría. He hecho varias presentaciones en el circuito universitario local incluyendo a Cal Arts, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State LA, Soka University, y UC Irvine donde acompañé a los cursos de baile Flamenco para la doctora Nancy Reuter. También he colaborado en otras instituciones incluyendo a Fullerton College con la instructora de baile flamenco Rosa García, y en Santa Ana College en donde yo he sido instructor de música desde el 2001.
En el 2006, empezé a excursionar haciendo presentaciones en Ensenada, Baja California México en CETYS Universidad y en el programa radiofónico de los locutores Rodolfo Meillón y Carlos Pérez llamado Alter-Nativa.
Actualmente estoy cursando la Maestría en Historia y Literatura de la Música (Musicología) en la Universidad Estatal de California en Fullerton (CSUF), donde estoy desarrollando mi tésis: La música y el teatro mexicano en Los Ángeles: 1930-39.
Durante mi estadía en CSUF he contribuido con investigación y documentación a los temas de "El estado de la investigación sobre la música barroca mexicana," "El romanticismo musical en México decimonónico," y "Expandiendo la definición de la música barroca occidental con el ejemplo de la hibrididad de la música barroca latinoamericana."
Hace tres años empecé a redactar un libro, "Mexican Art Music: A Historical Survey" un texto enfocado en la historia de la música de arte, o de concierto, culta, como quieran llamarle. Llevo casi el noventa porciento terminado.