User:O. Ian Ávalos
Omar Ian Ávalos Gallegos, born March 25, 1979 in Orange, California is a Mexican-American composer, performer, conductor and musicologist. He is an associate music instructor at Santa Ana College and a former principal musician for the Department of Dance at the University of California at Irvine. Omar studied musicology at Cal State Fullerton with musicologist John Koegel.[1]
Musical Compositions
[edit]Chamber Works
[edit]Mixed Ensemble
[edit]La Lotería (2005): I. La dama, II. El catrín, III. La rosa, IV. El violoncello, V. El músico
String quartet
[edit]Salón Catrín (2005): I. Tango, II. Bolero, III. Danzón
Duet
[edit]Inveral for violin and piano, (2005)
This Moment for soprano voice and guitar, (2006)
Solo Works
[edit]Flamenco Guitar
[edit]Angelina (Tangos)
Armillita (Bulerías)
Blanca Luz (Alegrías)
Cabalgando (Bulerías)
El santoral (Soleá)
Entre vientos (Fandangos)
Kalifé (Tangos)
La zanja (Taranta)
Sonsonete (Zapateado)
Riachuelo de Santiago (Soleá por bulerías)
Classical Guitar
[edit]Dos dedicaciones: I. Giraldiana, II. Oliviana
Piano
[edit]Dos bailes cortos: I. Tango, II. Bolero
Performances
[edit]As Conductor
[edit]The Santa Ana Camerata: Inaugural Concert. March 11, 2017, Phillips Hall Theatre at Santa Ana College.
Musicians:
- Anastasia Sullivan, Violin
- Alex Mascorro, Violin
- Paulina Alvarado, Violin
- Hao-Nien Q. Vu, Viola
- Samar Catón, Cello
Presentations
[edit]A Mixer with the Masters: A Panel Discussion with Arturo Márquez, Pilar O'Cádiz and Felipe Castaneda, 2011. [2]
The Film Music of Silvestre Revueltas, Bowers Museum, 2014.[3]
Music Literature
[edit]Thesis
[edit]An Anthology and Study of Nineteenth-Century Mexican Guitar Music (2013, California State University Fullerton & ProQuest Theses and Dissertations)
Articles
[edit]The State of Research on the Mexican Musical Baroque Period (2008, unpublished)
Musical Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century Mexico (2008, unpublished)
Expanding the Definition of Baroque Music Through the Example of Latin-American Baroque Hybridity (2009, Issuu)
Form and Content in the Incantation of Ecuatorial by Edgard Varèse, with New Proposals for Future Performance (2009, unpublished)
Kaufman and Gershwin's Political Musicals Of Thee I Sing and Let 'Em Eat Cake: Pultizer Prize Winning Political Incorrectness (2010, unpublished)
Monographs
[edit]Mexican Art Music: A Wikipedia Companion [1]
Mexican Art Music: A Historical Survey (In progress)
Flamencology
[edit]Flamencali: Revista del flamenco angelino