classical music and beyond…
An emerging talent in the San Francisco Bay Area, Karla Avila teaches and performs in a variety of musical venues and genres. Her formal musical training includes a M.M. in Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2003) and a B.M. from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas (2000) where she studied clarinet, saxophone, voice, and piano.
The scope of her musical talent encompasses being a professional clarinet/saxophonist, both classical and non-classical, private instruction in clarinet/saxophone, and a multitude of collaborative projects on vocals and/or woodwinds in styles of music ranging from progressive rock to fusion to dub. Her extensive classical training, both instrumental and vocal, coupled with her passion for the progressive melding of musical genres has allowed her to explore many avenues of music performance and creation.