Jeremy Dávalos is a composer, trumpet player, concert recording engineer, and videographer based in the Los Angeles area.

As a composer, Jeremy writes music that experiments at the stylistic intersection of contemporary classical music and modern jazz, all to create deeply emotional musical experiences unique to each performance. His music melds the highly specific formal development and timbral exploration of the former with the use of improvisation and trust in the individual performer’s musicianship from the latter to explore the possibilities of this intersection.

He has received two commissions from the Impulse New Music Festival, where he collaborated with Brightwork New Music and other musicians active in the Los Angeles new music scene. His piece “A Prayer Amidst the Chaos” made its live debut with the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Hear Now Festival in 2024, alongside numerous LA composers. His piece “Intertwined” won first place in the 2022 Iron Composer’s Competition at the Cortona Sessions for New Music, which he returned to in the Netherlands with an Audio/Video Fellowship in 2024. His works have been performed around the greater Los Angeles area, as well as schools and festivals across the United States.

As a performer, Jeremy is dedicated to premiering new works. He has premiered over two dozen new works for brass ensemble by LA composers as a trumpet player in the Los Angeles Brass Alliance, several new choral works as a baritone at the 2023 and ‘24 NEO Voice Festivals, and numerous works at various universities in new music and jazz ensembles. This year, he performed twice alongside Brightwork New Music, most recently performing the late Clarence Barlow’s herculean work “Septima de Facto”. As a freelancer, Jeremy can be found in pit orchestras, horn sections, jazz ensembles, and churches around Southern California. 

Beyond composing and performing, Jeremy cares deeply about helping musicians document their performances through recordings that deliver an enhanced live listening experience. He frequently records the Los Angeles Brass Alliance, numerous university recitals, and all manner of performances around the city.