A woman with blonde hair staring upward at the night sky with city lights and a bridge in the background.

GARI

GARI (also known as Chloe Villamayor) is a Filipino-American interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, whose work explores the role of the body in physicalizing the internal, intangible, and ephemeral. Her eclectic art-pop sound hybridizes classical composition training, hook-driven singer-songwriter sensibilities, experimental vocal techniques, and custom gesture-controlled technology with Max MSP programming.

Her debut album, Is it mine? If my name was ___, is it mine? (2024) is an introspective genre-fluid work featuring gritty yet delicate vocals, electroacoustic soundscapes blending chamber ensembles and digital synths, and a two-part dance music video series in collaboration with Movement in Motion Collective. 

Outside of GARI, Chloe is a music educator, performer, and academic. She has performed alongside creative cyclists, freestyle footballers, and dancers as the violinist/vocalist for the performance art piece, “This Entry,” by Tino Seghal at LACMA. She is a recurring music production and composition educator with the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra.

Chloe graduated from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music in 2025 with a B.M. in Composition, studying under Ted Hearne, Nina Young, Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother), and Tom Hall. She is currently pursuing an M.M. in Composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. 

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  • A woman with long hair is standing in front of a colorful, abstract, projected background with light effects, looking upward with her mouth open.

  • Photo © USC 2025; Used with permission by the USC Thornton School of Music Office of Communications / Photos by David M. Giannamore

  • A woman with long hair kneeling on the floor in a dark room with colorful lighting, surrounded by DJ and music equipment, possibly in a nightclub or concert setting.

  • A large projection screen displays a black-and-white image of a woman's face with light-colored hair. Below, there are three women working at a table with electronic equipment, and a rainbow-colored light arc appears in the foreground.

  • A woman sitting cross-legged on the stage floor, singing into a microphone with her eyes closed, in a dimly lit performance venue with colored lights. She is wearing dark clothing and patterned fishnet stockings, with a sound mixer on her lap.

live

08/08/25 opening for Tom Hall at 2220 Arts

04/24/25 USC Thornton Carson Soundstage

04/20/24 Music in Motion Collective fundraiser

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