Author Archives: Omar

Brooklyn bound!

  I’m having a new organ piece being performed in Brooklyn Heights this Friday, March 16th at 7:30pm.  Admission is $10. On the bill are other great composers such as Corey Dargel, Wil Smith, Paula Matthusen, Orlando Jacinto García, Eric KM Clark, and Irene Buckley. Video Artist, Nathan Selikoff, will also be there projecting some amazing [...] Read More…

updates and other things

  Been a while since my last update, so here we go! – ‘severed’score uploaded for you to peruse. – new mix of ‘severed’, thanks to Jason Robins. – resume updated   Open publication – Free publishing – More ambient   Read More…

new work

  Check out my new piece, ‘severed’, here. Read More…

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

  Norfolk, CT is truly a gorgeous place.  Rehearsals have been going really well. I can’t wait for Saturday morning and the premiere of  ’severed’. Read More…

summer 11

  Just a peek at what I wake up to everyday. Preston Park, PA. Read More…

YSM Award

  Proud to say that I was awarded the 2011 Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Memorial Prize. The award is for the best composition written in a contrapuntal style.  I guess my plan for ‘blanket’ worked after all!   For more information about other awards the Yale School of Music offers, click here. Read More…

scores – old and new

  Added some more music to the scores section, along with a new way to peruse through them.  Take a look for yourself. Open publication – Free publishing – More ebow Read More…

live footage of “blanket”

  In case you missed the concert, here’s a video you can watch.  Thanks, Heather! Read More…

live performance of “blanket” from NMNH 03/24/11

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new recording

  I spent the last couple of weeks working on this new recording of “dirty lie”.  Would like to thank Shannon Lee Hayden, Joe Magar, and Domenic Salerni for all of their hard work on this track.  Glad I’m giving this piece another shot!   Listen here to it here.           [...] Read More…

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