Festival

10th Annual OME New Music Festival

March 22-24, 2024 Phoenix AZ

The application to apply is now closed.

Please direct all questions to Amber Walker, OME Festival Program Director, at admin@ohmyears.com

The 10th Annual Oh My Ears (OME) New Music Festival will take place March 22-24, 2024 at multiple venues in Downtown Phoenix. Applications are due by Friday, December 22, 2023 at 11:59pm (MST). Applicants from any state in the U.S. as well as international artists are welcome to apply! There is no application fee.

Artist Payment is $100 for solo performers, $125 for duos, and $175 for ensembles with 3+ members. Performers also receive free admission to all festival shows.

We expect everyone to be responsible and professional. We expect prospective artists to be detailed and honest in completing their applications. We ask our artists to do their best to help promote their participation in our festival and use their social media presence to promote what they’re doing at OME - we will provide social media cards to make this an easy task. We expect artists to respond to communications in a timely manner so that we can keep things running smoothly.

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Applications for the 2024 Oh My Ears Festival will open in September 2023. Sign up for our mailing list and follow us on social media to stay up to date.

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March 28-30, 2024

Phoenix, AZ

Individual Concert Tickets

$TBD

Day Pass

$TBD

2024 Festival Program (PDF)

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

STRING AND WIRE: Picard & Picard, twice as if, Wombat

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

INTERTWINE: Anna Elder, Cecilia Suhr

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

TAKE A DEEP BREATH: Devon Osamu Tipp, Robert Spring

OME Presents

Phoenix Conservatory of Music

BLAZE: Amber Walker, Julia Lougheed, Composers/Improvisers Big Band (CIBB)

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

WAVE MAKING: Chatori Shimizu, Duo Charango, Kyle Motl

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

AUGMENT: William Riley Leitch, Chromic, Man Up

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

LONGITUDE: Digital Void, Matthew Lau, Gabi Vanek

OME Presents

Phoenix Conservatory of Music

GLIMPSES: Sarah Off, Jordan Lulloff, Dr. Katrina Clements

OME Presents

Virtual Concert

SPARK and SMOLDER: confluss, Adrianne Munden-Dixon, Émilie Fortin, Scott Worthington

Concert 1

Phoenix College: Sessions Recital Hall

Émilie Fortin | Gözde Çakır Ramsey | Works by Bill Clay: performed by Elliot Yang & Opuntia Winds

Concert 2

Phoenix Colllege: Sessions Recital Hall

Noise Art Show: Chris Goulet | Luke Helker | Lauren Sarah Hayes with Gabriella Issac (electronic improv)

Concert 3

Phoenix College: Sessions Recital Hall

Desert Echoes Flute Project Chamber Choir | Corey Denham | Joe Drzewiecki and Pamela Rogers present Fictitious Intelligence

Concert 4

Phoenix College: Sessions Recital Hall

Cecilia Suhr | Joshua Carro | Silent G (and Friends!)

Concert 5

Phoenix College: Sessions Recital Hall

Morgan Sutherland, Ethan Fox, and Caleb Hupp present: Mauricio Kagel’s Dressur | Elizabeth Soflin

Concert 6

CIBO Carriage House

OME Staff Ensemble | Desert Breath | Sqwonk

OME Presents

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Seven Oh My Ears staff members pose for a photo at the end of the 2023 OME festival.

OME Staff Members at the 2023 festival

About the Festival

The OME New Music Festival is an annual event where we invite unique and adventurous ensembles, solo artists, and projects to perform works by modern composers. The OME Festival has historically featured its performers in an eclectic variety of venues, from traditional concert halls to art galleries, bars, and cafes.

To participate in the annual festival you must fill out the application and be selected by our panel. The application typically goes live in the fall.

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