2025 Festival
March 28-30, 2025 Phoenix, AZ
Co-Sponsored by
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The 11th Annual Oh My Ears (OME) New Music Festival will take place March 28-30, 2025 at multiple venues in Downtown Phoenix. Applications are due by Friday, December 8th, 2024 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.
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.

Festival Program

Alberto Carretero - Fata Morgana
Jordan Holloway - Saxophone Quartet No. 2
Julie Zhu - Lawrence St

Artist Bio

Kodachrome is a multi award-winning saxophone quartet that was founded by four graduate students from Arizona State University. Since forming in 2022, Kodachrome has been awarded First Prize in the 10th Coltman Chamber Music Competition, 10th Plowman Chamber Music Competition, and the Gold Medal at the 50th Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Their artistry has taken Kodachrome to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Texas, and China.

Kodachrome enjoys performing music of all genres, and finds artistic fulfillment in performing the works of, and collaborating with composers who move the saxophone repertoire forward, to create an enriching experience for audiences. The quartet is dedicated to sharing their music with the greater Phoenix Area and building a strong community through music, with performances and tours throughout the U.S. scheduled for the 2024/2025 season. Founding members are Calvin Wong on soprano saxophone, Jade Deatherage on alto saxophone, Siobhan Plouffe on tenor saxophone and Bonson Lee on baritone saxophone.