Art Omi: Music

Open Call 2027

Apply now! The Open Call for Art Omi: Music 2027 will run from Friday, August 14 to Thursday, October 1, 2026.

2027 Residency Dates: Thursday, August 12–Monday, August 30

Application Fee: $15
Kindly note, the application fee covers the cost of administration to process applications.

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Music in the Barn

Art Omi: Music 2026

Thursday, August 13–Monday, August 31, 2026

About

Art Omi: Music invites ten to twelve musicians and composers from around the globe to come together for two and a half weeks each summer for a uniquely collaborative music making residency.

Art Omi: Music encourages its participants to share ideas, perform each other’s works, and write music for one another, while exploring their own musical vision and broadening their artistic and cultural horizons.

Informal concerts invite the public to experience the creative process, collaboration, and development of the residents.

Art Omi: Music welcomes composers and sound-makers working in all genres and from all backgrounds, from all over the world. As Art Omi: Music encourages and fosters participation in new collaborative environments, only applications from individual applicants are accepted.

Art Omi residency programs offer artists the vital opportunity of space and time to create both individually and with one another. Lodging, meals and studio space on Art Omi’s beautiful 200-acre campus in the Hudson Valley are provided at no cost to the residents.

Accommodations & Facilities

Art Omi is located two and a half hours north of New York City in the historic Hudson River Valley's Columbia County. Named for a neighboring village, the hamlet of Omi is close to the small town of Ghent, NY, as well as Albany, Chatham, and Hudson, NY, which offers train connections less than thirty minutes away (we provide transportation to and from the Hudson, NY train station).

The facilities, situated on 300 acres of open land, include the Sculpture & Architecture Park, Benenson Center and Newmark Gallery, a large two-story barn, and other farm structures with spaces for rehearsing, plus contemporary residence buildings designed with a vernacular reference to local barns, all surrounded by abundant perennial beds and expansive lawns dotted with fruit trees.

A Federal Period farm house serves as a gathering center for residents, providing a full kitchen, library and laundry facilities. The front porch overlooks rolling hills and the majestic outline of the Catskill Range. A swimming pool, bicycles, WiFi access and several computers are available on the premises. Lunch and dinner are served daily for communal meals, and a fully stocked kitchen provides plentiful food for breakfasts and snacks.

Columbia County, and the nearby Berkshire Mountains, are popular destinations because of their historical, natural and cultural riches. From bird sanctuaries to summer performance festivals, presidential mansions to farmer's markets, the environs offer a singular blend of rural quiet and cultural stimulation. Staff and friends in the neighborhood are often available for excursions of interest to residents.

Alumni

2025

2024

2023

Click here to view the Art Omi Alumni Directory, including the full list of Art Omi: Music Alumni.

Alumni-in-Residence

Director & Board

Program Director

Jeffrey Lependorf, a composer of operas and chamber music, is also a certified master of the shakuhachi (a traditional Japanese flute) and performs on a variety of Asian bamboo flutes.

He has performed and heard his music performed across the United States, Europe, and Japan. His music has in fact literally been performed around the globe: a recording of his "Night Pond" for solo shakuhachi launched into space when the shuttle Atlantis took off on May 15, 1997 and remained for a year aboard the Russian space station Mir.

His “Masterpieces of Western Music” audio course can be found on audible.com, and some recordings can be found on iTunes and Amazon.com. 

He also serves as Executive Director of the John Cage Trust. 

Program Board

Art Omi: Music Supporters

Art Omi's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional program support is provided in part by the Mellon Foundation and Artist Communities Alliance's (ACA) McKnight Artist Residencies Consortium.

About Artist Communities Alliance: Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) is the international service organization for artist residency programs and artist-centered organizations. For 30 years, ACA has held the belief that cultivation of new art and ideas is essential to human progress, and that the practice of artists and culture bearers holds the power to transform, uplift, and sustain the world. Because we know that artist residencies are indispensable platforms for artists across disciplines, we work to support the people who power artist residencies. By centering artists and artists residencies, providing them with tools, knowledge-sharing, resources, and frameworks to create and sustain inclusive, accessible, just, and joyful environments, we work to unite people and inspire the field.

About the Program: The McKnight Fellowship Residency is a partnership between Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) and the McKnight Foundation. The program is designed to build equitable capacity in the artist communities field and connect McKnight Fellows with residency opportunities.

BANNER IMAGES Photos: Alon Koppel