Nozomi Omote

About

Percussionist Nozomi Omote is an active freelancer and educator based in Brisbane.


She has worked with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, QLD Pops Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Clocked Out, Speak Percussion, Southern Cross Soloists, Ensemble Trivium, Sophie Min Orchestra and jazz trio Trichotomy.

Shugorei is her current passionate project with composer and electronic performer Thomas Green. Shugorei creates a huge range of genres and sounds with percussion and electronics.


Nozomi joined Ensemble Sooon, which is a chamber group consists of Martin Kay (Sax/bass clarinet), Danielle Bentley (cello) and myself (vibraphone/percussion). Ensemble Sooon is an indy-classical ensemble performing works blending notation and open-form structures, enabling a wide-ranging exploration of swirling musical currents. Three of Brisbane’s most fearless musicians form this unique ensemble. 
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She has performed at focus days for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Texas as a member of percussion group Early Warning System in 2015. She has actively attended several percussion research symposiums including the Roots and Rhizomes at UCSD in 2007, the Australian Percussion Gathering in 2010 and 2016, and Transplanted Roots in 2017.
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Nozomi decided to move to Australia to seek further musical study after encountering her mentor Thomas O’Kelly in Japan. She currently holds a master of music studies from Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium and a Bachelor of Education from Kanazawa University in Japan. She received the Hokuriku young performer prize and the Ishikawa prefecture new artist scholarship in 2004, and the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence in 2005.
She has been under the tutelage of Prof. Vanessa Tomlinson and Thomas O’Kelly. She also has been mentored by Evelyn Glennie, Robert van Sice, Bogdan Bacanu, Fritz Hauzer, David Hewitt, David Jones and Mutsuko Taneya.
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Nozomi has taught at several institutions including the Percussion Department at the Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland College of Music, Just Percussion and Queensland Youth Orchestra. She has given masterclasses and workshops at primary and high schools around Brisbane, Melbourne University and University of QLD.