Nicholas S. Omiccioli (b. 1982) has received degrees from Heidelberg University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the assistant director of Musica Nova at UMKC under the direction of Zhou Long. Mr. Omiccioli currently studies composition with James Mobberley, Chen Yi, Paul Rudy, and additionally with João Pedro Oliveira. His initial teachers include Brian Bevelander and Mark Olivieri. Mr. Omiccioli has received many awards including winner and judge's choice in the 2007, 2008, and 2009 UMKC Chamber Music Composition Competitions, Kansas City Chorale Crescendo Competition, Brian M. Israel Prize, Ars Nova Composition Award, and the Dance Rochester! Composer/Choreographer Competition. His music has been performed by the Kansas City Chorale, Society for New Music, Heidelberg New Music Festival, Regional and National College Music Society Conferences, as well as numerous SCI Conferences at the National, National Student, and Regional levels. During the summer of 2009, Mr. Omiccioli will be a fellow in the 65th Annual Composers' Conference at Wellesley College. In addition to composition, Mr. Omiccioli studies guitar with Douglas Niedt and teaches at the UMKC Academy of Music and Dance and Meyer Music Company in Overland Park, Kansas.
"DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell." Bill Margold, Cinema Seen, L.A. X..Press
Aloha Nicholas, dropped by to thank you for your friendship request and to listen to your music. I like what I have heard and wish you the best in your career. Good to know that you are involved in SCI activities!
