William O'Meara

William O'Meara has performed at festivals and concert series throughout North America, South America and Europe. Among his engagements are included: St. Paul's Cathedral (London, UK), Trnava Organ Days (Slovakia), Warsaw International Festival of Organ Music (Poland), Turin International Organ Festival (Italy), International Congress of Organists (Montreal), Sao Bento International Organ Festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston, S.C.), Harvard University Organ Society (Cambridge, MA), Fédération québécoise des amis de l'orgue (Québec) Jack Singer Hall (Calgary), Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto). From 1990 to 2003, he toured regularly throughout North America with the Laughton & O'Meara trumpet and organ duo, introducing American audiences to many new Canadian works commissioned by the duo.

William also has a parallel career improvising accompaniments on piano and organ for silent films. He has accompanied films for the Toronto International Film Festival, National Gallery of Canada, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Goethe Institute, Toronto Film Society, the Ottawa International Silent Film Festival, Pacific Cinematheque (Vancouver), the Elora Festival, and for the world's largest festival of silent films, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (Pordenone, Italy). He is the piano accompanist for Cinématheque Ontario (Toronto), the year-round programming arm of the Toronto International Film Festival.

William wishes to acknowledge his wife Andrée, whose technical expertise was essential in creating the ORGANIX website, and his seven year old daughter Christine, who keeps him from taking life too seriously.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

William O'Meara - organ:

A Tribute to Ruth Watson Henderson
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
6:00-6:30 p.m.
Tickets $5