Omri Shimron is a pianist and educator born in the US but raised in Israel. In Israel, he appeared at the Jerusalem Music Center, the Jerusalem Academy of Music, and the Tel Aviv Museum. In the US, he won prizes from the Hoffman Competition and the Chautauqua Institution. As an orchestral soloist, Shimron played with the Hillsdale College Orchestra, the Finger Lakes Symphony, and the Elon University Orchestra. Collaborative and solo concerts have included appearances at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage; live radio broadcasts featured sessions for WBFO and WXXI stations. 

An eclectic performer, Shimron’s repertoire choices are traditional yet increasingly contemporary. In the past decade he premiered several new works by young composers such as Hackbarth's Lines of Communication and Dietz's (Five Reflections on the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. Other projects included a recording of Lipten’s Whorl, and performances of Crumb’s Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (2002). 

Outside the US, Shimron has participated in the Blumental Festival (Tel Aviv), the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau (France), and has presented recitals at Wolfson College (Oxford) and the Bursa State Conservatory (Turkey). In 2008, he performed ‘anisotropie’, a work for prepared piano by Quell, at SoundsCAPE—a contemporary music festival in Italy. 

In his piano teaching, Shimron embraces a holistic approach to music that integrates creativity and physical awareness with a historically informed approach to style and sound. He has presented numerous lecture-recitals for the College Music Society and is a frequent guest recitalist and clinician in music departments in the US and abroad. 

An associate professor at Elon University, Shimron teaches piano, group piano, and music theory. Before relocating to North Carolina, Shimron taught at Hillsdale College (MI) and Eastern Mediterranean University on the island of Cyprus.

Doctor of Musical Arts -- Performance and Literature (Piano) 

2004 - Eastman School of Music

Master of Arts in Pedagogy of Music Theory

2004 - Eastman School of Music

Master of Music in Performance and Literature, (Piano) 

2000 - Eastman School of Music

Bachelor of Arts (Music), magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

1997 - University of Rochester

Elon University, 2008-present

Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Music Theory. 

Hillsdale College, 2005-2008

Assistant Professor of Music

Eastern Mediterranean University. North Cyprus, 2004-2005.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Eastman School of Music, 1998-2003.

Teaching Assistant and Course Supervisor in Music Theory

Finger Lakes Community College, 1999

Adjunct Instructor of Piano

Piano: Individual Instruction

Group Piano

Keyboard Harmony

Piano Literature

Music Theory I

Music Theory II

Music Theory III

Music Theory IV

Music Fundamentals

Aural Skills (all levels)

Music Appreciation

General Studies: The Global Experience (First-Year Seminar)

36 Variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations 

College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Conference, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 2011

College Music Society National Conference, Portland, OR, 2010

College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Conference, George Mason University, Fairfield, VA, 2009

College Music Society Super Regional Conference, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2008.

College Music Society, Great Lakes Chapter, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2007

College Music Society Northeast Chapter, Lafayette College, PA, 2004

College Music Society Northeast Chapter, Bowdoin College, ME, 2001 

Other Peer Reviewed Lecture Demonstrations

Chautauqua Institution, Piano Department, 2011

Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem, Israel, 2010

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, 2008

Eastern Michigan University, 2007

Chautauqua Institution, Piano Department, 2007

Lyceum Committee, Elon University, 2011-present.

Eta Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa and Members in Course committees, Elon University. 2010-present.

Academic Technology and Computing Committee, Elon University, 2009-2011.

Deartmental Search Committee: Instructor in Music Technology, Elon University (Music), 2010-2011.

Departmental Search Committee: Full-Time/Part-Time Instructor in Music Theory, Elon Univeristy (Music), 2010.