ARTSaha! is Omaha’s new music festival. Currently on a one-year hiatus, the festival was established in 2004 and grew quickly. In just its second year, Omaha’s weekly entertainment paper cited it as a cultural highlight of the year. The growth in sponsorships and grant funding allowed ANALOG to bring in a wide range of artists and produce a wide range of events.

 

Highlights of the festival include:

 

 

* The US premieres of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Cosmic Pulses and Friday’s Greeting.

* The creation of the Iron Composer competition in 2007

* The 4th US performance of the original version of Ballet Mécanique

* A retrospective of the short plays of Samuel Beckett

* The world premieres of two rhythm studies by Conlon Nancarrow

 

To hear recordings, see photos of past events and learn more about the festival, visit artsaha.org.