Staff & faculty

Native to Houston, Omar Escobedo began his musical journey at the age of ten when he started playing violin in his school orchestra. He then went on to play the cello in his freshman year of high school. Omar received a scholarship to pursue his musical studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music to study with Vagram Saradjian, a notable student of Mstilav Rostropovich. During his time there, Omar had the chance to perform in various solo and chamber music masterclasses for artists from all around the world. He was also selected to be an orchestral fellow at the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival in 2019.

Omar performs in the cello section with the Baytown Symphony and the Houston Latin Philharmonic. He has also performed as an extra musician with the Brazosport Symphony, Victoria Symphony, and Symphony of Southeast Texas. Omar has had the opportunity to perform on stages with artists like Andrea Bocelli, Cece Winans, and Loren Allred.

Omar currently also works as a Teaching Artist for the Houston Youth Symphony’s Coda Music Program, an El-Sistema based program that targets low-income families in Houston’s Near Northside neighborhood, which he’s been a part of since the fall of 2016.

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