OMDEX is an acronym for orchestral music database explorer.

OMDEX aims to be the most useful resource for conductors, teachers, and musicians of orchestras around the world for repertoire planning. We aim to organize and make information about orchestral repertoire searchable in a way that no other resource yet does.

OMDEX has two primary goals

1. Be the primary resource for the artistic programming of professional, educational, and community orchestras of any ability level that goes beyond the traditional canon.
2. Enable the discovery of and facilitate the programming of new compositions from living composers by making it easy for musicians, conductors, and artistic administrators to find appropriate new works for their ensembles.

What sets OMDEX apart?

• First-class search and filtering mechanisms that are unmatched by any other database of orchestral music.
• Every single work in OMDEX has a direct link to either download, rent, or purchase the work. You will not need to run a separate search to access its score & parts.
• Every single work in OMDEX has the instrument & player information on it. Selected works even have very detailed information such as the keys of instruments and the necessary percussion instruments.
• Free. OMDEX will remain free for the foreseeable future. While there may be paid features later on, there are no paid features currently planned. And even if there were to be new, paid features, all free functionality as it exists today will remain free for users of OMDEX.

We know that OMDEX still has a lot of room to grow, information to enhance, features to add, and repertoire to cover. We want to hear from you. Please reach out to us with any ideas, feedback, and requests for additional composers & repertoire!