The experience behind the approach
Music. Hospitality.
The realities of performance.
Entertainment needs
to be intentional.
years of the founder’s professional experience
Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance and Honours
University of Cape Town
Experience on stage.
An understanding of the room.
Omar’s background spans work as a professional bassist, bandleader and musical director, alongside international experience in hospitality and live entertainment.
Across hotels, cruise ships and performance venues, that work has involved more than playing music. It has meant assembling musicians, developing repertoire, interpreting performance requirements and understanding the realities of hotel operations.
It offers a perspective on the whole relationship: what a venue needs, what performers can deliver, and the preparation that connects the two.
Opus is a new company built on that accumulated experience. Its purpose is to apply this knowledge through a deliberate, venue-led process.
Behind the performance
Repertoire.
Arrangements.
Rehearsal.
The work behind the performance
Knowing the music.
Understanding what it asks of people.
Repertoire has to be learned, arrangements understood and a group prepared to perform together. Omar’s experience of that work informs how Opus connects an idea with its execution.
Specialist entertainment expertise for hospitality.
An international perspective
Different places.
A wider frame of reference.
The founder’s professional experience spans the following markets. These are places in his career, rather than a list of Opus clients or company projects.
- South Korea
- China
- The Philippines
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- United Arab Emirates
- South Africa
- France
The principle behind the practice
“Through more than 20 years working across hotels, cruise ships, venues and live entertainment environments, I have come to understand that exceptional entertainment does not happen by chance. It needs to be intentional.”
Omar Kimmie · Founder
Explore the approach this experience informsA conversation is the starting point
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Tell us about your space, your guests and what you have in mind. We’ll begin there.
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