Upcoming Dates
Save the dates! I love collaboration and working with others, so that is a theme of my shows. Stay tuned for details about special guests and unique performances. Check back for regular updates.
Boxyard RTP
Omar Ruiz-Lopez and Courtney Crumpler play Latin-Americana, featuring originals and fiddle tunes from all over the Americas.
Boxyard RTP
Omar Ruiz-Lopez and Courtney Crumpler play Latin-Americana, featuring originals and fiddle tunes from all over the Americas.
Saturdays in Saxapahaw
Joined by Courtney Crumpler (banjo, guitar, pandeiro) and Carlos Pino (upright bass)
Harper Grace and Franklin Jonas, full band
Performing w/ Harper Grace and Franklin Jonas and full band
Harper Grace and Franklin Jonas on The Today Show
Performing w/ Harper Grace and Franklin Jonas and full band on the Today Show!
Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Three Wheels Turning
Opening for Three Wheels Turning out of Port Townsend, WA and Asheville, NC
Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Three Wheels Turning
Opening for Three Wheels Turning out of Port Townsend, WA and Asheville, NC
Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Lyle DeVitry, Spero
Spero is a musician, teaching artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is a proud blend of blood and cultural heritages with roots spanning from Cleveland, Italy, the 9th ward in New Orleans, the Choctaw people of the Mississippi Delta to the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i where she was raised. Her travels to West Africa sparked a lifetime-long love of rhythm which deeply influences her musical style. Blending tradition with soulful, ethereal melodies, she weaves luscious harmonies with finger-style guitar, creating a rich, contemplative atmosphere sure to move you to places of deeper feeling. She shares her love of music and movement via workshops for children and adults of all ages, travelling to schools, nonprofits, farms and various community gatherings across the Northeast and beyond.
Omar Ruiz-Lopez - Durham, NC (Roots / Progressive Folk / Old-time / Americana)
is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and educator based in Durham, NC. Proficient in violin, viola, guitar, and mandolin, he has been a vital part of the NC Triangle music scene for over a decade. After a stint in Nashville (2023–2025), he recorded and performed with artists like GRAMMY-nominated War and Treaty, Lizzie No, and Langhorne Slim, and co-wrote with Rachel Baiman and GRAMMY-winner Melody Walker. He is currently working on an EP with Willa Frank (Paper Wings) and a full-length album with Rachel Baiman producing.
Lyle de Vitry- Asheville, NC (Folk / Baroque Folk / Singer Songwriter)
Bio: Much like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons. An acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, de Vitry was selected as one of ten finalists for the 2023 Telluride Troubadours contest and was named runner-up in the NewSong LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition. He recently completed the prestigious Residency at 821 hosted by Lamplight AVL in Asheville, NC, and is currently recording an instrumental album. His debut album, Door Within a Dream, was released in August 2024.
"The music is full of mystery and a kind of slow-burn intensity. Invokes worlds" -Lynne Bertrand, Signature Sounds Presents
Full Album: https://lyledevitry.bandcamp.com/album/door-within-a-dream
Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2rNKmCe1o
Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Lyle DeVitry, Spero
https://rblodge.com/event-calendar/2025/dcsc-in-the-rounds-spero-omar-ruiz-lopez-lyle-de-vitry-may-15
Spero is a musician, teaching artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is a proud blend of blood and cultural heritages with roots spanning from Cleveland, Italy, the 9th ward in New Orleans, the Choctaw people of the Mississippi Delta to the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i where she was raised. Her travels to West Africa sparked a lifetime-long love of rhythm which deeply influences her musical style. Blending tradition with soulful, ethereal melodies, she weaves luscious harmonies with finger-style guitar, creating a rich, contemplative atmosphere sure to move you to places of deeper feeling. She shares her love of music and movement via workshops for children and adults of all ages, travelling to schools, nonprofits, farms and various community gatherings across the Northeast and beyond.
Omar Ruiz-Lopez - Durham, NC (Roots / Progressive Folk / Old-time / Americana)
is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and educator based in Durham, NC. Proficient in violin, viola, guitar, and mandolin, he has been a vital part of the NC Triangle music scene for over a decade. After a stint in Nashville (2023–2025), he recorded and performed with artists like GRAMMY-nominated War and Treaty, Lizzie No, and Langhorne Slim, and co-wrote with Rachel Baiman and GRAMMY-winner Melody Walker. He is currently working on an EP with Willa Frank (Paper Wings) and a full-length album with Rachel Baiman producing.
Lyle de Vitry- Asheville, NC (Folk / Baroque Folk / Singer Songwriter)
Bio: Much like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons. An acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, de Vitry was selected as one of ten finalists for the 2023 Telluride Troubadours contest and was named runner-up in the NewSong LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition. He recently completed the prestigious Residency at 821 hosted by Lamplight AVL in Asheville, NC, and is currently recording an instrumental album. His debut album, Door Within a Dream, was released in August 2024.
"The music is full of mystery and a kind of slow-burn intensity. Invokes worlds" -Lynne Bertrand, Signature Sounds Presents
Full Album: https://lyledevitry.bandcamp.com/album/door-within-a-dream
Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2rNKmCe1o
Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Lyle DeVitry, Elizabeth and the Catapult
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Insta - @houseofloveconcerts
Elizabeth Ziman, who performs as Elizabeth and the Catapult, is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn. She's toured with the likes of Sara Bareilles and Kishi Bashi; collaborated with Esperanza Spalding, Gillian Welch, Blake Mills and Ben Folds; scored, with Paul Brill, a variety of international award-winning documentaries including "Trapped," a Peabody winner; and won an Independent Music Award for Songwriting. Her songs have been featured in national television campaigns for Google and Amazon. She composed music for Sara Bareilles’ Apple TV show, “Little Voice”. Always writing, Elizabeth narrowed her vast collection of previously unrecorded material down to her fifth full-length studio album "Sincerely, e”, which she self-produced at home and released on Compass Records in March 2021. One of the singles off that album, "Together Alone", made it onto NPR's All Songs Considered 10 best songs of 2021 list.
Omar Ruiz-Lopez - Durham, NC (Roots / Progressive Folk / Old-time / Americana)
is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and educator based in Durham, NC. Proficient in violin, viola, guitar, and mandolin, he has been a vital part of the NC Triangle music scene for over a decade. After a stint in Nashville (2023–2025), he recorded and performed with artists like GRAMMY-nominated War and Treaty, Lizzie No, and Langhorne Slim, and co-wrote with Rachel Baiman and GRAMMY-winner Melody Walker. He is currently working on an EP with Willa Frank (Paper Wings) and a full-length album with Rachel Baiman producing.
Lyle de Vitry- Asheville, NC (Folk / Baroque Folk / Singer Songwriter)
Bio: Much like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons. An acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, de Vitry was selected as one of ten finalists for the 2023 Telluride Troubadours contest and was named runner-up in the NewSong LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition. He recently completed the prestigious Residency at 821 hosted by Lamplight AVL in Asheville, NC, and is currently recording an instrumental album. His debut album, Door Within a Dream, was released in August 2024.
"The music is full of mystery and a kind of slow-burn intensity. Invokes worlds" -Lynne Bertrand, Signature Sounds Presents
Full Album: https://lyledevitry.bandcamp.com/album/door-within-a-dream
Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2rNKmCe1o
Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Phillygrass
Omar Ruiz-Lopez - Durham, NC (Roots / Progressive Folk / Old-time / Americana)
is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and educator based in Durham, NC. Proficient in violin, viola, guitar, and mandolin, he has been a vital part of the NC Triangle music scene for over a decade. After a stint in Nashville (2023–2025), he recorded and performed with artists like GRAMMY-nominated War and Treaty, Lizzie No, and Langhorne Slim, and co-wrote with Rachel Baiman and GRAMMY-winner Melody Walker. He is currently working on an EP with Willa Frank (Paper Wings) and a full-length album with Rachel Baiman producing.
Music on the Square
Lyle De Vitry and Omar Ruiz-Lopez
Tix - https://www.alexlacquement.com/music-on-the-square-concert-series.html
Dawn Landes, Omar Ruiz-Lopez, Lyle DeVitry
Dawn Landes - Chapel Hill, NC
Dawn Landes is a NC based singer-songwriter who’s penned original songs for TV, film, and musical theater (ROW on Audible). Landes has toured internationally and supported Nick Lowe, Mary Chapin Carpenter and many more. Her newest album The Liberated Woman's Songbook was produced by Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) and highlights women's activism throughout history.
Omar Ruiz-Lopez - Durham, NC (Roots / Progressive Folk / Old-time / Americana)
is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and educator based in Durham, NC. Proficient in violin, viola, guitar, and mandolin, he has been a vital part of the NC Triangle music scene for over a decade. After a stint in Nashville (2023–2025), he recorded and performed with artists like GRAMMY-nominated War and Treaty, Lizzie No, and Langhorne Slim, and co-wrote with Rachel Baiman and GRAMMY-winner Melody Walker. He is currently working on an EP with Willa Frank (Paper Wings) and a full-length album with Rachel Baiman producing.
Lyle de Vitry- Asheville, NC (Folk / Baroque Folk / Singer Songwriter)
Bio: Much like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons. An acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, de Vitry was selected as one of ten finalists for the 2023 Telluride Troubadours contest and was named runner-up in the NewSong LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition. He recently completed the prestigious Residency at 821 hosted by Lamplight AVL in Asheville, NC, and is currently recording an instrumental album. His debut album, Door Within a Dream, was released in August 2024.
"The music is full of mystery and a kind of slow-burn intensity. Invokes worlds" -Lynne Bertrand, Signature Sounds Presents
Full Album: https://lyledevitry.bandcamp.com/album/door-within-a-dream
Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2rNKmCe1o
Shakori Hills
The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is a collaboration between the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center and the GrassRoots Festival Organization, providing a family-friendly celebration of music, dance, art and education; a Music Lovers' Paradise!
I will be playing with my own band as well as with Angela Autumn (Nashville, TN), and possible others!
Sanctuary Series: Music and Movement
https://synchronicityarts.org/sanctuary-series
Menu: Moroccan Tagine (chicken and vegan versions) with Couscous
Omar’s Sunday Soiree: Fiddles, Strings and Stories #3
***Reschdeuled TBA**
Fiddler and studio multi-instrumentalist Omar Ruiz-Lopez (Violet Bell) is launching a 3 month residency and series of shows at The Artscenter in Carrboro, NC, starting 1/5/25. Following a period of recording and playing with several acts in Nashville, this will be a homecoming of sorts, celebrating the richness of the Triangle roots music scene.
Joined by a different backing band, each show will have its own theme and sound.
For the 3/23 show, Tatiana Hargreaves (Allison DeGroot and Tatiana Hargreaves, fiddle) is the opener and collaborator. Riley Calcagno, Hasee Ciaccio, Jim Roberts join.
$25 door, seated show.
Franklin Jonas Band
Playing fiddle in the Franklin Jonas Band at Jonascon in East Rutherfordton, NJ!
Omar’s Sunday Soiree: Fiddles, Strings and Stories #2
Fiddler and studio multi-instrumentalist Omar Ruiz-Lopez (Violet Bell) is launching a 3 month residency and series of shows at The Artscenter in Carrboro, NC, starting 1/5/25. Following a period of recording and playing with several acts in Nashville, this will be a homecoming of sorts, celebrating the richness of the Triangle roots music scene.
Joined by a different backing band, each show will have its own theme and sound.
For the 2/16 show, Eric Hirsh (Orquesta Gardel, The Beast, piano) and Jennifer Curtis join as openers and collaborators.
For the 3/23 show, Tatiana Hargreaves (Allison DeGroot and Tatiana Hargreaves, fiddle) is the opener and collaborator. Riley Calcagno, Hasee Ciaccio and Jim Roberts join as well.
$25 door, seated shows.
Waltz Sunday
Masks are optional and welcome.
Location: Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro NC
Lesson at 230
Dancing 3 – 5pm
w/ David DiGiuseppe
Omar’s Sunday Soiree: Fiddles, Strings and Stories #1
Fiddler and studio multi-instrumentalist Omar Ruiz-Lopez (Violet Bell) is launching a 3 month residency and series of shows at The Artscenter in Carrboro, NC, starting 1/5/25. Following a period of recording and playing with several acts in Nashville, this will be a homecoming of sorts, celebrating the richness of the Triangle roots music scene.
Joined by a different backing band, each show will have its own theme and sound. Up first on 1/5 in the band is Mike Devito (Magic Tuber Stringband) on upright bass and Gabe Anderson (Sleepy Cat Records) on percussion, and will feature new songs and fiddle tunes by Omar. Chessa Rich (Skylar Gudasz, piano, guitar, flute) joins as opener and collaborator.
For the 2/16 show, Eric Hirsh (Orquesta Gardel, The Beast, piano) joins as opener and collaborator.
For the 3/24 show, Tatiana Hargreaves (Allison DeGroot and Tatiana Hargreaves, fiddle) is the opener and collaborator.
$25 door, seated shows.
Contradance
Masks are optional and welcome.
Location: Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro NC
Lesson at 7pm
Dancing 7:30 – 10:30pm
w/ David DiGiuseppe
https://firstsaturdaycontra.com/product/first-saturday-dance-ticket/
NORTHWEST SONGWRITER SOIREE RETREAT in Rockaway, OR
AUTUMN SONGWRITER SOIREE RETREAT
November 21-24th, 2024
What’s Included
Open Mic Soiree
This is the heart of the soiree. Each night we will gather together in an intentional and supportive space, to share original songs. Participants are encouraged to talk about the process!
Songwriting Workshops
We are over the moon excited to have some amazing regionally recognized and talented teachers, performers and mentors join us. We will be offering daily workshop choices in all aspects of songwriting including lyricism, arranging, storytelling, form, musicality and more! All levels.
Music, Performance, and Creativity Workshops
Whether you are a professional or don’t identify as a “musician,” We have lots of dynamic ways you can participate and learn! Want to learn how to play the ukulele or guitar or just sing in a group? This retreat is for ANYONE who wants to be creative or just enjoy the community vibes. We will be offering workshops on circle singing, vocal improv, drumming, beginning guitar, ukulele, music performance, confidence and more!
Yoga and Dance
Begin each day with an optional, inspiring led yoga class taught by one of our renowned teachers, and an ecstatic dance on Sunday!
Group Connection and Play
Part of what makes the soiree unique is the safe, supportive and connected space we create. We will be taking some time to get to know each other (just like Summer camp!) and offer some fun, connecting activities to make the weekend even more awesome. Optional, yet encouraged!
Reflection Time/Nature/Fun
We came here to relax, right?! Take the time YOU need to unwind, be still and let inspiration find you. We will provide lots of free time and space for reflection, nature and connection with other activities. The camp is situated on 120 wooded acres, with mountain trails and a scenic lakefront just one block from the beach. The property offers hiking trails, big starry skies, and a serene and meditative nature experience! There are also plenty of games to play for that summer camp feel – Check it out!
Food and Accommodation at an amazzzing Retreat Center In Rockaway, OR!
We are very excited to announce a move to our new home on the Oregon coast at the Twin Rocks Camp, located on 120 magnificent acres in Rockaway, OR! Twin Rocks is a well established retreat center boasting stunning views of the coastline, and a deep rooted community which has been built to support community and connection. Twin Rocks is focused on providing a peaceful, nature-focused environment that promotes growth and community building through rest, reflection, and engagement.
They are very open and encouraging to groups of all beliefs and backgrounds. The meeting spaces are welcoming and versatile, with space for yoga, dance and performing!
Accommodations are clean, comfy and easily accessible within and near the main lodges. Sleeping arrangements consist of clean and cozy individual and shared rooms in different configurations (single/double/triple/bunks). First come first serve so sign up now if you want a specific room)! You can learn more on our accommodation page.
All food is included! Enjoy three nutritious and healthy home cooked meals a day, as well as 24 hour coffee, tea and other refreshments always available in the lodges. The kitchen staff is friendly to all dietary needs including vegan, GF, Kosher, etc. How awesome is that!
