On Saturday, April 20, listen to the live audio stream at http://live.missouri.edu:8000/music.m3u
For eight years, the annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition has brought young composers to the University of Missouri campus in the spring for a concert of original music.
As in the past, this year’s winning compositions – written and performed by 21 elementary, middle school, and high school students from across Missouri – will be played at the Creating Original Music Project Festival, which will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at the Fine Arts Building on the Mizzou campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
In addition, this year for the first time ever, audio from the concert also will be streamed live online at http://live.missouri.edu:8000/music.m3u, so that relatives, friends and neighbors who can’t attend the concert in person still can listen as it happens.
C.O.M.P. is a joint venture of the University of Missouri School of Music and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, which provides an annual gift of $60,000 to sponsor the competition. The program was created in 2005 to encourage K-12 students in Missouri to write original musical works and to encourage performances of those works.
The 2013 competition had a total of 101 students entered in seven different categories, with winners ranging in age from seven years old to 18. Both the composers and their schools will receive cash prizes. High school winners also receive a scholarship to attend Mizzou’s high school summer music composition camp.
“Six of this year’s composers are multiple winners, and it’s been a pleasure to hear their work grow and develop from year to year,” said Jeanne Sinquefield of the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. “At the same time, every year we also see promising new entrants taking advantage of this opportunity to express themselves, develop their skills, and be recognized for their talents. The continuing growth of C.O.M.P. is another indication of how far we’ve come toward making Missouri a center for the composition of new music.”
The 2012 Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition categories and winners include:
Elementary School – Songs with Words
1) Sadie Tanner of Maplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School, Richmond Heights, for “Snow.” Music teacher: John Israel
2) Elizabeth Hess of Morean Heights Elementary School, Jefferson City, for “Susanna’s Story.” Music teacher: Sharon Shackelford
3) Savannah Slater & McKenzie Blakey of The Summit Preparatory School of Southwest Missouri, Springfield, for “It’s a Snow Day.” Music teacher: Shawn Keech
Elementary School – Instrumental
1) HyunJun (John) Yoo of Fairview Elementary School, Columbia, for “The Unknown World.” Music teacher: Sara Dexheimer
2) Emily Chevalier of The Country Schoolhouse, Amazonia, for “My Heart’s Song.” Music teacher: Rebecca Quimby
3) Zoe Goddard, a home-schooled student from Lexington, for “Seascape Rhapsody.” Music teacher: O. Wayne Smith
Middle School – Popular
1) Menea Kefalov and Ande Siegel of Ladue Middle School, Ladue, for “This Generation.” Music teachers: Elizabeth Bressler and Brandon Williams.
2) Samuel Luetkemeyer of Immanuel Lutheran at Honey Creek, Jefferson City, for “Dressing for Dinner.” Music teacher: Deb Leech
3) Emma Reinagel of Oakville Middle School, Mehlville, for “Soar and Fly.” Music teacher: Lacey Cupp
Middle School – Fine Art
1) Amanda Bradshaw, a home-schooled student from Columbia, for “Suite for Horn and Bassoon in F Major.” Music teacher: Grant Bradshaw
2) Brandon Thibodeau of Kearney Middle School, Kearney, for “Ambiguous.” Music teacher: Narong Prangcharoen
3) Nicole Shah of Pattonville Heights Middle School, Maryland Heights, for “March for Unaccompanied Violin.” Music teacher: Anna C. Allen
High School – Jazz
1) Gus Knobbe of Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, for “Back to the Board.” Music teacher: Kevin Cole
High School – Popular
1) Justin Cline of Lee’s Summit West High School, Greenwood, for “Deliver Me.” Music teacher: Kirt Mosier
2) Erin Hoerchler of Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, for “3 A.M. (So Let Me Be).” Music teacher: Kiesha Daulton
3) Tanner Qualls, a home-schooled student from Lee’s Summit for “Tides.” Music teacher: Becky Qualls
High School – Fine Art
1) Edward Crouse of Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, for “The Sonata That Rained.” Music teacher: Aimee Fine
2) Hans Heruth of Liberty High School, Liberty, for “Into the Storm.” Music teacher: Ian Coleman
3) Joseph Misterovich of The Summit Preparatory School of Southwest Missouri, Springfield, for “you weren’t there for the beginning.” Music teacher: Shawn Keech
Each student who enters the competition must have the signature and sponsorship of his or her school’s music teacher. Community agencies, churches, after-school programs, private teachers, and other musical mentors also may sponsor their young musicians in partnership with the student’s school music teacher.