In addition to the ticketed concerts at the Missouri Theatre, the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival includes a number of events that are free of charge.

All the presentations by the Festival’s guest, resident and faculty composers are free and open to the public, and will take place in Room 145 of the Fine Arts Building on the MU campus.

The resident composers will give presentations on their work from 9:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22 and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23.

Guest composer Augusta Read Thomas will discuss her work at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, followed at 8:30 p.m. by MU faculty composer W. Thomas McKenney.

Then on Wednesday, July 24, guest composer Daniel Kellogg will give his presentation at 7:00 p.m., with MU faculty composer Stefan Freund to follow at 8:30 p.m.

If you’d like to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Festival’s eight world premieres and other new works are being prepared for performance, the Festival’s resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound will hold several rehearsals during the week that will be open to the public at no charge.

Open rehearsals will take place from 9:00 a.m to noon on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Missouri Theatre; and from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and then again from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26 in Room 201 of Loeb Hall on the MU campus.

For a complete schedule of events, please see the Mizzou International Composers Festival website.