2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival schedule of events and ticket information

Here’s the complete schedule of events and information on how to get tickets for the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival.

The 2016 MICF begins on Monday, July 25 and continues through Saturday, July 30.

Festival events will be held at the Fine Arts Building and Loeb Hall on the University of Missouri campus and at the Missouri Theatre in downtown Columbia, including:

Monday, July 25

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Matthew Browne, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU campus
Open to the Public

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Takuma Itoh, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wang Lu, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Ryan Lindveit, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Trey Makler, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Wang A Mao, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

Tuesday, July 26

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Open Rehearsal
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Open to the Public

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Daniel Silliman, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian, Resident Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

7:00 p.m.
Oscar Bettison, Distinguished Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

8:15 p.m.
Julia Bentley with Erin Gee, Guest Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

Wednesday, July 27

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Open Rehearsal
Missouri Theatre
Open to the Public

7:00 p.m.
Erin Gee, Distinguished Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

8:30 p.m.
Stefan Freund, Mizzou Faculty Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145
Open to the Public

Thursday, July 28

7:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Tickets are $18 adults, $10 students

This concert features the festival’s resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound playing music by 2016 MICF distinguished guest composers Oscar Bettison and Erin Gee. AWS also will perform works by Mizzou student and former MICF resident composer José Martínez, and by AWS cellist and co-founder Stefan Freund, who is associate professor of composition at Mizzou and artistic director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative.

Friday, July 29

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Open Rehearsal
Loeb Hall 201 on the MU campus
Open to the Public

2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Open Rehearsal
Loeb Hall 201
Open to the Public

7:30 p.m.
Mizzou New Music
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
$18 adults/ $10 students

This concert features the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, the flagship group of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, plus guest performing artists Missouri Saxophone Quartet, violinist Julie Rosenfeld and pianist Peter Miyamoto.

Saturday, July 30

7:30 p.m.
Eight World Premieres
performed by Alarm Will Sound

Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
$18 adults/ $10 students

More than 220 composers from around the world submitted their portfolios to the festival, and eight were selected. The grand finale concert features the world premieres of eight works composed specifically for the acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound by the MICF’s resident composers:

* Matthew Browne, Ann Arbor, MI
* Takuma Itoh, Honolulu, HI
* Mary Kouyoumdjian, Brooklyn, NY
* Ryan Lindveit, Los Angeles, CA
* Trey Makler, Columbia, MO
* Daniel Silliman, Princeton, NJ
* Wang A Mao, Kansas City, MO
* Wang Lu, Providence, RI

Tickets

Festival passes good for admission to all three concerts are on sale for $80 for the VIP package, which includes reserved premium seating and other benefits; $40 for adults; and $20 for students.

Single tickets are priced at $18 for adults, $10 for students. Tickets can be charged by phone using Visa, MasterCard or Discover by calling 1-573-882-3781. To buy tickets online, go to http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/.

Box Office Hours and Location

Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St, Columbia, MO, 65211
Regular business hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Hours during Mizzou International Composers Festival concert days:
Thursday, July 28: 9:00 AM – Performance Intermission (approx. 8:30 PM)
Friday, July 29: 9:00 AM – Performance Intermission (approx. 8:30 PM)
Saturday, July 30: 5:00 PM – Performance Intermission (approx. 8:30 PM)