Here is the complete schedule of events and information on how to get tickets for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival.
The 2017 MICF begins on Monday, July 24 and continues through Saturday, July 29.
Festival events will be held at the Fine Arts Building, Loeb Hall, and Whitmore Recital Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri and at the Missouri Theatre in downtown Columbia, including:
Monday, July 24
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations:
Carolina Heredia, Amadeus Regucera, and Charles Peck
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
Open to the Public
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations:
Aaron Parker, Clare Glackin, Selim Göncü,
Henry Breneman Stewart, and Christopher Mayo
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
Open to the Public
7:30 p.m.
Music of MICF Alumni & More
Whitmore Recital Hall on the Mizzou campus
Open to the Public
This concert will feature members of Alarm Will Sound performing chamber music by former MICF resident composers David Biedenbender, Ian Dicke, and Steven Snowden and AWS pianist John Orfe.
Tuesday, July 25
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound – Open Rehearsal with Distinguished Guest Composers
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Open to the Public
7:00 p.m.
Georg Friedrich Haas, Distinguished Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou Campus
Open to the Public
8:15 p.m.
Don Freund, Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou Campus
Open to the Public
Wednesday, July 26
7:00 p.m.
Dan Visconti, Distinguished Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou Campus
Open to the Public
8:15 p.m.
Robert Sirota, Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou Campus
Open to the Public
Thursday, July 27
7:00 p.m.
Pre-concert talk with composer Robert Sirota, artist Simon Dinnerstein, and Alex Barker, director of Mizzou’s Museum of Art & Archaeology.
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Admission included with a ticket to the concert
Sirota, Dinnerstein, and Barker will discuss Sirota’s new work “Three Nocturnes” (which will be premiered at the concert immediately following) and Dinnerstein’s drawings “Night,” “Night Scene I,” which provided inspiration for the work.
7:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Tickets are $18 adults, $10 students
The concert will feature the festival’s resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound performing music by 2017 MICF distinguished guest composers Georg Friedrich Haas and Dan Visconti, plus world premieres of new compositions by Robert Sirota and Caleb Burhans, and a work by Don Freund.
Friday, July 28
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Open Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Loeb Hall 201 on the Mizzou campus
Open to the Public
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Open Rehearsal with Resident Composers
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 showcases the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, the flagship group of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, performing music from distinguished guest composers Georg Friedrich Haas and Dan Visconti. Also featured will be guest performing artists DRAX, with Mizzou faculty members Leo Saguiguit, saxophone, and Megan Arns, percussion; and cellist Eli Lara.
Saturday, July 29
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 260 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 festival’s resident composers:
* Clare Glackin, Los Angeles, CA
* Selim Göncü, Berkeley, CA
* Carolina Heredia, Ann Arbor, MI
* Christopher Mayo, Toronto, Canada
* Aaron Parker, Manchester, England
* Charles Peck, Ithaca, NY
* Amadeus Regucera, Oakland, CA
* Henry Breneman Stewart, Columbia, MO
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, visit http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/.
Box Office Hours and Location
Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St, Columbia, MO
Regular business hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hours during Mizzou International Composers Festival concert days:
Thursday, July 27: 9:00 AM – Performance Intermission (approx. 8:30 PM)
Friday, July 28: 9:00 AM – Performance Intermission (approx. 8:30 PM)
Saturday, July 29: 5:00 PM – Performance Intermission (approx. 8:30 PM)