Here is the complete schedule of events for the 2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival.
Celebrating its tenth year in 2019, the MICF begins on Monday, July 22 and continues through Saturday, July 27. All festival events listed are free and open to the public, with general admission seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
Events will take place at the Fine Arts Building and Loeb Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri; at the Missouri Theatre, Cafe Berlin, and two “pop-up” locations in downtown Columbia; and at the Firestone Baars Chapel on the campus of Stephens College.
Monday, July 22
9:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations:
Chelsea Komschlies, inti figgis-vizueta and Peter Shin
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound – Open Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Missouri Theatre, 203 S. 9th Street
6:00 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations:
Theo Chandler, Nicole Murphy and Aaron Mencher
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
Tuesday, July 23
9:30 a.m. – 10:55 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations:
Charles Halka and Kristina Wolfe
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
“0150719 by reference”
Missouri Theatre – Second Floor Lobby, 203 South 9th Street
Audio installation by Kenneth Kirschner and Daniel Neumann.
7:00 PM
Daniel Neumann, Guest Artist Presentation
Missouri Theatre – Second Floor Lobby, 203 South 9th Street
Wednesday, July 24
2:10 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound – Open Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
“0150719 by reference”
Missouri Theatre – Second Floor Lobby, 203 South 9th Street
Audio installation by Kenneth Kirschner and Daniel Neumann.
7:00 p.m.
Amy Beth Kirsten, Distinguished Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
8:15 p.m.
Donnacha Dennehy, Distinguished Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus
Thursday, July 25
1:00 p.m.
Khemia Ensemble “Pop-Up Concert #1”
Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream, 21 S 9th Street
Khemia Ensemble members Elizabeth Robinson (flute), Thiago Ancelmo de Souza (clarinet), Er-Gene Kahng (violin), and Amy Petrongelli (soprano) perform works by Lembit Beecher, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ellen Harrison, Bruno Mantovani and Bjarne Brustad.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
“0150719 by reference”
Missouri Theatre – Second Floor Lobby, 203 South 9th Street
Audio installation by Kenneth Kirschner and Daniel Neumann.
7:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street
The festival’s resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound and guest artist Richard Crawford will perform the world premiere of “Jacob In Chains,” a new work written specifically for the festival by MICF distinguished guest composer Amy Beth Kirsten. AWS also will perform the concert version of distinguished guest composer Donnacha Dennehy’s “The Hunger” with guest artists Kate Manley and Iarla O’Lionard, and “Con/Influences” by Mizzou professor of composition, MNMI artistic director, and AWS cellist Stefan Freund.
9:30 p.m.
Bels Lontano
Cafe Berlin, 220 North 10th Street
Original electronic music by Mizzou composers and MICF resident composers. Presented in association with Dismal Niche.
Friday, July 26
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound – Open Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Loeb Hall 201 on the Mizzou campus
1:00 p.m.
Khemia Ensemble “Pop-Up Concert #2”
Uprise Bakery, 10 Hitt Street
Khemia Ensemble percussionists Chelsea Tinsler Jones and Shane Jones perform music by Andy Akiho, John Cage, Tom Johnson, and Tim Peterson.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound – Open Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Loeb Hall 201 on the Mizzou campus
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
“0150719 by reference”
Missouri Theatre – Second Floor Lobby, 203 South 9th Street
Audio installation by Kenneth Kirschner and Daniel Neumann.
7:30 p.m.
Mizzou New Music
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street
This concert showcases the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, the flagship group of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, performing music by distinguished guest composers Donnacha Dennehy and Amy Beth Kirsten and Mizzou student composer Jack Snelling. In addition, faculty duo DRAX will perform a work by Mizzou assistant professor of composition Carolina Heredia, and Mizzou Percussion will perform music by Kirsten, Annika Socolofsky, and 2019 MICF resident composer inti figgis-vizueta.
9:30 p.m.
Eli Keszler
Firestone Baars Chapel, 1306 East Walnut Street
Solo performance of original works for percussion and electronics. Presented in association with Dismal Niche.
Saturday, July 27
11:00 a.m.
Khemia Ensemble
Whitmore Recital Hall, 135 Fine Arts Building on the Mizzou campus
Multimedia chamber group Khemia Ensemble, featuring Mizzou faculty members Carolina Heredia, Bret Bohman, and Eli Lara, will perform a program of works by composers including Heredia, Bohman, Andy Akiho, Chris Cerrone, Daniel Fawcett, Patricia Martinez, Emma O’Halloran, and 2019 MICF resident composer inti figgis-vizueta.
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
“0150719 by reference”
Missouri Theatre – Second Floor Lobby, 203 South 9th Street
Audio installation by Kenneth Kirschner and Daniel Neumann.
7:30 p.m.
Eight World Premieres performed by Alarm Will Sound
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street
The grand finale concert features the world premieres of eight works created specifically for the acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound by the festival’s resident composers:
* Theo Chandler – “Familiar Punchlines”
* inti figgis-vizueta – “braiding on golden stoops”
* Charles Halka – “Fever Dream”
* Chelsea Komschlies – “Hexactinellida”
* Aaron Mencher – “Haworthia”
* Nicole Murphy – “Dust”
* Peter Shin – “dogwhistling”
* Kristina Wolfe – “A Curation of Finds”