We are pleased to announce the complete schedule of events for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Celebrating its 13th year in 2022, the MICF begins on Monday, July 25 and continues through Saturday, July 30. All Festival events listed are free and open to the public, with general admission seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
Monday, July 25, 2022
RESIDENT COMPOSER PRESENTATIONS: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Room 385, Sinquefield Music Center: Pascal Le Boeuf, Huỳnh, Caterina di Cecca.
MIZZOU STUDENT NEW MUSIC: 7:30 PM, Sheryl Crow Hall, Sinquefield Music Center: Mizzou Students perform works by Stephen Landy, María Laura Disandro, J.T. Wolfe, José Martinez, Andrew Wiele, and MICF 2022 distinguished Guest Composer Angélica Negrón.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
RESIDENT COMPOSER PRESENTATIONS: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Room 385, Sinquefield Music Center: Cassie Wieland, Niko D. Schroeder, Piyawat Louilapprasert.
GUEST COMPOSER PRESENTATIONS: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Angélica Negrón. 8:15 PM – 9:15 PM: Meredith Monk. Sheryl Crow Hall, Sinquefield Music Center: Distinguished guest composers Angélica Negrón and Meredith Monk will deliver lecture presentations on their works, including performances and examples by Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
RESIDENT COMPOSER PRESENTATIONS: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Room 385, Sinquefield Music Center: Jia Yi Lee, Felipe Tovar-Henao.
MIZZOU NEW MUSIC: 7:30 PM, Sheryl Crow Hall, Sinquefield Music Center: The Mizzou New Music Ensemble, led by Dr. Yoshiaki Onishi, performs works by Mizzou student composers Santiago Beis and Emily Shaw, as well as MICF 2022 distinguished guest composer Angélica Negrón. Mizzou faculty members Wesley Warnhoff, Julie Rosenfeld, and Peter Miyamoto perform trios by Stefan Freund and Don Freund.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
ALARM WILL SOUND: MONK, FREUND, NEGRÓN: 7:30 PM, Missouri Theater: Alarm Will Sound, along with members of the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble and the University of Missouri choirs, perform Meredith Monk’s Night (1996) and Anthem (2020), alongside Don Freund’s Test of Time (2009) and Angélica Negrón’s Places (2017 [arr. 2022]).
Friday, July 29, 2022
DISMAL NICHE: ONISHI-BEIS DUO/ BITSICAS: 7:30 PM, Studio 4 Theater, McKee Gymnasium: Dismal Niche presents a special guest artist during an evening of electric performances opened by Mizzou faculty member and video artist Katina Bitsicas, followed by the Onishi-Beis Duo.
Saturday, July 30, 2021
ALARM WILL SOUND: EIGHT WORLD PREMIERES 7:30 PM, Missouri Theater: Alarm Will Sound presents the world premieres of eight new works by our 2022 MICF resident composers: Oswald Huỳnh, Felipe Tovar-Henao, Piyawat Louilapprasert, Niko D. Schroeder, Cassie Wieland, Caterina di Cecca, Jia Yi Lee, and Pascal Le Boeuf.
For those unable to attend in person, all concerts will stream live on:
The Meredith Monk and Angélica Negrón Guest Composer presentations will stream live only on Mizzou New Music Initiative Facebook.