The 13th annual Mizzou International Composers Festival concludes Saturday evening, July 30 with a 7:30 Pm (CDT) concert at the Missouri Theatre by acclaimed new music ensemble, Alarm Will Sound. Under the direction of Alan Pierson, AWS will play world premiere performances by the eight MICF Resident Composers. Admission to the concert is free.
Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater
The Resident Composers for the 13th annual MICF are: Caterina Di Cecca, Oswald Huynh, Pascal Le Boeuf, Jia Yi Lee, Pivawat Louilarppresert, Niko D. Schroeder, Felipe Tovar-Henao, and Cassie Wieland.
Left to right, top row: Caterina Di Cecca, Oswald Huynh, Pascal Le Boeuf, Jia Yi Lee. Left to right, bottom row: Pivawat Louilarppresert, Niko Schroeder, Felipe Tovar-Henao, Cassie Wieland
All works were written for Alarm Will Sound and the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Here is the program for tonight’s concert:
I Ask My Mother to Sing ………………………………………………….Oswald Huỳnh (2022) (b. 1997)
Enjambres ………………………………………………………………Felipe Tovar-Henao (2022) (b. 1991)
Lunatic ……………………………………………………………….PiyawatLouilapprasert (2022) (b. 1993)
Contrapunctus // Song ……………………………………………..Niko D. Schroeder (2022) (b. 1994)
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Consolation prize ……………………………………………………………Cassie Wieland (2022) (b. 1994)
Retour à Tipasa …………………………………………………………..Caterina di Cecca (2022) (b. 1984)
emergency exit only ……………………………………………….. ………………Jia Yi Lee (2022) (b. 1996)
Imprints ……………………………………………………………….. ……..Pascal Le Boeuf (2022) (b. 1986)
For those unable to attend in person, the concert will stream live on:
To read bios and background information about Alarm Will Sound and the Resident Composers and their world premiere compositions, click here to read a PDF of the 2022 MICF program.