Today, the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) announced its schedule of events being held in St. Louis, MO, during the spring 2024 semester.
Feb. 7, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Robyne Sieh’s Sheldon Commission Premiere, “The Art of Dreaming,” is part of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra chamber music concert “Ravel and Dvorák: Strings with Piano,” curated by SLSO Concertmaster David Halen and Principal Second Violin Alison Harney. A senior from O’Fallon, MO, Sieh says the inspiration for the piece was “a story about someone who is wrongly imprisoned and then later released” and calls it, “an allegory to creative people who feel trapped by what they need to accomplish versus what they want to accomplish.”
March 6, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Morima’s Sheldon Commission Premiere, “Österreich for cello, percussion, and piano” is part of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra chamber music concert “Stravinsky, Martinů, and Shannon Wood: Percussion Spotlight,” curated by SLSO Principal timpanist Shannon Wood. Morima is a senior from St. Louis, MO.
April 7, 2024, 3 p.m. JT Wolfe’s Sheldon Commission Premiere, which is yet to be titled, is part of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra chamber music concert “Beethoven and Hindemith: Horns with Strings,” curated by SLSO Principal Horn Roger Kaza and horn player Julie Thayer. Wolfe is a junior from St. Joseph, MO.
April 30, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Works by MU Students are premiered by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. A 6 p.m. rehearsal precedes the concert.
MNMI students Atticus Schlegel and Harry Gonzalez premiered their works “Forgotten Fantasy” and “Insomnolence for string trio,” respectively, at St. Louis Symphony Orchestra chamber music concerts held last fall.
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is a diverse array of programs that position the University of Missouri School of Music as a leading center for the composition and performance of new music. The initiative is supported by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, led by Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. Their vision is to create an incubator for the composition and performance of new music and to showcase Missouri as a center for the music of tomorrow.
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