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The Mizzou New Music Initiative has released its fall 2026-spring 2027 schedule of events taking place in Columbia and St. Louis. All concerts are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Fall 2026
Craig Colorusso “Sun Boxes” Installation
5 p.m., Tuesday, September 22: Performance with the Mizzou Creative Improvisation Collective, featuring a new piece composed for this project by MU composer Dominick DeStefano, Pickard Plaza (more information can be found here)
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
7:30 p.m., Sunday, October 4: Sinquefield Music Center, 132
John Orfe Concert, featuring the premiere of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by the MU Wind Ensemble
7 p.m., Wednesday, October 7: Missouri Theatre
TAK Ensemble/Bethany Younge Residency
3 p.m., Thursday, November 5: Bethany Younge Convocation, Whitmore Recital Hall
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 10: TAK Ensemble Concert, Sinquefield Music Center 132
Performances of a work by Bethany Younge, plus world premieres by three Mizzou composition students
Tyondai Braxton Concert
7 p.m., Friday, November 13: With opening act Mizzou Creative Improvisation Collective, Sinquefield Music Center 132 (free for MU students and faculty; ticket information for the public can be found here)
Live at the Sheldon Concert 1, St. Louis: Dean Wibe brass trio premiere
7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 19, Sheldon Concert Hall (see slso.org for ticket information)
Performance of Brandon Boyd’s Redeem the Dream: Choral Union Concert
7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 19, Jesse Hall
Mizzou New Music Ensemble/Show Me Opera Concert
7:30 p.m., Sunday, December 6, Sinquefield Music Center, 130
Performances of Snow Angel by MU faculty member Bonnie McLarty, featuring MU faculty members Alexandra Schoeny and Christina Ray with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble; musical direction by Stefan Freund and stage direction by Tiffany Skidmore; and The Murderess by Allison McIntosh, featuring MU student vocalists with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble; musical direction by Stefan Freund, and stage direction by Christina Ray
Spring 2027
Alarm Will Sound Concert
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, Missouri Theatre
Chancellor’s Arts Showcase: Sinquefield Prize Premiere by the Mizzou Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m., Friday, February 19, Missouri Theatre
Live at the Sheldon Concert 2, St. Louis: Ash Schreiber string quartet premiere
7:30 p.m., Thursday March 4, Sheldon Concert Hall (see slso.org for ticket information)
Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP)
7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 7, Broadway Christian Church
Chaya Czernowin Residency
3 p.m., Thursday, March 11: Convocation, Whitmore Recital Hall
7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 14: Mizzou New Music Ensemble concert with Chaya Czernowin, Sinquefield Music Center, 132
Christopher Stark concert in collaboration with the SLSO and Washington University, Friday, April 9, St. Louis
9:30 a.m., Chris Stark pre-concert talk, Powell Hall
10:30 am., Premiere of Christopher Stark’s Violin Concerto by Erin Schreiber (see slso.org for ticket information)
Creating Original Music Project (COMP) Festival
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturday, April 17, Sinquefield Music Center 132
JACK Quartet Concert
7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, Sinquefield Music Center 132
Live at the Sheldon Concert 3, St. Louis: Dominick DeStefano wind quintet premiere
7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 22, Sheldon Concert Hall (see slso.org for ticket information)
Mizzou New Music Ensemble Concert
7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 25, Sinquefield Music Center, 132
Mizzou New Music Ensemble with Brian Owens at the World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis
7 p.m., Wednesday, April 28, World Chess Hall of Fame (ticket information to come)
Premiere of MU Student Works by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis
7:30 p.m., Thursday, Mary 13, Powell Hall
Summer 2027
Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 26-31
Featuring Distinguished Guest Composers Katherine Balch and David Longstreth, and guest artists Ensemble Dal Niente
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