Missouri student composers to present award-winning works
at Mizzou’s COMP Festival on Saturday, April 25 in Columbia
Talented young composers and songwriters from all across Missouri will come together for a performance of their award-winning works at the Mizzou New Music Initiative's 15th annual Creating Original Music Project (COMP) Festival from 11:30 a.m.…
2020 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) offers
awards, cash prizes for Missouri student composers
From parchment and quill to pen and paper to computer and software, the tools used by composers to set down their musical ideas may have changed over the years, but one thing remains the same: every composer still needs a chance to be heard. That's…
Olivia Bennett wins 2019-20 Luna Composition Lab fellowship
Missouri student composer Olivia Bennett has been named one of five 2019-20 fellows by Luna Composition Lab, a program at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City that provides mentorship and performance opportunities to young composers who are female-identifying, non-binary, or gender non-conforming. Bennett (pictured), a 17-year-old home-schooled student from Nixa, Mo (just south…
Mizzou seeks high school students for Missouri Summer Composition Institute
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is looking for Missouri high school students interested in music composition to attend the 2019 Missouri Summer Composition Institute, which will be held from Sunday, June 16 through Saturday, June 22 on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Known informally as “COMP Camp,” after MNMI’s annual Creating Original Music…
Mizzou’s COMP Festival presenting award-winning works from
Missouri student composers on Saturday, April 13 in Columbia
The Mizzou New Music Initiative will present new works from Missouri's best young composers at the 14th annual Creating Original Music Project (COMP) Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, April 13 in the…
Mizzou’s Creating Original Music Project (COMP) offers
awards, cash prizes for Missouri student composers
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is inviting young composers from all across Missouri to take part in the 2019 Creating Original Music Project (COMP). Now in its 14th year, COMP is an annual statewide competition sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Music and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. COMP showcases new, original music from…
Mizzou New Music Initiative 2017-18 year in review
Mizzou’s COMP Festival to present award-winning works
from Missouri student composers on Saturday, April 21 in Columbia
The Mizzou New Music Initiative will showcase Missouri's best young composers when the winning works from this year's Creating Original Music Project (COMP) competition are performed at the 13th annual COMP Festival, held from 10:30 a.m. to…