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Oct. 11, 2017

Missouri student composers are eligible for awards, cash prizes from Mizzou’s Creating Original Music Project (COMP)

While the tools for writing music have evolved over time - from pen, paper and piano to computers, samples and synthesizers - young composers today still face the same challenge they've had for hundreds of years: getting their music heard. That 's why the Mizzou New Music Initiative began the Creating Original Music Project (COMP).…

March 23, 2017

Creating Original Music Project to present award-winning works from Missouri student composers in concert on Saturday, April 15

Whether heard on a concert stage or in a theater, on film or TV, or in a video game or app, every piece of music starts with a composer – and every young composer needs a start. That’s why Mizzou’s Creating Original…

March 6, 2017

Mizzou New Music Initiative 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 this year’s Missouri Summer Composition Institute, which will be held from Sunday, June 18 through Saturday, June 24 on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia.…

Oct. 26, 2016

Creating Original Music Project (COMP) offers awards, cash prizes for original music from Missouri student composers

From school bands to adjudicated contests, young musicians today have many outlets to demonstrate their instrumental prowess. For young composers, the opportunities to show their talents can be much harder to find, which is why the Mizzou New Music Initiative began the Creating Original Music Project (COMP). Now in its twelfth year, COMP is an…

March 14, 2016

Creating Original Music Project to present award-winning works by Missouri student composers in concert on Saturday, April 16 in Columbia

From classical, jazz, and blues to folk, rock, and hip-hop, Missouri has a rich and varied musical history. The Show-Me State over the years has produced a long list of musical luminaries, from Scott Joplin, Virgil Thomson,…

Nov. 16, 2015

Creating Original Music Project (COMP) to recognize original music
from Missouri student composers with awards, cash

For ten years, the Mizzou New Music Initiative’s Creating Original Music Project (COMP) has encouraged the musical dreams and aspirations of hundreds of K-12 students across Missouri, offering positive recognition and prizes, performance and educational opportunities, and more. Some past winners of the annual statewide competition sponsored by…

April 6, 2015

MNMI, COMP featured on St. Louis Public Radio

Mizzou New Music Initiative managing director William Lackey, junior composition major Ben Colagiovanni and composer, clarinetist and Mizzou alum Stephanie Berg were guests this past Friday, April 3 on St. Louis Public Radio's program "CityScape." In the segment, they talked with host Steve Potter about the Creating Original Music Project, the annual statewide competition for…

March 17, 2015

Creating Original Music Project celebrates 10 years
of original works from Missouri student composers
with concert on Saturday, April 18

Mizzou’s Creating Original Music Project (COMP) will mark 10 years of showcasing the works of Missouri student composers in grades K-12 with the 2015 COMP Festival, which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April…