May 1, 2013

Mizzou New Music Initiative featured in St. Louis magazine

The May 2013 issue of St. Louis magazine includes a feature article by culture editor Stefene Russell about the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Russell’s piece offers a comprehensive look at MNMI, from the origins of the Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) eight years ago, right up until the present day. The print edition of the magazine is on sale now, or you can read the article online here.

April 12, 2013

C.O.M.P. winners perform on KSDK’s Show Me St. Louis

Two of the winners in the 2013 Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition performed this past Thursday, April 11 on Show Me St. Louis, an entertainment news program that airs on NBC affiliate KSDK at 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Menea Kefalov and Ande Siegel of Ladue Middle School were the first-place winners this year in the Middle School – Popular division for their song “This Generation.” You can see them performing it and being interviewed by Show Me St. Louis host Julie Tristan in the embedded video below. All of this year’s this year’s winning…

March 25, 2013

Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P) concert will stream
Missouri students’ winning compositions to the world

On Saturday, April 20, listen to the live audio stream at http://live.missouri.edu:8000/music.m3u For eight years, the annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition has brought young composers to the University of Missouri campus in the spring for a concert of original music. As in the past, this year’s winning compositions – written and performed by 21 elementary, middle school, and high school students from across Missouri – will be played at the Creating Original Music Project Festival, which will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at the Fine Arts Building on the Mizzou campus.