Composers Festival spotlight: Henry Breneman Stewart

The University of Missouri's representative among the eight resident composers for this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival is Henry Breneman Stewart, who just completed a master's degree in composition at Mizzou. While at Mizzou, Stewart (pictured) has composed works for the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Columbia Civic Orchestra, University Singers and more, and served as…

If you’re coming to Columbia

If you’re planning on coming to Columbia for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival, you can get advance tickets online for the three concerts being presented at the Missouri Theatre: Thursday, July 27: Alarm Will Sound Friday, July 28: Mizzou New Music Saturday, July 29: Eight World Premieres with Alarm Will Sound (The "Music of…

Mizzou International Composers Festival adds free concert on Monday, July 24

The Mizzou International Composers Festival has added a free concert to this year’s schedule. “Music of MICF Alumni & More” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 24 at Whitmore Recital Hall in the Fine Arts building on the Mizzou campus. The concert will feature members of the festival’s resident ensemble Alarm Will…

Alarm Will Sound, Mary Kouyoumdjian receive major grant for “Paper Pianos”

Alarm Will Sound, the resident ensemble for the Mizzou International Composers Festival, and Mary Kouyoumdjian, one of the eight resident composers at last year's MICF, have received a major grant from The MAP Fund to underwrite production next year of an evening-long version of her work "Paper Pianos." Kouyoumdjian (pictured), who lives in New York…

Tickets for 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival go on sale
Friday, June 23, with limited-time discount for early buyers

Tickets for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 23, with a special limited-time discount for early ticket buyers. If you purchase tickets before July 3 and use the promotional code, you can get single adult tickets for any MICF concert for just $10…

Mizzou New Music Initiative awards postdoctoral fellowship to Carolina Heredia

The Mizzou New Music Initiative and the University of Missouri School of Music have awarded a postdoctoral fellowship to composer Carolina Heredia. Starting with the Fall 2017 semester and continuing for two years, Heredia (pictured) will teach private composition lessons to Mizzou students; assist with various MNMI programs; and work on interdisciplinary collaborative projects, initiating…

Ticket sales for 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival
delayed until Friday, June 23

Due to maintenance and upgrades to the ticketing system for the Missouri Theatre, the start of ticket sales for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will be delayed until 10:00 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 23. The MICF will take place this year from Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29 in Columbia, and…

Tickets for 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival go on sale Friday, May 26

Tickets for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 26. Known as the region’s premier showcase for new works by top young composers, the MICF will take place this year from Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29 in Columbia, and will include three…