May 16, 2017
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 public concerts. Returning for the eighth year as the festival’s resident ensemble, Alarm Will Sound will begin the weekend of shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27 at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. in downtown Columbia. They’ll perform music from…
Feb. 2, 2017
Mizzou New Music Ensemble to present works by Freund, Haas, Visconti, McKenney, and Heruth on Monday, February 27 at Whitmore Recital Hall
The Mizzou New Music Ensemble’s first performance of 2017 will include music from a visiting guest composer, new works written by a longtime faculty member and a Mizzou student, and a sneak preview of this summer’s Mizzou International Composers Festival. The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 27 at Whitmore Recital Hall on the University of Missouri campus. General admission is $5 for the public, free for Mizzou faculty, students and staff. Visiting the Mizzou campus for a guest composer residency that weekend will be Don Freund, professor of composition at Indiana University’s Jacobs School…
Jan. 3, 2017
Mizzou International Composers Festival announces resident composers for 2017
The Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) has selected eight resident composers to participate in the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Presented by MNMI and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29 in Columbia, the eighth annual MICF will feature world premieres of new works written by each of the selected composers. Listed with their current places of residence, they are: * Clare Glackin, Los Angeles, CA * Selim Göncü, Berkeley, CA * Carolina Heredia, Ann Arbor, MI * Christopher…
Dec. 1, 2016
2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival gets record number of resident composer submissions
A total of 261 composers from around the world applied for the eight resident composer spots at the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival, a new record for the MICF. Submissions were received from 25 different countries – also a new record – including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States. The 2017 MICF will be held July 24 – 29 on the University of Missouri campus and at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia.
Oct. 10, 2016
2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival set for July 24 – 29; applications for eight resident composers now open
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is now accepting applications for eight resident composers to take part in the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF), which will be held Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia. Georg Friedrich Haas and Dan Visconti will serve as the distinguished guest composers for the 2017 MICF, which will include three public concerts of contemporary music as well as workshops, master classes and other events. As in years past, Saturday night’s grand finale at the Missouri Theatre will feature the world premieres…
Aug. 1, 2016
A look back at the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival…
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July 29, 2016
Mizzou International Composers Festival in print and on TV
In case you missed them, here are links to some newspaper stories about the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival: * “Making maps: Composers’ festival charts course of new music” by Aarik Danielsen of the Columbia Tribune. * Danielsen also penned a sidebar story detailing “Who’s New, Who’s Who” among this year’s MICF participants. * “New music premieres at Mizzou International Composers Festival” by Rebecca Ferman of the Columbia Missourian. * The Missourian also published a gallery of pictures of Alarm Will Sound, taken by photographer Youngrae Kim at one of the ensemble’s MICF…
July 26, 2016
Composers Festival spotlight: Oscar Bettison
As one of two distinguished guest composers at the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival, Oscar Bettison will give a public presentation on his music; mentor and teach the eight resident composers; and work with Alarm Will Sound, who will perform his chamber concerto “Livre des Sauvages” as part of Thursday night’s concert at the Missouri Theatre. A member of the composition faculty of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University since 2009, Bettison originally is from Jersey, UK. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the Royal College of Music…