July 25, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival returns to live concerts starting today, July 25 and continuing through Saturday, July 30!
After two years of presenting performances online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Mizzou International Composers Festival is pleased to announce that the 13th annual MICF is returning to in-person concerts — starting Monday evening, July 25th! The opening concert of the 2022 MICF is scheduled for 7:30 PM CDT at Sheryl Crow Hall in the Sinquefield Music Center. The MICF kickoff concert will feature resident Mizzou students performing works by Stephen Landy, María Disandro, JT Wolfe, Josè Martinez, Andrew Wiele, and MICF guest composer Angélica Negrón. Here is the complete program, with performers listed for each composition: Stephen Landy (b. 1996), Shady Run (2021),…
July 22, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Turn Your Feet Around” – by Resident Composer Nina Shekhar
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for the MICF. Let’s take a look back at AWS recordings from the 2021 Festival. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater This year you can hear AWS in-person when the MICF returns to live performances for the first time since 2019! AWS recently released a recording of “Turn Your Feet Around,” a composition by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Nina Shekhar. Nina Shekhar. Photo credit: Shervin Lainez…
July 21, 2022
MICF Guest Composer Angélica Negrón and Resident Composers Cassie Wieland and Niko Schroeder to be interviewed on radio station KOPN Thursday, July 21 at 7 pm CDT
Radio station KOPN 89.5 FM in Columbia, Missouri will broadcast interviews with 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival Guest Composer Angélica Negrón and Resident Composers Cassie Wieland and Niko Schroeder Thursday evening, July 21st at 7 pm CDT. Diana Moxon Diana Moxon, host of the weekly “Speaking of the Arts” show on KOPN, will interview the three composers to preview the July 25-30 MICF. If you are not in the Columbia area, you can listen to the broadcast live by clicking here. The program will also be archived at KOPN here. …
July 20, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole” by Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer
Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for this year’s MICF. AWS recently released a recording by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer: “Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole.” Here’s how Ms. Santillán Alcocer describes her inspiration for the work — and her compositional approach to “Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole.” The expression “spiraling down the rabbit hole’’ originates from the 1865…
July 18, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Sploopy” – by Resident Composer Celka Ojakangas
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for the MICF. Let’s take a look back at AWS recordings from the 2021 Festival. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater This year you can hear AWS in-person when the MICF returns to live performances for the first time since 2019! AWS recently released a recording of “Sploopy,” a composition by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Celka Ojakangas. According to Ojakangas, the composition references everything from The Creature…
July 15, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Cassie Wieland
Cassie Wieland is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Cassie Wieland Photo credit: Anna Longworth Cassie Wieland (pronounced ˈkæ-si ˈwee-lənd) is an Illinois-born and Brooklyn-based composer. Praised by The New York Times as “sweetly shimmering,” Wieland masterfully experiments with timbre and texture by exploring intimate and fragile sounds to achieve the “hand-made” sound she is often looking for: imperfect, but intentional. The Road to Sound stated, “Wieland’s visceral compositions send chills up your spine.” Ms.
July 14, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Felipe Tovar-Henao
Felipe Tovar-Henao is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Felipe Tovar-Henao Characterized by a strong interest in exploring sound perception, memory, and recognition, the music of Colombian composer Felipe Tovar-Henao has been consistently awarded and performed throughout his emerging professional career. His creative work is deeply rooted in aesthetic experiences with technology, philosophy, and cinema, incorporating both acoustic and electroacoustic media. Tovar-Henao was selected as a finalist for the 2019 SEAMUS/ASCAP Award and received the 2018…
July 13, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Niko D. Schroeder
Niko D. Schroeder is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Niko D. Schroeder Niko D. Schroeder’s artistic practices reflect his Midwestern (U.S.) upbringing through rugged joy, community focus, and wry humor. His works draw on regional folklore and extra-musical elements to illustrate issues of environment, identity, and perception. For example, his composition, Bridge Sings, integrates field recordings of Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge, while another work, moves, derives formal and musical material from historic chess matches. He is most himself when working with others,…