July 12, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Piyawat Louilarpprasert
Piyawat Louilarpprasert is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Piyawat Louilarpprasert Louilarpprasert is a Thai composer, performer, and curator who works with the interweave of music composition, visual art, and sound installation. CNN News World called him “…the rebel Thai composer taking music to unheard heights.” Louilarpprasert has been awarded commissions and prizes, including: Südwestrundfunk (SWR) Experimental Studio (Germany), MATA Festival (New York), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), ASCAP (USA), Pro Helvetia (Switzerland), British Council (UK), Japan Foundation (Japan), NUNC (Chicago), Otto…
July 11, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Jia Yi Lee
Jia Yi Lee is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Jia Yi Lee Photo credit: Tavifa Gascon Jia Yi Lee is a Singaporean composer who writes music that explores the colors and textures of sound through movement and gesture. She creates imaginative sound worlds inspired by natural phenomena and processes, and is interested in the perception of temporality and timbre in music. Ms.
July 6, 2022
MICF Update: Laraaji replaces William Basinski — joins Katina Bitsicas and Onishi-Beis Duo for July 29 concert
Due to health-related issues, William Basinski will not perform at the July 29th Dismal Niche / Mizzou Interational Composers Festival concert at Studio 4 at McKee Gymnasium. Celestial-ambient music pioneer Laraaji will now headline the 7:30 pm concert, which will also feature new media artist and Mizzou Assistant Professor Katina Bitsicas, and the Onishi-Beis Duo. The general admission concert is free to the public. Laraaji Laraaji, one of modern experimental music’s most distinctive, prolific and charismatic artists, has been creating radiant, luminous long-form compositions for electronically treated zither, kalimba, piano and…
July 1, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Oswald Huỳnh
Oswald Huỳnh is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Huỳnh is a composer and bassoonist from Portland, Oregon. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Lewis & Clark College and a Master of Music from the University of Missouri. During his time at Lewis & Clark, Huỳnh was presented the Rena J. Ratte Memorial Award, the highest academic honor given to students, for his compositional work at the college. His principal teachers include Stefan Freund, Carolina Heredia, Texu Kim, and Michael Johanson.
June 30, 2022
Mizzou International Composers Festival spotlight: Angélica Negrón
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Angélica Negrón as one of the two distinguished guest composers for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). The Festival, scheduled Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, will also welcome Guest Composer Meredith Monk. Angélica Negrón Photo credit: Catalina Kulczar MICF will feature concerts of music by Negrón, Monk, and other contemporary composers performed in front of live audiences, along with in-person workshops, master classes, and other events. As…
June 29, 2022
Mizzou International Composers Festival spotlight: Meredith Monk
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Meredith Monk as one of the two distinguished guest composers for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). The Festival, scheduled Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, will also welcome Guest Composer Angélica Negrón. Meredith Monk Photo Credit: F. Scott Schaefer MICF will feature concerts of music by Monk, Negrón, and other contemporary…
June 28, 2022
MICF Resident Composer Spotlight: Caterina Di Cecca
Caterina Di Cecca is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Ms. Di Cecca earned a Master of Music degree in piano at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, then completed her Master of Music degree in composition there as well. Ms. Di Cecca also has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Philosophy from the Università degli Studi di Roma Tre in Rome. She continued her musical studies through the Master Course in Composition of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Ms.
June 27, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival: complete schedule
We are pleased to announce the complete schedule of events for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Celebrating its 13th year in 2022, the MICF begins on Monday, July 25 and continues through Saturday, July 30. All Festival events listed are free and open to the public, with general admission seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Monday, July 25, 2022 RESIDENT COMPOSER PRESENTATIONS: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Room 385, Sinquefield Music Center: Pascal Le Boeuf, Huỳnh, Caterina di Cecca. MIZZOU STUDENT NEW MUSIC: 7:30 PM, Sheryl Crow Hall, Sinquefield Music…