Composer Fred Onovwerosuoke residency at Mizzou scheduled Feb. 24 – 27, 2022

Composer Fred Onovwerosuoke (pronounced OH-NWEH-sehke) will be in residency at the University of Missouri from Thursday, February 24 through Sunday, February 27, 2022. The St. Louis-based, African-born composer's visit will begin with a convocation presentation --"Cultural Programming Re-Imagined" --from  3 to 4 pm on February 24 at Whitmore Recital Hall. This is a free event.…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble continues The Sound of Art Series in collaboration with Amon Carter Museum of American Art with January 25th video performances

The Mizzou New Music Initiative’s The Sound of Art series continues on Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 at 7:30 pm CST with three performances by the Mizzou New Music Ensemble on the Mizzou New Music Facebook page and the University of Missouri School of Music YouTube channel. The Sound of Art series began in 2010 with the concept of…

Black Pierrot album featuring the Mizzou New Music Ensemble earns high praise in American Record Guide

Black Pierrot, a 2021 album recorded by Mizzou’s University Singers that features the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, received accolades in a review in the January/February issue of the American Record Guide. Released on the Centaur Records label in June 2021, the album is highlighted by the world premiere recording of the title track, which was commissioned from composer William…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble continues 2021-22 season with live performance at Sinquefield Music Center on December 5, 2021

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will continue its 2021-22 performance series with a live concert scheduled for 7:30 pm on Sunday, December 5, 2021. The performance will take place on the University of Missouri Campus at the Sinquefield Music Center (SMC 132). The concert is free and open to the public. For those unable to attend in…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble opens 2021-22 season with live performance at Sinquefield Music Center on October 10, 2021

Members of the 2021-22 Mizzou New Music Ensemble with Artistic Director Yoshiaki Onishi (third from front) and Stefan Freund, Artistic Directoe of MNMI (fifth from front) For the first time since March, 2020, the Mizzou New Music Ensemble will perform in front of a live audience! The concert is scheduled for 7:30 pm on Sunday,…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble featured on new recording

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble is featured on Black Pierrot, a new album by Mizzou's University Singers that is being released this week on the Centaur Records label. The album (pictured) is described as "a program of great choral works, including one work from the 1500s, works from the 20th Century," plus the title track,…

New documentary with score by Mizzou students to get free screening Monday, May 3 at Missouri Theatre

A new documentary film produced at Mizzou and featuring a musical score composed and performed by students from the School of Music will get a free screening at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 3 at the Missouri Theatre. "Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way" tells the story of one of the early stars…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to perform
works by Onishi, Berko in a free online concert
on Wednesday, February 17

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will perform recent works by Yoshiaki Onishi and Alex Berko in a free online concert at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17. The concert will be available to view on the University of Missouri School of Music's YouTube channel and the Mizzou New Music Facebook page. “Antefenas-Studies” was written in 2018…