Missouri Composers Orchestra Project seeks recent works for performance in March

The Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are looking for recent orchestral compositions written by Missouri residents to perform at a concert in March, 2012. To inaugurate the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project, a new program sponsored by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, the CCO will present a concert of six recent works…

Michael E. Anderson wins 2012 Sinquefield Composition Prize

The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are pleased to announce that Michael E. Anderson (pictured) is the winner of the 2012 Sinquefield Composition Prize. Anderson, a Mizzou senior, submitted his…

Seventh annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition offers prizes, recognition for Missouri student composers

From concert halls to Hollywood movies to TV, video games, commercials and more, every minute of music we hear starts with a composer - and every composer needs a start. Giving young composers their start is the purpose of the Mizzou New Music Initiative’s Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P), an annual statewide competition now in…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to feature works from Missouri composers in concert on Monday, October 10 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble (pictured) will open its 2011-12 season with a concert at 8:00 p.m., Monday, October 10 at Whitmore Recital Hall, 135 Fine Arts Building on the University of Missouri campus. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. The concert will feature a program written entirely by Missouri…

2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival to be held July 23 – 28

The Mizzou New Music Initiative will present the third annual Mizzou New Music Summer Festival from Monday, July 23, 2012 through Sunday, July 28 on the campus of the University of Missouri. The 2012 Festival will include a series of public concerts featuring music from contemporary composers, as well as workshops, master classes and other…

New Music Initiative benefactors featured in Philanthropy magazine

Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, whose generous donations established and continue to fund the Mizzou New Music Initiative, were featured in the July issue of Philanthropy magazine as part of a symposium of America's leading arts donors. The Sinquefields and the other philanthropists interviewed responded to three different questions about funding the arts. You can…

Mizzou New Music Summer Festival resident composers earn new honors

Several of the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival's resident composers recently have received additional honors for their work. Clint Needham (pictured), who was one of the resident composers for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, was awarded the prestigious Barlow Prize for 2011. A total of 170 composers from around the world applied for…

More news coverage of the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival

Since the post here the other day about media coverage of the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, several more articles have been published: Resident composer Steve Snowden was interviewed by the Columbia Daily Tribune's Aarik Danielsen for a post on the paper's Art Axis blog, which you can read here. Meanwhile, resident composer Kari Besharse…