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…
Mizzou New Music Summer Festival in the news
With anticipation building among composers, musicians, listeners and the media, the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival has been the subject of a number of news reports and features in recent days. Aarik Danielsen of the Columbia Daily Tribune previewed the festival with two stories in this past Sunday's paper, and also interviewed guest composer Anna…
Festival schedule, program available online
In addition to the four ticketed concerts, the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival also features a number of free events, including composer presentations, workshops, and open rehearsals. You can see the complete schedule of festival events online here You also can view the complete festival program online in PDF format here.
A visitor’s guide to Columbia
If you're coming to Columbia to attend the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, you may find some of these links useful: Visitor information: Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau Columbia Regional Airport Hotels in Columbia "Virtual tour" of Columbia I Heart Columbia Vox Magazine's guide to Columbia restaurants Mid-Missouri Dining Guide Media: Columbia Tribune Columbia Missourian…
The Sound of Art documents collaboration between composers, visual artists
The Mizzou New Music Initiative has released online three episodes of The Sound of Art, a series of short films documenting collaborative efforts between composers and visual artists. Now available for viewing on the Missouri New Music Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/moNEWmusic, the films cover the creation of three new compositions inspired by the summer 2010…
Tickets now on sale for 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival
Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, which will be held Monday, July 11 through Saturday, July 16 in Columbia. The weeklong series of events will include four public concerts, with the grand finale featuring the world premieres of new works written by the festival’s eight resident composers and…
Mizzou New Music Summer Festival announces
selection of eight resident composers for 2011
The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have selected eight resident composers for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, which will be held Monday, July 11 through Saturday, July 16 in Columbia. They are: * Kari Besharse, Champaign IL * David Biedenbender, Ann Arbor MI * Patrick David Clark,…
Mizzou New Music Ensemble premieres “The Garden Symphony”
The Mizzou New Music Ensemble last Sunday traveled to the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis to take part in an event paying tribute to Peter Raven, director emeritus of the Garden. The Ensemble presented the world premiere performance of "The Garden Symphony," a four-part work co-composed by Mizzou students Michael Anderson, Stephanie Berg, Laura…