July 12, 2011

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…

July 12, 2011

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.

July 11, 2011

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…

June 27, 2011

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…

June 8, 2011

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…

April 27, 2011

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,…

April 21, 2011

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…

April 19, 2011

C.O.M.P. winners make news

The announcement of the winners of this year's Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition has prompted a flurry of press coverage around the state. In St. Louis, sisters Bella and Lilly Ibur have been the subjects of several news stories. They recently were featured on Show Me St. Louis, which airs weekday afternoons on local…