May 20, 2019

Mizzou New Music Initiative 2018-19 year in review

March 20, 2019

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra presenting public reading of new works
by Mizzou composers on Wednesday, April 3 at Powell Hall

Three University of Missouri student composers will have their works played by musicians with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in a public reading session at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Powell Hall in St. Louis. The public is invited to attend, with no admission charge…

Feb. 25, 2019

Mizzou New Music Initiative gets $2.5 million gift
from Sinquefield Charitable Foundation

In a news conference on Thursday, February 21, University of Missouri officials announced that the Mizzou New Music Initiative will receive a gift of $2.5 million from the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation to help continue the program over the next three years. The funds will help support all of MNMI's activities, including the costs of faculty…

Feb. 5, 2019

St. Louis Symphony musicians to premiere new work by Stephanie Berg

Musicians from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will premiere a new work by Mizzou alumnae Stephanie Berg in a concert next month at Powell Hall in St. Louis. Berg's "Three Prayers" was commissioned by SLSO clarinetist Diana Haskell, and will be performed for the first time as part of of a program of chamber music…

Dec. 28, 2018

Mizzou composers Libby Roberts, Niko Schroeder featured in Columbia Daily Tribune

Mizzou composers Libby Roberts and Niko Schroeder both were featured recently in stories published by the Columbia Daily Tribune. Roberts, a second-year masters student in composition who also serves as the pianist for the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, was the subject of a story by features editor…

Dec. 18, 2018

Producer for Mizzou faculty members earns Grammy nomination

One of the nominees this year in the Grammy Awards' "Classical Producer of the Year" category has a Mizzou connection. Veteran producer Judith Sherman, a 12-time Grammy Award nominee and winner of the award for Classical Producer of the Year for 1993, 2007 and 2011, is nominated again for her work in 2018, including the…

Nov. 16, 2018

Fall 2018 Student Composers Recital set for Monday, November 26 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Fall 2018 edition of the University of Missouri School of Music’s Student Composers Recital will present new works written and performed by students at 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 26 at Whitmore Recital Hall on the Mizzou campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The program will include: "The Wooden Playground" by Nathan…

Nov. 14, 2018

Mizzou composers’ collaboration with St. Louis Symphony featured on HEC-TV’s “State of the Arts”

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's reading of new works by Mizzou composers is the subject of a feature story on the latest episode of HEC-TV's program "State of the Arts." The feature by reporter Paul Schankman includes an exclusive look at the private reading session held on Wednesday, October 31 at Powell Hall in St.…