Sep. 6, 2022
A look back at the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival concerts
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival returned to live concerts after two years of online-only performances at the 2020 and 2021 MICFs. If you attended the live MILF concerts presented at the Missouri Theater, and at Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center the last week of July, you experienced firsthand the energy and excitement of these outstanding performances. Let’s take a look back at video recordings of four of these concerts. On Monday, July 25th, The MICF kickoff concert at Sheryl Crow Hall featured resident Mizzou students performing works by Stephen Landy, María Disandro, JT Wolfe, Josè Martinez, Andrew Wiele,…
July 30, 2022
Alarm Will Sound to perform eight world premiere compositions at the Missouri Theater July 30 to conclude the 13th Annual MICF
The 13th annual Mizzou International Composers Festival concludes Saturday evening, July 30 with a 7:30 Pm (CDT) concert at the Missouri Theatre by acclaimed new music ensemble, Alarm Will Sound. Under the direction of Alan Pierson, AWS will play world premiere performances by the eight MICF Resident Composers. Admission to the concert is free. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater The Resident Composers for the 13th annual MICF are: Caterina Di Cecca, Oswald Huynh, Pascal Le Boeuf, Jia Yi Lee, Pivawat Louilarppresert, Niko D.
July 29, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival July 29th schedule features Laraaji in concert with Katina Bitsicas and the Onishi-Beis Duo
Tonight, the Mizzou Interational Composers Festival presents celestial-ambient music pioneer Laraaji headlining a 7:30 PM (CDT) concert at Studio 4 at McKee Gymnasium on the Mizzou campus. The July 29th concert is co-hosted by Dismal Niche Arts, and will also feature new media artist and Mizzou Assistant Professor Katina Bitsicas, and the Onishi-Beis Duo. The general admission concert is free to the public. Laraaji Laraaji, one of modern experimental music’s most distinctive, prolific and charismatic artists, has been creating radiant, luminous long-form compositions for electronically treated zither, kalimba, piano and more for over 40 years. He released…
July 28, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival July 28th schedule features Alarm Will Sound in concert
A concert performance by the acclaimed ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, highlights activities at the 13th annual Mizzou International Composers Festival on Thursday, July 28th. Tonight’s MICF concert will feature Alarm Will Sound under the direction of Alan Pierson in concert at the Missouri Theater at 7:30 PM CDT. AWS will perform the music of Monk, Negrón and Don Freund — accompanied by Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble + member of University of Missouri Choirs. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater Program: Anthem . . . . . . . . . . . .
July 27, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival July 27th schedule features evening concert and morning Resident Composer presentations
A concert performance and Resident Composer presentations highlight activities at the 13th annual Mizzou International Composers Festival on Wednesday, July 27th. This morning from 10 am – Noon (CDT), presentations by Resident Composers Jia Yi Lee and Felipe Tovar-Henao are scheduled in Room 385 at the Sinquefield Music Center. Tonight’s MICF concert will feature the Mizzou New Music Ensemble performing works by Mizzou student composers Santiago Beis, Emily Shaw, and MICF guest composer Angélica Negrón, as well as a Mizzou Faculty Trio performing Stefan Freund‘s Triodances…
July 26, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival features Guest and Resident Composer presentations July 26
The 13th annual Mizzou International Composers Festival continues Tuesday, July 26 with Guest Composer presentations by Angélica Negrón and Meredith Monk this evening, and Resident Composer presentations by Cassie Wieland, Niko Schroeder and Piyawat Louilarpprasert. Meredith Monk Angélica Negrón Angélica Negrón will present from 7:00 – 8:00 PM at Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center. Meredith…
July 25, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival returns to live concerts starting today, July 25 and continuing through Saturday, July 30!
After two years of presenting performances online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Mizzou International Composers Festival is pleased to announce that the 13th annual MICF is returning to in-person concerts — starting Monday evening, July 25th! The opening concert of the 2022 MICF is scheduled for 7:30 PM CDT at Sheryl Crow Hall in the Sinquefield Music Center. The MICF kickoff concert will feature resident Mizzou students performing works by Stephen Landy, María Disandro, JT Wolfe, Josè Martinez, Andrew Wiele, and MICF guest composer Angélica Negrón. Here is the complete program, with performers listed for each composition: Stephen Landy (b. 1996), Shady Run (2021),…
July 22, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Turn Your Feet Around” – by Resident Composer Nina Shekhar
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for the MICF. Let’s take a look back at AWS recordings from the 2021 Festival. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater This year you can hear AWS in-person when the MICF returns to live performances for the first time since 2019! AWS recently released a recording of “Turn Your Feet Around,” a composition by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Nina Shekhar. Nina Shekhar. Photo credit: Shervin Lainez…