Mizzou New Music Initiative names Andrea Luque Káram new Managing Director, replacing Interim Managing Director Jason Thorpe Buchanan

The University of Missouri School of Music has hired Andrea Luque Káram as the Managing Director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI), effective August 1, 2022. Ms. Karam is replacing Jason Thorpe Buchanan, who served as Interim Managing Director of MNMI beginning February 7, 2022. Andrea Luque Káram is a professional musician and…

2022 Missouri Summer Composition Institute Overview

From June 11th through the 18th, the 2022 Missouri Summer Composition Institute brought together 16 young Missouri composers for a full week of work creating new music on the University of Missouri campus. Above: Mizzou Postdoctoral Fellow in Composition Dr. Yoshiaki Onishi discusses notation with the students.  Below: Mizzou percussion professor Dr.…

MICF Update: Laraaji replaces William Basinski — joins Katina Bitsicas and Onishi-Beis Duo for July 29 concert

Due to health-related issues, William Basinski will not perform at the July 29th Dismal Niche / Mizzou Interational Composers Festival concert at Studio 4 at McKee Gymnasium. Celestial-ambient music pioneer Laraaji will now headline the 7:30 pm concert, which will also feature new media artist and Mizzou Assistant Professor Katina Bitsicas, and the Onishi-Beis Duo. The…

Resident Composer Spotlight: Pascal Le Boeuf

Pascal Le Boeuf is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Described as "sleek, new" and "hyper-fluent" by the New York Times, Pascal Le Boeuf is a Grammy-nominated composer,…

Resident Composer Spotlight: Oswald Huỳnh

Oswald Huỳnh is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Huỳnh is a composer and bassoonist from Portland, Oregon. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Lewis & Clark College and a Master of Music from the University of Missouri. During his…

Mizzou International Composers Festival spotlight: Angélica Negrón

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Angélica Negrón  as one of the two distinguished guest composers for the 2022  Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). The Festival, scheduled Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, will also welcome Guest Composer Meredith Monk. [caption id="attachment_7060"…

Mizzou International Composers Festival spotlight: Meredith Monk

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Meredith Monk as one of the two distinguished guest composers for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). The Festival, scheduled Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, will also welcome Guest Composer Angélica Negrón. [caption…

MICF Resident Composer Spotlight: Caterina Di Cecca

Caterina Di Cecca is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Ms. Di Cecca earned a Master of Music degree in piano at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, then completed her Master of Music degree in composition there as…