May 6th application deadline for the 2022 Missouri Summer Composition Institute
The 2022 Missouri Summer Composition Institute will once again be offered in person June 11-18 on the campus of the University of Missouri. The Summer Composition Institute offers an incredible opportunity for young Missouri composers to come together for one week of learning and interacting with other creative minds – and all accepted students will be able to…
Composer Jennifer Jolley’s Mizzou residency scheduled for April 26-29, 2022
Jennifer Jolley, a member of the composition faculty at Texas Tech University’s School of Music, will be in Columbia as composer-in-residence at the University of Missouri School of Music from Tuesday, April 26 through Friday, April 29, 2022. Jolley’s residency is led by Dr. Brian Silvey, Mizzou's Director of…
Mizzou New Music Ensemble’s April 24th performance to feature five world premieres
The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will continue its 2021-2022 concert series with a performance at 7:30 pm on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at the Sinquefield Music Center’s Sheryl Crow Hall on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia.. The concert is free and open to the public. For those unable to attend in person, the concert will be…
2022 Creating Original Music Project Festival to showcase award-winning works from Missouri student composers on Saturday, April 23 at Mizzou
The winning composers in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) competition will receive awards and have their compositions performed at the COMP Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The event, which will take place in Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center, will be free to the public.…
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra to perform composition by Mizzou graduate student Oswald Huỳnh as part of 2022-2023 season
On March 30, 2022, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced that Gia Đình, composed by University of Missouri graduate student Oswald Huỳnh, will be performed at Powell Hall on Friday, March 3, 2023 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, March 4 at 10:30 AM as part of the Symphony's 2022-2023 season. Gia Đình will be programmed…
Bassoonist Leigh Muñoz returns to Mizzou for residency from April 14- 18, 2022
Leigh Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the Conservatory at University of Missouri-Kansas City and a former faculty member at the University of Missouri School of Music, returns to Columbia for a residency from April 14 -18, 2022. Unlike a traditional residency, two elements of Muñoz’s interactions with students and…
April 6th Sheldon Classics Concert to premiere composition by Mizzou School of Music student Emily Shaw
At 8 pm on Wednesday, April 6, the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis will present a Classics Concert featuring musicians of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) performing Felix Mendelssohn’sOctet, Richard Strauss’ Sonata for Violin and Piano, and The Sun Spins Out of Place to Warm You, a new work for violin and piano…
Works by Missouri Composers Project winners to be performed by Columbia Civic Orchestra, Columbia Chamber Choir in Sunday, March 20 concert
The Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Columbia Chamber Choir will perform the winning works from the 2020 and 2022 Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) competition in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11 at First Baptist Church, 1112 East Broadway in Columbia. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. Now in its tenth year,…