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,…
Sinquefield Charitable Foundation renews support for Mizzou New music Initiative programming with $3.4 million gift
In a convocation held at the Sinquefield Music Center at the University of Missouri School of Music on Thursday, March 3, 2022, the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation renewed its commitment to support the Mizzou New Music Initative (MNMI) with a gift of $3.4 million dollars. That commitment will help continue the program over the next three years. With this…
Mizzou New Music Initiative announces winners in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project Competition
The winning composers in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) have been announced by the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Now in its 17th year, COMP is an annual statewide competition sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Music and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. COMP showcases new, original music from Missouri student composers and…
Mizzou New Music Ensemble continues 2021-22 season with live performance at Sinquefield Music Center on February 27, 2022
The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will continue its 2021-2022 concert series with a performance at 7:30 pm on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The concert will take place on the University of Missouri Campus at the Sinquefield Music Center’s Sheryl Crow Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. For those unable to attend in…