Mizzou New Music Initiative to present Duo Cortona
in a free online concert on Friday, February 5
The Mizzou New Music Initiative will present Duo Cortona in a free online concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 5. The concert will be available to view on the University of Missouri School of Music's YouTube channel and the Mizzou New Music Facebook page. It was recorded in conjunction with a “virtual residency” in November…
Yoshiaki Onishi chosen as MMTA’s Commissioned Composer for 2021
The Missouri Music Teachers Association (MMTA) has selected Yoshiaki Onishi as their Commissioned Composer for 2021. Onishi (pictured), a postdoctoral fellow with the Mizzou New Music Initiative, was chosen after submitting a portfolio of works anonymously to a panel of three judges. As the winner of the award, he will be commissioned to write a…
Entry deadline for 2021 COMP extended to Friday, February 5
Due to the effects of the pandemic on Missouri schools, the Mizzou New Music Initiative and the University of Missouri School of Music are extending the deadline for this year's Creating Original Music Project (COMP) competition.The new deadline for 2021 COMP submissions will be 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 5, which gives student composers and songwriters…
MICF alumni in the news
Although the resident composers for the Mizzou International Composers Festival are with us here in Columbia for only a short time each summer, MNMI continues to follow the progress of their careers as the years pass. Congratulations to these MICF alumni…
Mizzou New Music Initiative presenting American Wild Ensemble
in free online concert on Thursday, December 10
The Mizzou New Music Initiative will present the American Wild Ensemble performing “The American Aviatrix” in a free online concert at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 10. The program commemorates the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment by honoring the achievements of American women aviators. It will celebrate the lives of two of these…
2021 Mizzou International Composers Festival
gets submissions from around the world
A total of 300 composers from around the world have applied for the four resident composer spots at the 2021 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Submissions were received from 24 different countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South…
Documentary scored by Mizzou alumni is a YouTube hit
A science documentary with a musical score by two Mizzou alumni has proved to be a major hit with online viewers, this month passing one million views on YouTube. Living Soil, a documentary funded by the national not-for-profit Soil Health Institute, features music written by Haley Myers,…
Duo Cortona, Evan Chambers doing virtual residencies for Mizzou
While the current pandemic-related restrictions may be limiting some in-person interactions, Mizzou students still are getting opportunities to work with and learn from composers and performers from throughout the world of new music. For example, this month new music ensemble Duo Cortona and composer Evan Chambers both will take part in virtual residencies for MNMI.…