Composers Festival spotlight: Chelsea Komschlies
Fittingly for an international festival located in the heartland of the USA, 2019 MICF resident composer Chelsea Komschlies is a native Midwesterner whose music has been performed in eleven countries on four continents around the world. The daughter of an artist, Komschlies grew up in Appleton, WI creating and loving all sorts of visual art,…
Composers Festival spotlight: Bels Lontano
For the tenth year of the Mizzou International Composers Festival, the Mizzou New Music Initiative has added a number of new events, including teaming up with Columbia-based experimental music organization Dismal Niche to present two free late-night concerts on Thursday, July 25 and Friday, July 26 after the performances at the Missouri Theatre. The performance…
Composers Festival spotlight: Peter Shin
For resident composer Peter Shin, the 2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival is more than just the chance to write a new work for the festival's resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound. It's also an opportunity to pay a visit to, and have his work performed in, his home state, for Shin originally is from Kansas City,…
Composers Festival spotlight: Khemia Ensemble
Khemia Ensemble will play a prominent role during their Mizzou International Composers Festival debut this year, presenting three performances featuring works by a total of 16 different composers. Founded and led by University of Missouri School of Music faculty members Carolina Heredia and Bret Bohman, and including Mizzou assistant professor of cello Eli Lara, Khemia…
2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival complete schedule
Here is the complete schedule of events for the 2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Celebrating its tenth year in 2019, the MICF begins on Monday, July 22 and continues through Saturday, July 27. All festival events listed are free and open to the public, with general admission seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Events will…
Composers Festival spotlight: Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Occupying their usual spot in the festival lineup, the Mizzou New Music Ensemble will be performing during the 2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival as part of Friday night's "Mizzou New Music" concert at the Missouri Theatre. Their portion of the evening's program will include works by the MICF's two distinguished guest composers - "The Blotting"…
Composers Festival spotlight: Kristina Wolfe
2019 MICF resident composer Kristina Wolfe describes herself as "a composer, wanderer, electronic musician, maker, and multi-instrumentalist." A native of Tampa, FL, Wolfe (pictured) currently is a composer and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Scholar working in sound archaeology exhibition and composition at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. She earned her PhD in multimedia and electronic…
Composers Festival spotlight: “0150719 by reference”
In addition to the expanded schedule of concerts celebrating the festival's tenth year, another first for the 2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival is "0150719 by reference," a generative eight-channel audio installation created specifically for the MICF by Kenneth Kirschner and Daniel Neumann. The installation will be open starting on Tuesday, July 23 and continuing through…