July 1, 2019

If you’re coming to Columbia…

There's never been a better time to visit Columbia for the Mizzou International Composers Festival, because to celebrate its tenth year in 2019, the MICF has added more concerts and has made ALL festival events, including Saturday's grand finale featuring eight world premieres performed by Alarm Will Sound, FREE. You can see a complete schedule…

May 20, 2019

Mizzou New Music Initiative 2018-19 year in review

May 16, 2019

2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival adding
more concerts, offering free admission to all events

For its tenth year, the Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) in 2019 is adding five more concerts and an audio installation, and is making all MICF events free and open to the public. Presented by the Mizzou New Music Initiative and the University of Missouri School of Music from…

April 18, 2019

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to debut “Influences Symphony” with performances in St. Louis and Columbia

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will explore the influence of various styles of music created in Missouri with performances in Columbia and St. Louis of “Influences Symphony,” a new collaborative, multi-part work by four Mizzou student composers. “Influences Symphony” will be premiered in a concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 3 at the World Chess…

April 8, 2019

Mizzou seeks high school students for Missouri Summer Composition Institute

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is looking for Missouri high school students interested in music composition to attend the 2019 Missouri Summer Composition Institute, which will be held from Sunday, June 16 through Saturday, June 22 on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Known informally as “COMP Camp,” after MNMI’s annual Creating Original Music…

March 28, 2019

Miles Brown to premiere new concerto for bass in concert on Friday, April 26

Bassist Miles Brown will be the featured soloist for the world premiere of "Incino Arvum," a new concerto by Mizzou professor emeritus of composition W. Thomas McKenney that will be performed by the MU Wind Ensemble in a concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the Missouri Theatre. During his residency on campus, Brown…

March 26, 2019

Cellist T.J. Borden coming to Mizzou for residency, concert

Cellist and composer T. J. Borden will visit Mizzou next month for a residency and concert. Borden (pictured) will be in Columbia on Tuesday, April 9 and Wednesday, April 10. While on campus, he'll make a presentation to Mizzou composition students and give private lessons to selected cello students. He'll wrap up his visit with…

March 20, 2019

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra presenting public reading of new works
by Mizzou composers on Wednesday, April 3 at Powell Hall

Three University of Missouri student composers will have their works played by musicians with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in a public reading session at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Powell Hall in St. Louis. The public is invited to attend, with no admission charge…