Sept. 25, 2018

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to perform music by Daugherty, Sharlat, and Donatoni on Monday, October 15 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble's first concert of the 2018-19 season will feature works by two composers who are visiting the University of Missouri campus this fall, and more. The Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 15 at Whitmore Recital Hall, 135 Fine Arts Building on the Mizzou campus. Admission is free and…

Sept. 25, 2018

Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth to perform Tuesday, October 23 at Missouri Theatre

The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth is coming to Columbia to perform at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 23 at the Missouri Theatre. Tickets are $23 and $28, and are on sale now via Ticketmaster and at the Missouri Theatre box office. While they're in town, members of Roomful of Teeth will visit the…

Sept. 24, 2018

Carolina Heredia wins Grand Prize in Chamber Music OC’s inaugural International New Music Competition

Mizzou's Carolina Heredia has won the John Corigliano Grand Prize in the first International New Music Competition sponsored by Chamber Music OC, a new music presenting and educational organization in Irvine, CA. Heredia, who is an assistant professor of composition at Mizzou, won the prize for "Ausencias," a thirty-minute intermedia work for string quartet, fixed…

Sept. 24, 2018

Composer Michael Daugherty’s upcoming residency at Mizzou inspires three concerts featuring his music

Grammy Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty is coming to Columbia for a residency, and the University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are welcoming him with three concerts featuring his music in October. Daugherty, who is a professor of composition at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance,…

Sept. 21, 2018

Dustin Dunn wins UMSL Young Composers Competition

Dustin Dunn's composition "In the Shadow of Shepherd Mountain" has been selected as the winner of the 2018 UMSL Young Composers Competition (Wind Ensemble, division 2). The work will be premiered by the UMSL Wind Ensemble as part of a concert at 7:30 p.m.  Wednesday, October 17 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on the…

Sept. 17, 2018

Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) seeks new orchestral, choral music for concert in March 2019

Writing a new work for orchestra or chorus is a major accomplishment, yet for many composers, it's just the first step in bringing their music to life. A commissioned work customarily will get a premiere performance, but there's no guarantee it will be heard again - unless the composer can find more opportunities to get…

Sept. 14, 2018

Composer Yevgeniy Sharlat coming to Mizzou for residency, concert

Composer Yevgeniy Sharlat is coming to Mizzou next month for a residency and concert. Sharlat, who's an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, will be in Columbia on Monday, October 1 and Tuesday, October 2. While he's on campus, he'll give a presentation and private lessons to composition students and coach the…

Sept. 4, 2018

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to read works by Mizzou composers Mikkel Christensen, Ben Colagiovanni, and Libby Roberts

Three University of Missouri student composers will have their works played this year by musicians with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as part of a joint educational venture between the orchestra and the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Student composers Mikkel Christensen, Ben Colagiovanni, and Libby Roberts…