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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
MADSM Collegiate Composer Competition entry deadline extended to Friday, October 19
The entry deadline for the 2018 MADSM Collegiate Composer Competition has been extended to Friday, October 19. "Since this a new competition this year, and the fall semester has just begun, we wanted MADSM member institutions to have more time to get the word out, and their students to have more time to respond," said…