July 14, 2017

Composers Festival spotlight: Clare Glackin

Resident composer Clare Glackin comes to the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival from the West Coast via Houston, Texas, where she recently graduated with an MM degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. A native of Mount Vernon, Washington, Glackin (pictured) previously earned a BM from the University of Southern California's Thornton School of…

July 13, 2017

Composers Festival spotlight: Aaron Parker

Aaron Parker is another of the resident composers helping to put the "international" in this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival, coming to Columbia all the way from England. Parker currently is working toward a masters in experimental music at Brunel University in London, and, reflecting his continuing interest in teaching as well as composition, also…

July 11, 2017

Composers Festival spotlight: Carolina Heredia

Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Carolina Heredia is the first resident composer originally from South America to take part in the Mizzou International Composers Festival. Heredia (pictured) has just completed her doctorate in musical arts at the University of Michigan, studying with Michael Daugherty, Evan Chambers, Kristin Kuster, and Erik Santos. (Interestingly, while being the first…

July 10, 2017

Composers Festival spotlight: Henry Breneman Stewart

The University of Missouri's representative among the eight resident composers for this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival is Henry Breneman Stewart, who just completed a master's degree in composition at Mizzou. While at Mizzou, Stewart (pictured) has composed works for the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, Columbia Civic Orchestra, University Singers and more, and served as…

July 9, 2017

If you’re coming to Columbia

If you’re planning on coming to Columbia for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival, you can get advance tickets online for the three concerts being presented at the Missouri Theatre: Thursday, July 27: Alarm Will Sound Friday, July 28: Mizzou New Music Saturday, July 29: Eight World Premieres with Alarm Will Sound (The "Music of…

July 6, 2017

Missouri Summer Composition Institute featured in Columbia Missourian

MNMI's Summer Composition Institute, held last month on the Mizzou campus, was the subject of a feature story in the Columbia Missourian. The Summer Composition Institute, often referred to as "COMP Camp" or "Summer COMP," brings together a select group of high school composers from around the state for a week of intensive instruction, culminating…

June 29, 2017

Mizzou International Composers Festival adds free concert on Monday, July 24

The Mizzou International Composers Festival has added a free concert to this year’s schedule. “Music of MICF Alumni & More” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 24 at Whitmore Recital Hall in the Fine Arts building on the Mizzou campus. The concert will feature members of the festival’s resident ensemble Alarm Will…

June 27, 2017

Alarm Will Sound, Mary Kouyoumdjian receive major grant for “Paper Pianos”

Alarm Will Sound, the resident ensemble for the Mizzou International Composers Festival, and Mary Kouyoumdjian, one of the eight resident composers at last year's MICF, have received a major grant from The MAP Fund to underwrite production next year of an evening-long version of her work "Paper Pianos." Kouyoumdjian (pictured), who lives in New York…