July 29, 2016

Mizzou International Composers Festival in print and on TV

In case you missed them, here are links to some newspaper stories about the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival: * "Making maps: Composers’ festival charts course of new music" by Aarik Danielsen of the Columbia Tribune. * Danielsen also penned a sidebar story detailing "Who’s New, Who’s Who" among this year's MICF participants. * "New…

July 26, 2016

Composers Festival spotlight: Oscar Bettison

As one of two distinguished guest composers at the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival, Oscar Bettison will give a public presentation on his music; mentor and teach the eight resident composers; and work with Alarm Will Sound, who will perform his chamber concerto "Livre des Sauvages" as part of Thursday night's concert at the Missouri…

July 25, 2016

Composers Festival spotlight: Julie Rosenfeld and Peter Miyamoto

Performing as guest artists at the Mizzou International Composers Festival this year are violinist Julie Rosenfeld and pianist Peter Miyamoto, who will be playing together as part of the "Mizzou New Music" concert on Friday, July 29 at the Missouri Theatre. Rosenfeld (pictured, top left) joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of…

July 24, 2016

Composers Festival spotlight: Wang Lu

Born in Xi’an, the ancient capital of China, 2016 MICF resident composer Wang Lu was raised as part of a musical family immersed in Chinese opera and folk music traditions, and her works "reflect a very natural identification with those influences, through the prism of contemporary instrumental techniques and new sonic possibilities." An assistant professor…

July 22, 2016

Composers Festival spotlight: Daniel Silliman

2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival resident composer Daniel Silliman was born in Syracuse, NY and grew up in Katy, TX, near Houston. He began studying piano as a child, and upon graduating high school, enrolled in the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, where his composition teachers included Andrew Norman, who was a…

July 21, 2016

Composers Festival spotlight: Wang A Mao

Coming originally from China, Wang A Mao had to travel a long way from home to study composing in the United States. But her journey to Columbia to serve as one of the eight resident composers for this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival was considerably shorter, for as the latest festival participant from the University…

July 20, 2016

Jacob Gotlib hired as new managing director for Mizzou New Music Initiative

The University of Missouri School of Music has hired Jacob Gotlib to be the new managing director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Gotlib, who earned his Ph.D in composition in 2015 from the State University of New York at Buffalo, will start work at Mizzou on Monday, August 15. As managing director, he will…

July 20, 2016

Composers Festival spotlight: Trey Makler

Originally from Farmington, Missouri, Trey Makler is Mizzou's representative among this year's group of eight resident composers at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. Makler (pictured) just completed his senior year in Columbia, earning his bachelor's degree studying composition with Stefan Freund and oboe with Dan Willett. While an undergraduate, he has served as vice-president of…