Aaron Mencher wins Boston New Music Initiative Young Composers Competition

Mizzou composer Aaron Mencher has won this year's Boston New Music Initiative Young Composers Competition with his work “Uncertainly Yours,” which will be performed by the Boston New Music Initiative ensemble in a concert on November 4 at The Record Company in Boston. Mencher (pictured) is a sophomore composition major and Sinquefield Scholar from John's…

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to open 2016-17 season on Sunday, October 16 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will begin their 2016-17 season with a concert featuring music from a renowned visiting composer, two works written by Mizzou composers, and more. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 16 at Whitmore Recital Hall on the University of Missouri campus.…

Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) seeks new orchestral, choral works for performance in March 2017

For composers of orchestral or choral music, completing a new work often is followed immediately by another formidable challenge: finding an orchestra or choir to perform it. Recognizing this need, the Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) in 2017 once again is offering performance opportunities for new, large-ensemble music written…

Jacob Gotlib profiled in Columbia Daily Tribune

The Mizzou New Music Initiative's new managing director Jacob Gotlib (pictured) recently was profiled in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Gotlib, who earned his Ph.D in composition in 2015 from the State University of New York at Buffalo and also holds a master’s degree in composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a B.M. in…

A look back at the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival…

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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…

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…

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…