A look back at the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival
Here's a comprehensive look back at this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival via news coverage and social media: [View the story "Mizzou International Composers Festival 2014" on Storify]
Even more media coverage of the 2014 MICF
With the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival now over, there still are a few items of media coverage of the festival to share. In addition to their preview story on the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival (linked here), Vox magazine sent writer Caleb O'Brien to the festival's grand finale on Saturday night, and his recap…
More media mention MICF
Media attention for the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival continued into the week of the fest, with St. Louis magazine publishing a preview story, including quotes from guest composers Zhou Long and Nico Muhly, online on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, the Columbia Missourian ran their story about the festival, while a separate feature in the…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Zhou Long
It's an honor to have Zhou Long as one of the two guest composers at this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival. Currently the Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, Zhou won the Pulitzer Prize in music in 2011 for his…
Columbia media previews 2014 MICF
With the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival starting today, the Columbia Daily Tribune had two stories in Sunday's paper, plus another online, which together offer a thorough preview of the week's events. The Tribune's Aarik Danielsen interviewed managing director Billy Lackey and resident composer José Martínez for an overview of the festival, and also wrote…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Nico Muhly
It's a great pleasure to have Nico Muhly as one of the two guest composers for the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival. One of the most talked-about individuals on the contemporary music scene, often provocative and occasionally controversial, Muhly will work with the MICF's eight resident composers both as…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Christopher Weiss
2014 MICF resident composer Christopher Weiss may have been born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and grown up in the northeast, but as it turns out, his musical beginnings have a connection to the Show-Me State. His paternal grandfather, a fisheries biologist here in Missouri, was an amateur violin-maker who…
Composers Festival Spotlight: José Martínez
Resident composer José Martínez is representing the University of Missouri and the Mizzou New Music Initiative at this year's MICF. Originally from Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, José earned his diploma at the Conservatory of Music at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, and currently is studying for…