Oct. 1, 2013

St. Louis Symphony plays work by 2012 MICF resident composer Patrick Harlin

This past weekend, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performed Patrick Harlin's work "Rapture" as a part of their concerts on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28 at Powell Symphony Hall in St.…

Sept. 26, 2013

Fifth annual Mizzou International Composers Festival set for July 21-26, 2014

The Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will celebrate its fifth year in 2014, and composers Beat Furrer and Nico Muhly will be among those attending the party. Furrer and Muhly have been named guest composers for the Mizzou New Music Initiative’s signature event, which will be held Monday, July 21 through Saturday, July 26 on…

Sept. 16, 2013

Missouri Composers Orchestra Project seeks
recent works for performance in March

The Missouri Composers Orchestra Project (MOCOP) is looking for recent orchestral compositions written by Missouri residents to be performed at a concert in March, 2014. Now in its third year, MOCOP is a collaborative effort to spotlight the work of Missouri composers that involves the Mizzou New Music Initiative, the Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO), and…

Sept. 13, 2013

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to open 2013-14 season
on Friday, October 11 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will open their 2013-14 season with a concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 11 in Whitmore Recital Hall, 135 Fine Arts Building on the University of Missouri campus. Admission is free for Mizzou students, $5 suggested donation for the general public. The program will include works by the acclaimed contemporary…

Aug. 2, 2013

Wrapping up the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival

The 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival has come to a successful conclusion, but we've still got a few more Festival-related links to share with you: * The Festival's Saturday night grand finale concert was named a "Best Bet" for the weekend by St. Louis Post-Dispatch classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller. * Jeanne Sinquefield, whose…

July 22, 2013

Mizzou International Composers Festival in the news

In case you've missed out, here's a recap of some of the press coverage so far of the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. In the past week, there was an extensive feature story in the Sunday, July 21 edition of the Columbia Daily Tribune, as well as a preview of the Festival in the St.…

July 19, 2013

Composers Festival Spotlight: Jason Thorpe Buchanan

We end our series of profiles of the resident composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival with Jason Thorpe Buchanan, who's currently working on his Ph.D. at the Eastman School of Music, studying composition with Robert Morris and serving as a graduate TA at the Computer Music…

July 19, 2013

Composers Festival Spotlight: Daniel Kellogg

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Daniel Kellogg as one of the two guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Kellogg originally is from Wilton, CT and has served since 2005 as assistant professor of composition at the University of Colorado, He has been lauded by the Washington Post as…