May 7, 2013

Tickets now on sale for 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival

Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival’s concerts on Thursday, July 25; Friday, July 26; and Saturday, July 27. Now in its fourth year, the Mizzou International Composers Festival will take place starting Monday, July 22 through Saturday, July 27 in Columbia, MO. The MICF already is established as one…

May 1, 2013

Mizzou New Music Initiative featured in St. Louis magazine

The May 2013 issue of St. Louis magazine includes a feature article by culture editor Stefene Russell about the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Russell’s piece offers a comprehensive look at MNMI, from the origins of the Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) eight years ago, right up until the present day. The print edition of the…

April 15, 2013

New music inspired by Bill Smith exhibition
to debut Saturday, May 4 at World Chess Hall of Fame

The World Chess Hall of Fame and the Mizzou New Music Initiative will present the world premieres of three new compositions inspired by the work of St. Louis visual artist Bill Smith in “The Sound of Art at the World Chess Hall of Fame” at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 4 at the WCHOF, 4652 Maryland…

April 12, 2013

C.O.M.P. winners perform on KSDK’s Show Me St. Louis

Two of the winners in the 2013 Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition performed this past Thursday, April 11 on Show Me St. Louis, an entertainment news program that airs on NBC affiliate KSDK at 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Menea Kefalov and Ande Siegel of Ladue Middle School were the first-place winners this year…

March 25, 2013

Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P) concert will stream
Missouri students’ winning compositions to the world

For eight years, the annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition has brought young composers to the University of Missouri campus in the spring for a concert of original music. As in the past, this year’s winning compositions -…

March 19, 2013

Mizzou New Music Initiative in the news

The Mizzou New Music Initiative has been in the news for several reasons in recent weeks. Here's a recap of some recent coverage: Last week's announcement of the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation's $1.4 million gift to the Initiative was a featured story on the University's news service, and in Mizzou magazine and Mizzou Weekly.  Local coverage…

March 11, 2013

Missouri Couple Gives $1.4 Million to Continue New Music Initiative

The University of Missouri has announced that a generous gift from the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation will support programs and scholarships directed toward promoting the creation of new music Jeanne…

March 8, 2013

School of Music to begin streaming concerts online

Some of the new music being made at Mizzou will soon be heard all around the world in real time. Thanks to the efforts of College of Arts and Science IT director Mike Watson and recording engineer Rob Boullion, the School of Music now has a system in place that will allow for live audio…