Composers Festival Spotlight: Wei-Chieh Lin
Today's featured resident composer from the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival is Wei-Chieh Lin, who was born in Taichung, Taiwan, and now lives in New York City. Lin earned his BM, MM, and DMA degrees in composition at The Juilliard School under the guidance of famed composer and teacher, the…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Although resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound understandably attracts a lot of attention during the Mizzou International Composers Festival, let's not forget that the "Mizzou New Music" concert on Friday, July 26 at the Missouri Theatre will showcase the Mizzou New Music Initiative's "home team," the Mizzou New…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Andrew Davis
Continuing with our series on the resident composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival, today let's get acquainted with Andrew Davis. Though he shares a name with a famous British conductor, this Andrew Davis is a composer and electric guitarist from Columbia, MD by way of Texas. He…
Mizzou International Composers Festival to include free events
In addition to the ticketed concerts at the Missouri Theatre, the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival includes a number of events that are free of charge. All the presentations by the Festival’s guest, resident and faculty composers are free and open to the public, and will take place in Room 145 of the Fine Arts…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Eric Guinivan
Today, we train our virtual spotlight on Eric Guinivan, a percussionist and composer who's another of the eight resident composers at the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Guinivan earned bachelor's degrees in composition and percussion performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Augusta Read Thomas
It is a pleasure for everyone associated with the Mizzou New Music Intiative to welcome Augusta Read Thomas as one of the guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Thomas, 49, is University Professor of composition at the University of Chicago, and is only the 16th…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Greg Simon
We start the week with a look at another of the resident composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Greg Simon holds a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound and an M.M. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and currently is pursuing a doctorate at the University…
Follow the MICF on Facebook and Twitter
As the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival gets closer, you can get the latest news right up to the minute by following the Mizzou New Music Initiative on Facebook and Twitter. The Missouri New Music Facebook page will have behind-the-scenes photos, links to media coverage of the Festival, and much more. To get updates from…