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…
Composers Festival Spotlight: Alarm Will Sound
Continuing with our series of posts focusing on various participants in the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival, today we catch up with the latest from Alarm Will Sound. As the resident ensemble for the Festival since it began in 2010, AWS plays a crucial role in bringing to life the new works created by the…
Composers Festival Spotlight: David Witter
Today, let's get acquainted with David Witter, another of the eight resident composers at this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival. A native of Holt's Summit, MO (near Jefferson City) and current resident of Columbia, Witter has studied composition with W. Thomas McKenney and Stefan Freund, earning his bachelor's degree…
MICF on TV
This week, a TV commercial promoting the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival began airing in Columbia, Jefferson City, St. Louis and Kansas City. The commercial is part of an extensive campaign that also includes ads in daily newspapers and on radio in central Missouri; in Missouri Life, Inside Columbia and the St. Louis Business Journal;…