July 23, 2012

Mizzou New Music in the News

If you've missed some of the recent coverage of the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival in the news media, here's your chance to catch up. * On Sunday, the Columbia Daily Tribune published a thoughtful and comprehensive preview story about the Festival by Aarik Danielsen. * The St. Louis Beacon last week had a nice…

July 20, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Charlie Piper

Completing the international contingent at this year's Mizzou New Music Summer Festival is resident composer Charlie Piper, who's from London, England. Born in 1982, Piper (pictured) completed his master's degree with distinction at the Royal College of Music and currently is doing doctoral research at the Royal Academy of Music. His awards include the 2006…

July 20, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Stylianos Dimou

A native of Greece, resident composer Stylianos Dimou is helping to bring a bit of international perspective to the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. Dimou (pictured) has been studying music in the USA since last year, working toward an MA in composition with Professor Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester,…

July 19, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Ted Goldman

Coming from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Ted Goldman should see at least a few familiar faces when he arrives in Columbia to serve as one of the resident composers for the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. That's because a number of participants in this year's Festival have connections to Eastman,…

July 19, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Asha Srinivasan

Born in Utah and brought up in India and the USA, Asha Srinivasan creates music that combines elements from two different cultures. An assistant professor of music at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, Srinivasan (pictured) is one of eight resident composers for the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. She is part of an musical…

July 18, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Patrick Harlin

Resident composer Patrick Harlin comes to the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival from Ann Arbor, where he currently is working toward a doctoral degree in music composition from the University of Michigan. Born in Salt Lake City and raised in Seattle, Harlin (pictured) has been composing and playing piano since age 8. He earned…

July 18, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Brian Ciach

A skilled pianist as well as a composer, Brian Ciach has created a wide variety of original music, from solo piano pieces to orchestral works to electronic music. As one of the resident composers for the 2102 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, Ciach (pronounced "SIGH-ack") has written a new piece for Alarm Will Sound called…

July 17, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Anne-Carolyn Bird

The guest artist at this year's Mizzou New Music Summer Festival will be the talented soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird. Bird (pictured) will perform with Alarm Will Sound as part of the concert on Thursday, July 26, helping to bring to life the first part of Donnacha Dennehy's new work-in-progress, The Hunger. Known primarily as an operatic…