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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 included stories in the Daily Tribune, Missourian and Maneater, and on KBIA and KOMU. The gift also was covered in other publications around the state, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis…

March 11, 2013

Missouri Couple Gives $1.4 Million to Continue New Music Initiative

Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield at the Chancellor's Concert on Monday, March 11, announcing a $1.4 million gift to the MU School of Music 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 and Rex Sinquefield of Westphalia, MO have given the University $1.4 million to continue and expand the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) and the Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P) at MU. The gift announcement was made at the annual MU Chancellor’s Concert Monday evening. The…

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 streaming on the web of selected concerts presented by the University. The first concert to stream online will be the annual Chancellor’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. next Monday, March 11, featuring the world premiere of 2013 Sinquefield Composition Prize winner David Witter’s new…

Feb. 25, 2013

Mizzou New Music Ensemble to perform works by Muñiz, Kellogg, Colagiovanni, and Makler on Sunday, March 3 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble (pictured) will present the third concert of their 2012-13 season at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 3 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 the world premiere of “Duende,” a new piece by Spanish-American composer Jorge Muñiz. Inspired by the sounds and traditions of Flamenco, “Duende” was commissioned specifically for the Mizzou New Music Ensemble. Muñiz, an associate professor of music composition and theory at Indiana University South Bend, currently is…

Feb. 8, 2013

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-14 season
to include works from Mizzou New Music Initiative composers

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director David Robertson, Stephanie Berg and Jeanne Sinquefield The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced Thursday that it will perform new works by two young composers associated with the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) as part of its 2013-14 season. The announcement came during a “town hall” event at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis as the orchestra unveiled its entire season schedule for next year. The SLSO will play Stephanie Berg’s Ravish and Mayhem as part of a concert program scheduled for Friday, January 10 and Saturday, January 11, 2014 at…

Feb. 4, 2013

Missouri Composers Orchestra Project selects works
by Stephanie Berg, Dustin Dunn for performance in March

Stephanie Berg Continuing their collaborative efforts to spotlight the work of Missouri composers, the Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have announced the selection of two orchestral works written by Missouri residents to be performed by the CCO at a concert in March. The two winning pieces were chosen in a statewide competition conducted under the auspices of the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project (MOCOP). The winners will receive a $500 honorarium from MOCOP’s sponsor, the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. The work chosen in the Open category is Ravish and Mayhem by Stephanie Berg,…

Feb. 1, 2013

St. Louis Beacon spotlights Mizzou composers’ new works
for Sheldon Concert Hall’s 100th anniversary season

The St. Louis Beacon today published an article by Terry Perkins about the new works commissioned from Mizzou composers by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation that are being performed at the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries as part of the hall’s 100th anniversary season. The third commission in the series, Patrick David Clark’s “Snow Coming,” will be premiered next Tuesday, February 5 by pianist Peter Henderson at one of the Sheldon’s “Coffee Concerts.” You can read the Beacon article here.

Jan. 30, 2013

Mizzou New Music Initiative featured in Symphony magazine

The Mizzou New Music Initiative and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation are prominently mentioned in the cover story of the Winter 2013 issue of Symphony magazine. The article by Frank Oteri is about programs that support emerging composers, and the opening spread also features a nice photo of Alarm Will Sound’s Alan Pierson and composer Yotam Haber taken during the Mizzou International Composers Festival in Columbia. You can read the article online here.