March 30, 2011

Mizzou New Music Initiative in the media

While new posts here have been scarce of late, there's been plenty of activity involving the Initiative, including this year's C.O.M.P. competition and preparations for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. There also has been some media coverage this month of the Initiative and some of the people involved in it: * The St.…

March 30, 2011

Missouri student composers win prizes in statewide music competition

The University of Missouri School of Music has announced that 28 elementary, middle school and high school students from across Missouri have been awarded prizes in the sixth annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition. C.O.M.P. is a joint venture of the University of Missouri School of Music and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, which provides…

Dec. 2, 2010

New Music Ensemble to perform Monday, December 6 at Whitmore Recital Hall

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble (pictured) will present their second performance of the 2010-11 season at 8:00 p.m. Monday, December 6 at Whitmore Recital Hall on the University of Missouri campus. If you're in Columbia or anywhere nearby, you're invited to attend the concert, which is free and open to the public. The Ensemble is…

Nov. 12, 2010

Roger Reynolds among composers celebrated at ONCE.MORE.

Roger Reynolds, who will be one of the guest composers for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, recently returned to Ann Arbor, MI to celebrate the legacy of the ONCE Festival and the associated group of new music composers he helped to found during the 1960s. The event ONCE. MORE. was an interdisciplinary celebration…

Nov. 8, 2010

Patrick David Clark wins 2011 Sinquefield Composition Prize

The University of Missouri School of Music is pleased to announce that Patrick David Clark (pictured) is the winner of the 2011 Sinquefield Composition Prize. Clark, a graduate student studying orchestral conducting, submitted his orchestral composition "Glancing Blade" to the competition and was selected for the prize by a panel of independent judges. The adjudicators…

Nov. 4, 2010

2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival to be held July 9 – 17

The Mizzou New Music Initiative will present the second annual Mizzou New Music Summer Festival from Saturday, July 9, 2011 through Sunday, July 17 on the campus of the University of Missouri. The 2011 Festival will include a series of public concerts featuring music from contemporary composers, as well as workshops, master classes and other…

Nov. 3, 2010

Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) offers
recognition, prizes for student composers in Missouri

Is the next George Gershwin, Duke Ellington or John Williams in a school in St. Joseph, a practice room in Poplar Bluff, a rehearsal hall in Rolla, or somewhere else in the Show-Me State? If so, the Mizzou New Music Initiative’s Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P) wants to find that young composer. Sponsored by the…

Nov. 3, 2010

We’re back!

After a brief hiatus, this blog is back to active status - and from here on forward, we'll be bringing you news of all the various programs, people and activities of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, as well as latest on the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. Look for regular posts to resume starting....now!