June 28, 2018

2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival
complete schedule of events and ticket information

Here is the complete schedule of events and information on how to get tickets for the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival. The 2018 MICF begins on Monday, July 23 and continues through Saturday, July 28. Festival events will be held at the Fine Arts Building and Loeb Hall on the campus of the University of…

May 18, 2018

Tickets for 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival go on sale Friday, May 25

Tickets for the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 25. Recognized as an important regional showcase for new works by top young composers, the MICF will take place this year from Monday, July 23 through Saturday, July 28 in Columbia, and will include three…

May 8, 2018

Stefan Freund’s “Unremixed” featured in new Alarm Will Sound music video

"Unremixed," a composition by Mizzou's Stefan Freund, is featured in a new music video from Alarm Will Sound. Freund, who is professor of composition at Mizzou and the artistic director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, also is a co-founder of and cellist for Alarm Will Sound, the new music group who since 2010 has…

Jan. 3, 2018

Mizzou International Composers Festival announces resident composers for 2018

The Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) has selected eight resident composers to participate in the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Presented by MNMI and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, July 23 through Saturday, July 28 in Columbia, the ninth annual MICF will feature world premieres of new works written by…

Nov. 1, 2017

Alarm Will Sound to play free concert on Wednesday, December 6 at Missouri Theatre

Alarm Will Sound is returning to Columbia to perform at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 6 at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. 9th St. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. As the resident ensemble for the annual Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF), Alarm Will Sound (pictured) has been playing in mid-Missouri…

July 19, 2017

Robert Sirota to discuss “Three Nocturnes” in pre-concert talk on Thursday, July 27

Composer Robert Sirota will discuss his new work "Three Nocturnes" in a pre-concert talk before Alarm Will Sound's world premiere performance of it for the Mizzou International Composers Festival on Thursday, July 27 at the Missouri Theatre. Sirota's talk will begin at 7:00 p.m., and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Sirota (pictured) will be…

June 27, 2017

Alarm Will Sound, Mary Kouyoumdjian receive major grant for “Paper Pianos”

Alarm Will Sound, the resident ensemble for the Mizzou International Composers Festival, and Mary Kouyoumdjian, one of the eight resident composers at last year's MICF, have received a major grant from The MAP Fund to underwrite production next year of an evening-long version of her work "Paper Pianos." Kouyoumdjian (pictured), who lives in New York…

May 16, 2017

Tickets for 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival go on sale Friday, May 26

Tickets for the 2017 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 26. Known as the region’s premier showcase for new works by top young composers, the MICF will take place this year from Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29 in Columbia, and will include three…