May 16, 2019
2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival adding
more concerts, offering free admission to all events
Khemia Ensemble For its tenth year, the Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) in 2019 is adding five more concerts and an audio installation, and is making all MICF events free and open to the public. Presented by the Mizzou New Music Initiative and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, July 22 through Saturday, July 27 in Columbia, the MICF once again will feature three evening concerts at the Missouri Theatre. Resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound will perform on Thursday, July 25, followed by “Mizzou New Music” on Friday, July 26 and “Eight World Premieres”…
Jan. 2, 2019
Mizzou International Composers Festival announces resident composers for 2019
The Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) has selected eight resident composers to participate in the 2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Presented by MNMI and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, July 22 through Saturday, July 27 in Columbia, the tenth annual MICF will feature world premieres of new works written by each of the selected composers. Listed with their current places of residence, they are: * Theophilus Chandler, Houston TX * Inti Figgis-Vizueta, Brooklyn NY * Charles Halka, Bellingham WA * Chelsea Komschlies, Philadelphia PA *…
Oct. 15, 2018
Tenth annual Mizzou International Composers Festival set for July 22-27, 2019; applications for resident composers now open
The Mizzou New Music Initiative is accepting applications for resident composers to take part in the tenth annual Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF), which will be held Monday, July 22 through Saturday, July 27, 2019 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia. In celebration of the festival’s tenth year, Donnacha Dennehy and Amy Beth Kirsten (pictured) will return to the MICF to serve as the two distinguished guest composers for 2019, teaching and consulting with the resident composers and ensemble. Dennehy was a guest composer at the MICF in 2012, while Kirsten was…
Aug. 20, 2018
Arrangement by Mizzou’s Stefan Freund featured on new album by Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound
An arrangement by Mizzou’s Stefan Freund is featured on Omnisphere, the new album by Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound. Freund is a professor of composition and the artistic director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, as well as the cellist and a co-founder of Alarm Will Sound. Recorded live in February 2015 at The Newman Center in Denver, Colorado, Omnisphere represents the first collaboration between “one of the most adventurous groups to emerge in jazz and improvised music in the last three decades” and “an orchestra that counts among the boldest forces in contemporary…
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 Missouri and at the Missouri Theatre in downtown Columbia, including: Monday, July 23 10:00 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. Resident Composer Presentations: Amanda Feery, Igor Santos, and Viet Cuong Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus Open to…
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 public concerts. Returning for the ninth year as the festival’s resident ensemble, Alarm Will Sound will begin the weekend of shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26 at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. in downtown Columbia. They’ll perform music…
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 served as resident ensemble for the Mizzou International Composers Festival. There’s another local connection, too, as the video was shot at Spectrum Studios in Columbia. You can see the complete music video for “Unremixed” in the embedded window below, followed…
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 each of the selected composers. Listed with their current places of residence, they are: * Oren Boneh, Berkeley, CA * Christine Burke, Iowa City, IA * Viet Cuong, Philadelphia, PA * Amanda Feery, Princeton, NJ…