July 7, 2023

Guest Composer Spotlight: Marcos Balter

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Marcos Balter as a Guest Composer for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival. As part of MICF, he will present his music and work closely with the resident composers through private lessons and a workshop. Alarm Will Sound will perform the world premiere of Balter’s Code-Switching…

July 7, 2023

Guest Composer Spotlight: Tania León

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Kennedy Center Honors recipient and Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León as a Guest Composer for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival. As part of MICF, she will present her music and work closely with the resident composers through private lessons and a workshop. León's music will…

July 5, 2023

2023 Resident Composer Spotlight: Sophie Mathieu

Sophie Mathieu is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival from among 500 applicants, 28% from outside USA representing 49 countries. Sophie Mathieu is a composer and cellist based in Austin, TX, currently pursuing a master’s degree in composition at the University of Texas. Sophie completed her undergraduate studies…

July 5, 2023

2023 Resident Composer Spotlight: Peter Fahey

Peter Fahey is one of the eight Resident Composers selected for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival from among 500 applicants, 28% from outside USA, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Brazil.  Peter Fahey writes experimental music for classical instruments, sometimes with electronics. He has been described as a composer of “alluring soundscapes” and…

June 30, 2023

2023 Resident Composer Spotlight: Max Vinetz

Max Vinetz is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival from among 500 applicants, 28% from outside USA, namely the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Brazil.   Vinetz is an American composer whose music draws inspiration from various intersections between improvisatory, popular, and classical forms and aesthetics. His recent and…

June 30, 2023

2023 Resident Composer Spotlight: Chen Yihan

Chen Yihan is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival from among 500 applicants, 28% from outside USA representing 49 countries.  Chen Yihan, a native of Changzhou, China, is a composer and pianist based in Princeton, NJ. His music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles including the China…

Jan. 6, 2023

Mizzou International Composers Festival announces resident composers for 2023

The Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) and Alarm Will Sound have selected eight resident composers to participate in the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Presented by the MNMI and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29 in Columbia, the fourteenth annual MICF will feature world premieres…

Sept. 11, 2022

Mizzou International Composers Festival announces 2023 Festival Dates and Featured Guest Composers; Opens Resident Composer application process

The Mizzou New Music Initiative has set the dates, named the Featured Guest Composers, and will begin accepting Resident Composer entries for the 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). The 14th annual MICF will take place Monday, July 24 through Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the University of Missouri School of Music in Columbia, MO. [caption id="attachment_7367" align="aligncenter"…