Feb. 29, 2016

William Lackey leaving Mizzou New Music Initiative; Andrew Worden named interim managing director

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is undergoing what might be called a change of the administrative guard. William J. “Billy” Lackey, who has served as managing director of the Initiative since it was founded in 2009, is leaving Mizzou on March 4 and moving to Minnesota to take a job with American Composers Forum (ACF). Lackey (pictured, top left), who also is an assistant teaching professor of composition at the university, will become vice president of programs for ACF. A search for a permanent replacement at the Mizzou New Music Initiative will begin immediately. In the meantime, Andrew Worden,…