April 14, 2022

2022 Creating Original Music Project Festival to showcase award-winning works from Missouri student composers on Saturday, April 23 at Mizzou

The winning composers in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) competition will receive awards and have their compositions performed at the COMP Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The event, which will take place in Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center, will be free to the public.…

March 6, 2017

Mizzou New Music Initiative seeks high school students for Missouri Summer Composition Institute

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is looking for Missouri high school students interested in music composition to attend this year’s Missouri Summer Composition Institute, which will be held from Sunday, June 18 through Saturday, June 24 on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia.…

Oct. 26, 2016

Creating Original Music Project (COMP) offers awards, cash prizes for original music from Missouri student composers

From school bands to adjudicated contests, young musicians today have many outlets to demonstrate their instrumental prowess. For young composers, the opportunities to show their talents can be much harder to find, which is why the Mizzou New Music Initiative began the Creating Original Music Project (COMP). Now in its twelfth year, COMP is an…

March 14, 2016

Creating Original Music Project to present award-winning works by Missouri student composers in concert on Saturday, April 16 in Columbia

From classical, jazz, and blues to folk, rock, and hip-hop, Missouri has a rich and varied musical history. The Show-Me State over the years has produced a long list of musical luminaries, from Scott Joplin, Virgil Thomson,…

Nov. 16, 2015

Creating Original Music Project (COMP) to recognize original music
from Missouri student composers with awards, cash

For ten years, the Mizzou New Music Initiative’s Creating Original Music Project (COMP) has encouraged the musical dreams and aspirations of hundreds of K-12 students across Missouri, offering positive recognition and prizes, performance and educational opportunities, and more. Some past winners of the annual statewide competition sponsored by…

March 17, 2015

Creating Original Music Project celebrates 10 years
of original works from Missouri student composers
with concert on Saturday, April 18

Mizzou’s Creating Original Music Project (COMP) will mark 10 years of showcasing the works of Missouri student composers in grades K-12 with the 2015 COMP Festival, which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April…

March 25, 2014

Creating Original Music Project concert to present award-winning works
from Missouri student composers on Saturday, April 19

New award-winning works by Missouri student composers will be performed at the 2014 Creating Original Music Project Festival, which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 19 in the Fine Arts Building on the Mizzou campus. Admission to the…

Oct. 21, 2013

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

Whether it ends up being played on a synthesizer, a Stratocaster or by a symphony orchestra, every piece of music begins with an idea from a composer - and every composer needs a place…