Aug. 31, 2012

“Conversations with Composers” podcast – Episode 103

Here's the third installment in our series of “Conversations With Composers” podcasts recorded at this year's Mizzou New Music Summer Festival. Episode 103 is the second and final part of a conversation including guest composer Donnacha Dennehy and resident composers Stephanie Berg, Brian Ciach, Charlie Piper and Asha Srinivasan. Give it a listen using the…

Aug. 29, 2012

“Conversations with Composers” podcast – Episode 102

Here's another installment in our series of “Conversations With Composers” podcasts. Recorded during the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, episode 102 is the first part of a conversation among guest composer Donnacha Dennehy and resident composers Stephanie Berg, Brian Ciach, Charlie Piper and Asha Srinivasan. You can hear it in the embedded player below:

July 20, 2012

Summer Festival Spotlight: Charlie Piper

Completing the international contingent at this year's Mizzou New Music Summer Festival is resident composer Charlie Piper, who's from London, England. Born in 1982, Piper (pictured) completed his master's degree with distinction at the Royal College of Music and currently is doing doctoral research at the Royal Academy of Music. His awards include the 2006…

Jan. 9, 2012

Mizzou New Music Summer Festival’s resident composers will bring diversity to 2012 event

From a London-based composer pursuing a doctorate at the Royal Academy of Music, to a Greek studying music in upstate New York, to a Kansas City native working towards her Master’s degree at Mizzou, the resident composers selected for this year’s Mizzou New Music Summer Festival are perhaps the most diverse group yet in the…