July 21, 2025
Five Questions for MICF Resident Composer Chris L. Thompson
Chris L. Thompson is one of eight Resident Composers selected to participate in the 2025 Mizzou International Composers Festival. MICF Resident Ensemble Alarm Will Sound will perform his composition Shadows Uplifted at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, at Columbia’s Missouri Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. Christopher Thompson, also known as “Master Christopher,” is a multi-disciplined performer-composer who creates innovative ways to blur the distinction between genres. Through his project “Music Desegregation,” he merges contemporary art music, jazz, and percussion, with notated rap.
