Mizzou New Music Ensemble to open 2016-17 season on Sunday, October 16 at Whitmore Recital Hall
The Mizzou New Music Ensemble will begin their 2016-17 season with a concert featuring music from a renowned visiting composer, two works written by Mizzou composers, and more. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 16 at Whitmore Recital Hall on the University of Missouri campus.…
Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) seeks new orchestral, choral works for performance in March 2017
For composers of orchestral or choral music, completing a new work often is followed immediately by another formidable challenge: finding an orchestra or choir to perform it. Recognizing this need, the Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) in 2017 once again is offering performance opportunities for new, large-ensemble music written…
Composers Festival spotlight: Oscar Bettison
As one of two distinguished guest composers at the 2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival, Oscar Bettison will give a public presentation on his music; mentor and teach the eight resident composers; and work with Alarm Will Sound, who will perform his chamber concerto "Livre des Sauvages" as part of Thursday night's concert at the Missouri…
Composers Festival spotlight: Wang Lu
Born in Xi’an, the ancient capital of China, 2016 MICF resident composer Wang Lu was raised as part of a musical family immersed in Chinese opera and folk music traditions, and her works "reflect a very natural identification with those influences, through the prism of contemporary instrumental techniques and new sonic possibilities." An assistant professor…
Composers Festival spotlight: Daniel Silliman
2016 Mizzou International Composers Festival resident composer Daniel Silliman was born in Syracuse, NY and grew up in Katy, TX, near Houston. He began studying piano as a child, and upon graduating high school, enrolled in the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, where his composition teachers included Andrew Norman, who was a…
Composers Festival spotlight: Wang A Mao
Coming originally from China, Wang A Mao had to travel a long way from home to study composing in the United States. But her journey to Columbia to serve as one of the eight resident composers for this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival was considerably shorter, for as the latest festival participant from the University…
Composers Festival spotlight: Trey Makler
Originally from Farmington, Missouri, Trey Makler is Mizzou's representative among this year's group of eight resident composers at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. Makler (pictured) just completed his senior year in Columbia, earning his bachelor's degree studying composition with Stefan Freund and oboe with Dan Willett. While an undergraduate, he has served as vice-president of…
Composers Festival spotlight: Erin Gee
The innovative composer of vocal music Erin Gee is one of the two distinguished guest composers at this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival. In that capacity, she'll give a public presentation on her music; teach and interact informally with the festival's eight resident composers; and be in the audience for performances of her work in…