Composers Festival Spotlight: Daniel Kellogg

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Daniel Kellogg as one of the two guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Kellogg originally is from Wilton, CT and has served since 2005 as assistant professor of composition at the University of Colorado, He has been lauded by the Washington Post as…

Composers Festival Spotlight: Ryan Chase

Before being selected as one of the resident composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival, Ryan Chase has had his music performed "in venues ranging from dive bars to Carnegie Hall." A native of Albany, NY, Chase earned a bachelor's degree from the Mannes College of Music in…

Composers Festival Spotlight: Wei-Chieh Lin

Today's featured resident composer from the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival is Wei-Chieh Lin, who was born in Taichung, Taiwan, and now lives in New York City. Lin earned his BM, MM, and DMA degrees in composition at The Juilliard School under the guidance of famed composer and teacher, the…

Composers Festival Spotlight: Andrew Davis

Continuing with our series on the resident composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival, today let's get acquainted with Andrew Davis. Though he shares a name with a famous British conductor, this Andrew Davis is a composer and electric guitarist from Columbia, MD by way of Texas. He…

Composers Festival Spotlight: Eric Guinivan

Today, we train our virtual spotlight on Eric Guinivan, a percussionist and composer who's another of the eight resident composers at the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Guinivan earned bachelor's degrees in composition and percussion performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.…

Composers Festival Spotlight: Augusta Read Thomas

It is a pleasure for everyone associated with the Mizzou New Music Intiative to welcome Augusta Read Thomas as one of the guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Thomas, 49, is University Professor of composition at the University of Chicago, and is only the 16th…

Composers Festival Spotlight: Greg Simon

We start the week with a look at another of the resident composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Greg Simon holds a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound and an M.M. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and currently is pursuing a doctorate at the University…

Composers Festival Spotlight: David Witter

Today, let's get acquainted with David Witter, another of the eight resident composers at this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival. A native of Holt's Summit, MO (near Jefferson City) and current resident of Columbia, Witter has studied composition with W. Thomas McKenney and Stefan Freund, earning his bachelor's degree…