Jan. 6, 2022
Alarm Will Sound returns to Sinquefield Music Center for January 18th concert to preview upcoming recording
Alarm Will Sound, the 20-member contemporary music ensemble, is returning to Columbia to perform in concert on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the Sinquefield Music Center on the University of Missouri campus. The 7:00 p.m. free concert will take place in room 130 in the Center. Alarm Will Sound in concert As the resident ensemble for the annual Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF), Alarm Will Sound (pictured) has been performing at concerts and festivals in mid-Missouri since 2010. The January 18th concert will feature…
Oct. 12, 2018
Yoshiaki Onishi to receive 2018 Fromm Commission
Mizzou New Music Initiative post-doctoral fellow Yoshiaki “Yoshi” Onishi has been named a recipient of a 2018 Fromm Commission from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. Founded by Paul Fromm, a major patron of contemporary music who lived from 1906 to 1987, the Fromm Music Foundation is now in its 62nd year, having been located at Harvard for the past 42. Since the 1950s, it has commissioned more than 300 new compositions and their performances, and has sponsored hundreds of new music concerts and concert series, including the annual Fromm Contemporary Music Series at Harvard. The annual…
July 21, 2018
Composers Festival spotlight: Igor Santos
Originally from Curitiba, Brazil, resident composer Igor Santos comes to the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival by way of Chicago, where he recently earned his PhD in music composition from the University of Chicago. Before that, Santos received his M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, where he was an active member of the Ossia New Music group, assisting in organizing and promoting concerts of contemporary music. He earned his B.M. in composition and electronic music from the University of South Florida, also serving as a board member and pianist for the USF Composer’s Consortium. Santos…
June 28, 2018
2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival
complete schedule of events and ticket information
Here is the complete schedule of events and information on how to get tickets for the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival. The 2018 MICF begins on Monday, July 23 and continues through Saturday, July 28. Festival events will be held at the Fine Arts Building and Loeb Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri and at the Missouri Theatre in downtown Columbia, including: Monday, July 23 10:00 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. Resident Composer Presentations: Amanda Feery, Igor Santos, and Viet Cuong Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the Mizzou campus Open to…
May 18, 2018
Tickets for 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival go on sale Friday, May 25
Tickets for the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 25. Recognized as an important regional showcase for new works by top young composers, the MICF will take place this year from Monday, July 23 through Saturday, July 28 in Columbia, and will include three public concerts. Returning for the ninth year as the festival’s resident ensemble, Alarm Will Sound will begin the weekend of shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26 at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. in downtown Columbia. They’ll perform music…
Jan. 3, 2018
Mizzou International Composers Festival announces resident composers for 2018
The Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) has selected eight resident composers to participate in the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Presented by MNMI and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, July 23 through Saturday, July 28 in Columbia, the ninth annual MICF will feature world premieres of new works written by each of the selected composers. Listed with their current places of residence, they are: * Oren Boneh, Berkeley, CA * Christine Burke, Iowa City, IA * Viet Cuong, Philadelphia, PA * Amanda Feery, Princeton, NJ…