July 26, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival features Guest and Resident Composer presentations July 26
The 13th annual Mizzou International Composers Festival continues Tuesday, July 26 with Guest Composer presentations by Angélica Negrón and Meredith Monk this evening, and Resident Composer presentations by Cassie Wieland, Niko Schroeder and Piyawat Louilarpprasert. Meredith Monk Angélica Negrón Angélica Negrón will present from 7:00 – 8:00 PM at Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center. Meredith…
July 25, 2022
2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival returns to live concerts starting today, July 25 and continuing through Saturday, July 30!
After two years of presenting performances online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Mizzou International Composers Festival is pleased to announce that the 13th annual MICF is returning to in-person concerts — starting Monday evening, July 25th! The opening concert of the 2022 MICF is scheduled for 7:30 PM CDT at Sheryl Crow Hall in the Sinquefield Music Center. The MICF kickoff concert will feature resident Mizzou students performing works by Stephen Landy, María Disandro, JT Wolfe, Josè Martinez, Andrew Wiele, and MICF guest composer Angélica Negrón. Here is the complete program, with performers listed for each composition: Stephen Landy (b. 1996), Shady Run (2021),…
July 22, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Turn Your Feet Around” – by Resident Composer Nina Shekhar
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for the MICF. Let’s take a look back at AWS recordings from the 2021 Festival. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater This year you can hear AWS in-person when the MICF returns to live performances for the first time since 2019! AWS recently released a recording of “Turn Your Feet Around,” a composition by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Nina Shekhar. Nina Shekhar. Photo credit: Shervin Lainez…
July 21, 2022
MICF Guest Composer Angélica Negrón and Resident Composers Cassie Wieland and Niko Schroeder to be interviewed on radio station KOPN Thursday, July 21 at 7 pm CDT
Radio station KOPN 89.5 FM in Columbia, Missouri will broadcast interviews with 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival Guest Composer Angélica Negrón and Resident Composers Cassie Wieland and Niko Schroeder Thursday evening, July 21st at 7 pm CDT. Diana Moxon Diana Moxon, host of the weekly “Speaking of the Arts” show on KOPN, will interview the three composers to preview the July 25-30 MICF. If you are not in the Columbia area, you can listen to the broadcast live by clicking here. The program will also be archived at KOPN here. …
July 20, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole” by Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer
Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for this year’s MICF. AWS recently released a recording by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer: “Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole.” Here’s how Ms. Santillán Alcocer describes her inspiration for the work — and her compositional approach to “Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole.” The expression “spiraling down the rabbit hole’’ originates from the 1865…
July 19, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Nested Time” by Yu Kuwabara and “Rainbow Diamond” by Paul Mortilla
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for this year’s MICF. AWS recently released recordings by two 2021 MICF Resident Composers: “Nested Time” by Yu Kuwabara, and “Rainbow Diamond” by Paul Mortilla. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater Here’s how Kuwabara describes his compositional approach to “Nested Time.” “I have always been trying to find an answer which intermediates in-between some things or some contexts; sometimes in-between the past…
July 18, 2022
2021 MICF performances by Alarm Will Sound: “Sploopy” – by Resident Composer Celka Ojakangas
The 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival is scheduled from July 25th – 30th in Columbia,Missouri. Once again, Alarm Will Sound will perform world premieres of works by the eight Resident Composers chosen for the MICF. Let’s take a look back at AWS recordings from the 2021 Festival. Alarm Will Sound in concert at the Missouri Theater This year you can hear AWS in-person when the MICF returns to live performances for the first time since 2019! AWS recently released a recording of “Sploopy,” a composition by 2021 MICF Resident Composer Celka Ojakangas. According to Ojakangas, the composition references everything from The Creature…
July 15, 2022
Resident Composer Spotlight: Cassie Wieland
Cassie Wieland is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Cassie Wieland Photo credit: Anna Longworth Cassie Wieland (pronounced ˈkæ-si ˈwee-lənd) is an Illinois-born and Brooklyn-based composer. Praised by The New York Times as “sweetly shimmering,” Wieland masterfully experiments with timbre and texture by exploring intimate and fragile sounds to achieve the “hand-made” sound she is often looking for: imperfect, but intentional. The Road to Sound stated, “Wieland’s visceral compositions send chills up your spine.” Ms.