June 29, 2022

Mizzou International Composers Festival spotlight: Meredith Monk

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is pleased to welcome Meredith Monk as one of the two distinguished guest composers for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). The Festival, scheduled Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, will also welcome Guest Composer Angélica Negrón. [caption…

June 28, 2022

MICF Resident Composer Spotlight: Caterina Di Cecca

Caterina Di Cecca is one of eight Resident Composers selected for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival from a total of 532 applicants from 49 countries. Ms. Di Cecca earned a Master of Music degree in piano at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, then completed her Master of Music degree in composition there as…

June 27, 2022

2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival: complete schedule

We are pleased to announce the complete schedule of events for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival. Celebrating its 13th year in 2022, the MICF begins on Monday, July 25 and continues through Saturday, July 30. All Festival events listed are free and open to the public, with general admission seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Monday,…

June 22, 2022

Mizzou New Music Initiative collaboration with Dismal Niche Arts continues as part of 2022 MICF

From the time that Dismal Niche Arts, a non-profit organization in Columbia, Missouri, started the Columbia Experimental Music Festival in 2015, a partnership between them and the Mizzou New Music Initiative at the University of Missouri seemed inevitable. Now that the 2022 MICF is returning to in-person concert performances,…

June 17, 2022

Alarm Will Sound returns to 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival as Ensemble-in-Residence for 13th consecutive season

The inaugural Mizzou International Composers Festival took place on the University of Missouri campus in July 2010, and over the next 12 years, MICF has presented premieres of new compositions by a host of Resident and Guest Composers. But there has been…

June 16, 2022

2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival returns to live concerts July 25-30 — offering free admission to all events

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 will return to in-person concerts for 2022. Beginning on Monday, July 25 and continuing through Saturday, July 30,…

May 30, 2022

Mizzou New Music Ensemble and composition graduates reflect on positive MNMI experiences

Seven members of the Mizzou New Music Ensemble (NME) and five composition majors received degrees or completed their coursework at the Mizzou School of Music in May 2022. …

Feb. 23, 2022

Jacob Gotlib accepts new position with Louisville Orchestra: Jason Thorpe Buchanan selected as Interim Managing Director of Mizzou New Music Initiative; Niko Schroeder chosen as Assistant Managing Director of MNMI

The University of Missouri School of Music has hired Jason Thorpe Buchanan as the interim Managing Director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI). In addition, Niko Schroeder has been hired as the Assistant Managing Director of MNMI. Both Buchanan and Schroeder were chosen as resident composers for the Mizzou International Composers Festival – Buchanan in 2013 and Schroeder in…