June 14, 2022
2020 and 2022 Missouri Composers Project winners honored at March 22nd concert
The Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Columbia Chamber Choir performed works by the winners of the 2022 Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) in concert on Sunday evening, March 20th at First Baptist Church in Columbia. Since the 2020 and 2021 MOCOP concerts were canceled because of COVID protocols, the 2022 concert also featured performances of the winning compositions from the 2020 competition. The concert performances were appreciated by the winning composers, as well as the musicians and conductors who played the compositions. Devin Cholodenko …
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. 2021-22 Mizzou New Music Ensemble members, with Director Yoshiaki Onishi (third from front) and Dr. Stefan Freund, Artistic Director of MNMI (fifth from front) NME members receiving Master of Music degrees included: Daniel Fitzpatrick, pianist – composition; Stephen Landy – percussion; Andy Lewis – cello; Jordan Nielsen – percussion; Eve Werger – piano; and Andrew Wiele – clarinet. Johanny Veiga Barbosa, violinist, completed her coursework for a…
May 26, 2022
2022 COMP Festival showcases performances of award-winning compositions by Missouri students
The winning composers in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) competition received awards and had their compositions performed at the COMP Festival on Saturday, April 23rd at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The event took place in Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center. The 2022 Junior Division COMP winners and honorable mentions with Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield and MU composition professors Dr. Carolina Heredia and Dr. Stefan Freund. The junior division concert, featuring works by the elementary and middle school winners of this year’s competition, was held from 11:30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
April 28, 2022
May 11 Sheldon Concert Hall Performance features world premiere of string quartet by Mizzou composer María Laura Disandro
On Wednesday, May 11 at 8 p.m., The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis will present the final “Sheldon Classics” performance of the 2021-22 season. Violinist and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra assistant concertmaster Erin Schreiber will lead a string quartet featuring fellow Symphony members violinist Shawn Weil, violist Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, and cellist Bjorn Ranheim. The quartet will play Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major and a new work for string quartet by Mizzou composer María Laura Disandro, Burning Matchstick House (2022). The quartet will be joined by pianist Peter Henderson for a performance of Brahms’…
April 21, 2022
Mizzou New Music Ensemble featured at Dean Minderman Memorial Concert May 3, 2022 at Sheldon Concert Hall
The Mizzou New Music Initiative will honor longtime St. Louis music journalist and musician Dean Minderman at a memorial concert on Sunday, May 3rd at 8 p.m. at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis. The concert will feature the Mizzou New Music Ensemble performing three Sound of Art commissions written by Mizzou composition students in honor of Minderman, as well as two additional works, one by a current Mizzou student and another by a Mizzou alum. Support for the concert is provided by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. Tickets are $20 general admission and…
April 19, 2022
Composer Jennifer Jolley’s Mizzou residency scheduled for April 26-29, 2022
Jennifer Jolley, a member of the composition faculty at Texas Tech University’s School of Music, will be in Columbia as composer-in-residence at the University of Missouri School of Music from Tuesday, April 26 through Friday, April 29, 2022. Jennifer Jolley Jolley’s residency is led by Dr. Brian Silvey, Mizzou’s Director of Bands, and is funded by the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. During her residency, Jolley will conduct rehearsal sessions with the Symphonic Band, the Wind Ensemble, and the Mizzou New Music Ensemble. She…
April 14, 2022
2022 Creating Original Music Project Festival to showcase award-winning works from Missouri student composers on Saturday, April 23 at Mizzou
The winning composers in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) competition will receive awards and have their compositions performed at the COMP Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The event, which will take place in Sheryl Crow Hall at the Sinquefield Music Center, will be free to the public. The junior division concert, featuring works from elementary and middle school winners of this year’s competition, will take place from 11:30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. The senior division concert of music by high school winners will follow from 3:30 –…
April 4, 2022
Bassoonist Leigh Muñoz returns to Mizzou for residency from April 14- 18, 2022
Leigh Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the Conservatory at University of Missouri-Kansas City and a former faculty member at the University of Missouri School of Music, returns to Columbia for a residency from April 14 -18, 2022. Leigh Muñoz Unlike a traditional residency, two elements of Muñoz’s interactions with students and faculty are outside the April 14-18 timeline. She has already taught an online composition seminar with Mizzou music students. In addition, a recording project with Yoshiaki Onishi, Mizzou New Music Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow and Director of the…