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…
March 28, 2022
April 6th Sheldon Classics Concert to premiere composition by Mizzou School of Music student Emily Shaw
At 8 pm on Wednesday, April 6, the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis will present a Classics Concert featuring musicians of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) performing Felix Mendelssohn’sOctet, Richard Strauss’ Sonata for Violin and Piano, and The Sun Spins Out of Place to Warm You, a new work for violin and piano by Mizzou composition student Emily Shaw. Shaw’s composition is part of an ongoing initiative supported by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation and the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) to introduce new and emerging composers from Mizzou to St.
March 17, 2022
Works by Missouri Composers Project winners to be performed by Columbia Civic Orchestra, Columbia Chamber Choir in Sunday, March 20 concert
The Columbia Civic Orchestra (CCO) and the Columbia Chamber Choir will perform the winning works from the 2020 and 2022 Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) competition in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11 at First Baptist Church, 1112 East Broadway in Columbia. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. Now in its tenth year, MOCOP is a collaborative effort involving the Mizzou New Music Initiative, the CCO, the Chamber Choir, and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. Composers from all over Missouri are invited each year to submit orchestral and choral works for potential performance, with winners…
March 8, 2022
Mizzou New Music Initiative announces winners in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project Competition
The winning composers in the 2022 Creating Original Music Project (COMP) have been announced by the Mizzou New Music Initiative. Now in its 17th year, COMP is an annual statewide competition sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Music and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. COMP showcases new, original music from Missouri student composers and songwriters in grades K-12, offering positive recognition, prizes, performances, educational opportunities, and more. For the competition, students in grades K-5 submit compositions in two categories, Songs With Words and Instrumental. For grades 6-8, the categories are Fine Art Music and…