Nov. 19, 2025
MICF Resident Ensemble Alarm Will Sound Releases New Work by Composer Parker Callister on its YouTube Channel
Contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound has released if it broke, a new work by composer Parker Callister, on its YouTube channel. Callister was one of eight composers selected to participate in the 2025 Mizzou International Composers Festival. The piece was recorded at Columbia’s Missouri Theatre during its world premiere performance in July, as part of the 2025 MICF. Alarm Will Sound is the MICF Resident Ensemble and includes two University of Missouri School of Music faculty members, Stefan Freund…
July 20, 2025
Five Questions for MICF Resident Composer Parker Callister
Parker Callister is one of eight Resident Composers selected to participate in the 2025 Mizzou International Composers Festival. MICF Resident Ensemble Alarm Will Sound will perform Callister’s composition if it broke at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, at Columbia’s Missouri Theatre. The concert is free and open to the public. Callister is a composer, music technologist, and guitarist from Ithaca, NY. His music draws influence from electronic and noise music while also operating in a contemporary music idiom. Compositional interests include close-mic amplification, spectral…