March 28, 2019

Miles Brown to premiere new concerto for bass in concert on Friday, April 26

Bassist Miles Brown will be the featured soloist for the world premiere of “Incino Arvum,” a new concerto by Mizzou professor emeritus of composition W. Thomas McKenney that will be performed by the MU Wind Ensemble in a concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the Missouri Theatre. During his residency on campus, Brown (pictured) also will make a presentation to student composers, coach the Concert Jazz Band, and give private bass lessons. A composer and teacher as well as a bassist, Brown is an assistant professor of string bass and jazz at the University…

March 26, 2019

Cellist T.J. Borden coming to Mizzou for residency, concert

Cellist and composer T. J. Borden will visit Mizzou next month for a residency and concert. Borden (pictured) will be in Columbia on Tuesday, April 9 and Wednesday, April 10. While on campus, he’ll make a presentation to Mizzou composition students and give private lessons to selected cello students. He’ll wrap up his visit with a concert at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night at Whitmore Recital Hall, performing a work by Mizzou New Music Initative post-doctoral fellow Yoshi Onishi, plus music by composers Zeynap Toraman and Carolyn Chen and the world premiere of “Soften the World,” a new…

Feb. 6, 2019

Annika Socolofsky visiting Mizzou for concert, residency

Composer and singer Annika Socolofsky is coming to Mizzou later this month for a residency and concert. During her visit, she will coach the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, make a presentation on her music to composition students, and give private lessons to selected composition majors. Socolofsky will conclude her residency by performing with the Ensemble when they present her work “Don’t say a word” at their concert on Sunday, February 24 at Whitmore Recital Hall. Currently a doctoral candidate and fellow in composition at Princeton University. Socolofsky previously earned an MFA in composition from Princeton, an…

Jan. 18, 2019

Transient Canvas coming to Mizzou for residency, concert on Monday, February 4

The new music duo Transient Canvas will visit Mizzou next month for a residency and concert. They’ll perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 4 at Whitmore Recital Hall, presenting a program of electroacoustic music by contemporary composers Brian Sears, Kirsten Volness, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Marissa Hickman, Dan VanHassel, and David Ibbett. The concert is free and open to the public. While they’re on campus, bass clarinetist Amy Advocat and percussionist Matt Sharrock also will present master classes on their respective instruments and make a presentation to student composers. They’ll wrap up their residency by reading new works from…

Nov. 19, 2018

Composer Nina C. Young coming to Mizzou for residency, concert

Composer Nina C. Young will visit Mizzou at the end of this month to coach the Mizzou New Music Ensemble and give a pre-concert talk before a performance of one of her works. Young (pictured), who is an assistant professor of composition and director of the electronic music studios at the University of Texas at Austin and a visiting composer at the Peabody Institute, will be in Columbia starting Friday, November 30. She’ll spend some time during the day on Friday working with the Ensemble, which will perform her composition “Rising Tide” as part of their concert on Sunday,…

Nov. 15, 2018

Composer Joseph Joubert to visit Mizzou for premiere of new commissioned work

Composer and pianist Joseph Joubert is coming to Mizzou at the end of this month for a residency that will include the world premiere performance of “Freedom’s Plow,” a new commissioned work written by Joubert for Mizzou’s Concert Chorale. On Thursday, November 29, Joubert (pictured) will speak at a convocation of the music department, and then take part in a recording session with the Concert Chorale. While he’s in Columbia, he’ll also attend rehearsals of the Chorale and the University Singers, as well as the Concert Chorale’s performance featuring his new work on Saturday, December 1 at First…

Oct. 15, 2018

Mizzou welcoming composer Andrew List for residency next week

The School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative will welcome composer Andrew List to Columbia for a residency next Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26. While he’s on campus, List, who’s a professor of composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, will make a presentation on his music; give private composition lessons; and work with the University’s Percussion Ensemble, which will perform his work “Night Wanderings” as part of the “Percussion Extravaganza” concert on Thursday night at the Missouri Theatre. A longtime Bostonian, List (pictured) earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the New…

Sep. 24, 2018

Composer Michael Daugherty’s upcoming residency at Mizzou inspires three concerts featuring his music

Grammy Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty is coming to Columbia for a residency, and the University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are welcoming him with three concerts featuring his music in October. Daugherty, who is a professor of composition at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, will be in Columbia for two days. On the first evening of his residency, the MU Wind Ensemble will perform his works “On the Air” and “Niagara Falls” as part of a concert at 7:00 p.m. Monday, October 8 at the Missouri…