Mizzou composer’s work to be performed at SCI conference
The Society of Composers, Inc (SCI) has selected a work by Mizzou's Douglas Osmun for performance at their annual national conference next year. Osmun's "First Fig," a work for voice, cello, and piano that incorporates text by Edna St. Vincent Millay, will be performed on Friday, March 31 at the SCI event, which will take…
Mizzou composer Douglas Osmun wins 2017 Sinquefield Composition Prize
The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have awarded the 2017 Sinquefield Composition Prize to Douglas Osmun. Osmun, who grew up in Zeeland, MI, is a first-year graduate student at Mizzou studying composition with Stefan Freund. He submitted “First Fig,” a work written for alto voice, cello and piano,…
Mizzou’s fine arts departments to celebrate Shakespeare at Chancellor’s Arts Showcase Monday, April 11 at Missouri Theatre
The fine arts departments at the University of Missouri will join together to celebrate the works of William Shakespeare at the annual Chancellor's Arts Showcase, starting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 11 at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St. in Columbia. The event will feature the world premiere of "Sonnet 73: De Profundis," a…
Henry Breneman Stewart wins 2016 Sinquefield Composition Prize
The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have awarded the 2016 Sinquefield Composition Prize to Henry Breneman Stewart. Stewart, a native of Lancaster County, PA, is a first-year graduate student at Mizzou studying composition with Stefan Freund and piano with Janice Wenger. He submitted “Threnody,” a work for string…
Mizzou composer Trey Makler wins 2015 Sinquefield Composition Prize
The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have awarded the 2015 Sinquefield Composition Prize to Trey Makler. Makler, a junior from Farmington, MO, is studying composition at Mizzou with W. Thomas McKenney and Stefan Freund. He submitted "Elysium," a work for chamber ensemble, to…
José Guillermo Martínez Rubiano wins 2014 Sinquefield Composition Prize
The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have awarded the 2014 Sinquefield Composition Prize to José Guillermo Martínez Rubiano. Martínez (pictured), a composer and percussionist currently studying for a master’s degree in composition at Mizzou, submitted his orchestral work "Mutaciones I" to the competition and was selected for the…
Composers Festival Spotlight: David Witter
Today, let's get acquainted with David Witter, another of the eight resident composers at this year's Mizzou International Composers Festival. A native of Holt's Summit, MO (near Jefferson City) and current resident of Columbia, Witter has studied composition with W. Thomas McKenney and Stefan Freund, earning his bachelor's degree…
Missouri Couple Gives $1.4 Million to Continue New Music Initiative
The University of Missouri has announced that a generous gift from the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation will support programs and scholarships directed toward promoting the creation of new music Jeanne…