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2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival
complete schedule of events, ticket information
Columbia, MO - Here is the complete schedule of events for the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival, which will be held Monday, July 21 through Saturday, July 26 on the campus of the University of Missouri and at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia:
Monday, July 21
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU campus
Open to the Public
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU campus
Open to the Public
Tuesday, July 22
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Open to the Public
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Resident Composer Presentations
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU Campus
Open to the Public
7:00 p.m.
Nico Muhly, Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU Campus
Open to the Public
8:15 p.m.
Stefan Freund, MU Faculty Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU Campus
Open to the Public
Wednesday, July 23
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Missouri Theatre
Open to the Public
7:00 p.m.
Zhou Long, Guest Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU Campus
Open to the Public
8:15 p.m.
W. Thomas McKenney, MU Faculty Composer Presentation
Fine Arts Building Room 145 on the MU Campus
Open to the Public
Thursday, July 24
7:30 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Tickets are $18 adults, $10 students
This concert is the culmination of a week of intense collaborative workshops through which Alarm Will Sound continues to bring the work of today's most imaginative composers to Columbia. A festival built around the close cooperation of musicians and composers—in some cases, the composers are the musicians—leads to performances that have an unusual degree of artistic insight.
The program ranges across many current musical styles, including the music of Zhou Long, Beat Furrer, Nico Muhly, and John Adams. Zhou and Muhly, both renowned worldwide for their artistic achievements, are guest composers at the Festival, and this opening concert highlights how the MICF has become an important event on an international scale.
Friday, July 25
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Loeb Hall 201 on the MU campus
Open to the Public
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
AWS Rehearsal with Resident Composers
Loeb Hall 201
Open to the Public
7:30 p.m.
Mizzou New Music
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
$18 adults/ $10 students
This concert features 2014 guest performing artists Prometheus, an American vocal consort, directed by R. Paul Crabb, plus composers and musicians from the University of Missouri, including the Mizzou New Music Ensemble. The flagship ensemble of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, these elite musicians will present music by 2014 MICF guest composer Nico Muhly.
Saturday, July 26
7:30 p.m.
Eight World Premieres performed by Alarm Will Sound
Missouri Theatre, 203 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
$18 adults/ $10 students
A total of 215 composers from around the world submitted their portfolios to the festival, and eight were selected. The grand finale concert features the world premieres of eight works composed for acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound by the festival's resident composers:
* Ian Dicke, Riverside, CA (http://www.iandicke.com)
* Holly Harrison, Sydney, Australia (http://www.hollyharrison.net/)
* Texu Kim, Bloomington, IN (http://www.texukim.com/)
* José Martínez, Columbia, MO (https://soundcloud.com/josemartinezcomposer)
* Nicholas Omiccioli, Kansas City, MO (http://nicholasomiccioli.com/)
* Michael Schachter, Ann Arbor, MI (http://www.michaelschachter.com/)
* Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang, Urbana, IL (http://www.ashleywang.com/)
* Christopher Weiss, Ann Arbor, MI (http://christopherweiss.net/)
Tickets
Festival passes good for admission to all three concerts are on sale for $80 for the VIP package, which includes reserved premium seating; $40 for adults; and $20 for students.
Single tickets are priced at $18 for adults, $10 for students. Tickets can be charged by phone using Visa, MasterCard or Discover by calling 1-573-882-3781. To buy tickets online, visit http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/.
(A $2.00 service fee and Missouri sales tax of 7.35% already are included in the price of each ticket. An additional fee of $3.00 per ticket will be charged for online purchases.)
Box Office Hours and Location
Missouri Theatre 203 S. Ninth St Columbia, MO
Regular business hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Extended hours during MICF concert days:
Thursday, July 25 & Friday, July 26
9:00 a.m. - Performance Intermission (approximately 8:30 p.m.)
Saturday, July 27
5:00 p.m.- Performance Intermission (approximately 8:30 p.m.)
About the Mizzou New Music Initiative
The Mizzou International Composers Festival (http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/) is part of the Mizzou New Music Initiative (http://mizzounewmusic.missouri.edu/), an array of programs intended to position the the University of Missouri’s School of Music as a leading center for music composition and new music.
The programs of the Mizzou New Music Initiative are made possible through the generous support of the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, led by Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield (http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/). The MU Chancellor's Distinguished Visitors Program and the Missouri Arts Council also provided financial assistance for the 2014 Mizzou International Composers Festival.
For more information:
Mizzou International Composers Festival: http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/
Mizzou New Music Initiative: http://mizzounewmusic.missouri.edu/
Sinquefield Charitable Foundation: http://www.sinquefieldcharitablefoundation.com/
Missouri Theatre: http://www.concertseries.org/venue/missouri-theatre/
Zhou Long & Nico Muhly:
http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/composers.html
Alarm Will Sound: http://composersfestival.missouri.edu/AWS.html
Prometheus: http://prometheusmusic.org/
Ian Dicke: http://www.iandicke.com/
Holly Harrison: http://www.hollyharrison.net/
Texu Kim: http://www.texukim.com/
José Martínez: https://soundcloud.com/josemartinezcomposer
Nicholas Omiccioli: http://nicholasomiccioli.com/
Michael Lee Schachter: http://www.michaelschachter.com/
Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang: http://www.ashleywang.com/
Christopher Weiss: http://christopherweiss.net/
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