Meet the Composer

The Mizzou New Music Initiative is excited to announce the First Annual Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, July 12-18, 2010 on the campus of the University of Missouri. Eight composers from around the world will be selected through a portfolio application process to compose a work to be performed by Alarm Will Sound. Composers will receive private composition lessons with Martin Bresnick, recipient of the first Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and Derek Bermel, Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; take part in workshops with Alarm Will Sound; participate in masterclasses; receive a professional live recording and the premiere performance of their work. Lisa Moore, festival resident performing artist, will give an evening recital and workshop. University of Missouri composition faculty members Dr. W. Thomas McKenney and Dr. Stefan Freund will give presentations on their music.