Mizzou International Composers Festival Names 2025 Composers in Residence

By Afton Markay

The Mizzou New Music Initiative and Alarm Will Sound have selected eight Resident Composers to participate in the 2025 Mizzou International Composers Festival.

The composers are Amy Brandon (Prince Edward Island, Canada,) Chris Thompson (Savannah, GA,) Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (Denton, TX,) Geli Li (Guangzhou, China,) Matt Smith (San Diego, CA,) Parker Callister (Ithaca, NY,) Seda Balci (Eskişehir, Turkey,) and Robert Ge (Atlanta, GA). The 2025 Resident Composers were chosen from among 600 applicants, representing 25 countries.

Each composer’s new work will receive its premiere during Festival week, along with music by Distinguished Guest Composers Hilda Paredes and Judd Greenstein. Resident Composers will take part in composition lessons from Parades and Greenstein and participate in rehearsals with Alarm Will Sound. The composers also will give public presentations on their music. The works will also be recorded live with Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Artistic Director Alan Pierson.

The Festival is free and open to the public and will offer many opportunities to meet and speak with the Resident and Guest Composers. A complete schedule will be announced at a later date. The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative present the Festival from July 21-26 in Columbia.

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