Mizzou New Music Initiative Names New Managing Director
By David SalazarMizzou New Music Initiative has named Dr. Tiffany M. Skidmore to the position of Managing Director.
Skidmore is a recognized educator, composer, and performer based in Missouri, who will manage the organization’s operations, strategic planning and programming to budget oversight and grant acquisition.
Skidmore has been honored by such organizations as the Schubert Club, the Jerome Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Rimon, and Opus7. She was a 2017 John Duffy Institute for New Opera Fellow, a 2018 McKnight Composer Fellow, and the 2018-2019 Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble Composer-in-Residence. Her work has also been featured at the US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, the International Clarinet Association Festival, the MN Made Festival, the Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival, the Virginia Tech New Music + Technology Festival, the New York City Electronic Music Festival, the OpenAir Festival (Sweden), the Open Days Festival (Denmark), and the World Saxophone Congress (Gran Canaria), among others.
“Tiffany’s background in high quality education, composition and performance will be extremely valuable as we continue to grow our program,” said Dr. Stefan Fruend, Artistic Director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, per an official press release. “I’m incredibly excited to welcome Dr. Tiffany Skidmore as our new Managing Director and look forward to working with her.”
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