Mizzou New Music Initiative & University of Missouri School of Music Names Winners of 2026 Missouri Composers Project

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The Mizzou New Music Initiative and the University of Missouri School of Music have announced the winners of the 2026 Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) statewide competition for new choral and orchestral compositions. Four composers took top honors across two age categories — open and high school — and two disciplines. In the choral open category, Orin Johnson’s “Stay My Love” {…}

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Dr. André Thomas to Headline Residence at University of Missouri School of Music as Part of Mizzou New Music Initiative

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Composer, conductor, choral director, and author Dr. André Thomas will be in residence at the University of Missouri School of Music from Nov. 16–21, 2025. As part of his residency, Dr. Thomas, who was appointed as Associate Artist with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2022, will offer composition lessons, lead choral conducting masterclasses, and rehearse Mizzou’s choirs and orchestra for {…}

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Alice Teyssier to Present New Cantata at Miller Theatre

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The Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts will feature a performance headlined by Alice Teyssier as part of a “Pop-Up Concerts” series. The showcase, set for April 28, 2026, presents a new cantata-style work inspired by the life and legend of La Maupin, the late-17th-century queer opera singer and swordswoman renowned for her rapturous voice and fabled {…}

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Catapult Opera to Open New Season with Double Bill ‘Nothing Follows’

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Catapult Opera is set to present “Nothing Follows” at Columbia University’s Italian Academy this November. The showcase, set for three performances on Nov. 21 – 23, 2025, features Monteverdi’s “Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda” and Muhly’s “The Glitch,” which is a one-act, true-crime opera based on the infamous 2015 Dannemora prison break. Baritone Efrain Solis and mezzo-soprano Devony Smith make {…}

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Composer George Lewis Signs Exclusive Long-Term Publishing Agreement with Edition Peters

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(© Maurices Weiss) Composer George Lewis has signed a long-term exclusive publishing contract with Edition Peters, part of Wise Music Group. Lewis is the composer of the opera “The Comet,” which was performed at Running AMOC Festival* this summer and was named as a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Music. “Since my first moments with Edition Peters, the {…}

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Juilliard School to Celebrate 200th Anniversary of First Full Italian Opera Production

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The Juilliard School’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts will mark the 200th anniversary of the first full Italian opera performed in the United States —Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia”— with a day of events in collaboration with Columbia University. The celebration is set for Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, and will begin with a 10 a.m. symposium {…}

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Juilliard Unveils 2025-26 Season

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Juilliard announces its 2025-26 season. This article only features classical voice events. Juilliard and Columbia University Present Italian Opera 200. Performance Date: October 5, 2025 Up next is the start of school’s “Liederabend” series. Performance Dates: October 8, November 19, December 10, 2025 & February 25 & April 1 & 29, 2026 “Sound On: Inward Journeys” features the Neue Vocalsolisten {…}

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Tania León Named 2025 Recipient of the William Schuman Award

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(Photo credit: Rob Davidson) Columbia University School of the Arts announced that composer Tania León is the 2025 recipient of the William Schuman Award. León is the tenth recipient of the award that recognizes the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance. She will receive an unrestricted {…}

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Loadbang to Give World Premiere of Hersch’s ‘that I wanted to find you here’

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Loadbang is set to give the world premiere of Michael Hersch’s new vocal cycle, ‘that I wanted to find you here.’ This 30-minute score was written in the period immediately following the composers recovery from a near-death experience early last year. The work sets texts by Abdellatif Laâbi, Anja Utler, Stav Poleg, and Shane McCrae. Of this piece Hersch says, {…}

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Mizzou New Music Initiative & University of Missouri School of Music Names Winners of 2026 Missouri Composers Project

Dr. André Thomas to Headline Residence at University of Missouri School of Music as Part of Mizzou New Music Initiative

Alice Teyssier to Present New Cantata at Miller Theatre

Catapult Opera to Open New Season with Double Bill ‘Nothing Follows’

Composer George Lewis Signs Exclusive Long-Term Publishing Agreement with Edition Peters

Juilliard School to Celebrate 200th Anniversary of First Full Italian Opera Production

Juilliard Unveils 2025-26 Season

Tania León Named 2025 Recipient of the William Schuman Award

Loadbang to Give World Premiere of Hersch’s ‘that I wanted to find you here’