The Columbia Theater

Wow. The Mizzou New Music Summer Festival was an intense experience. The performance of Rails by Alarm Will Sound on Saturday night was truly the best performance I have ever had. Hopefully, I will be able to post some audio in a few weeks.

I have been blogging about the festival at NewMusicBox.org, where I have written a series of four posts about the festival.

• MNMSF: First Impressions
• MNMSF: Composers with “Concerns”
• MNMSF: The Importance of Patronage
• MNMSF: Wrap

Additionally, the press for this festival was amazing. I had three interviews for three separate newspapers:

• My interview in the Lion’s Roar, the newspaper of Southeastern Louisiana University
• Bridgette Bonner’s column about me in the Hammond Daily Star
• Columbia Tribune article

Now, I’m just trying to catch my breath a bit before leaving for ICMC at Huddersfield, England next Tuesday…

Resident composers in the "Hall of the Ducks" at MU

Resident Composers Steven Snoweden, Liza White, David Biedenbender, and Michael Fumai enjoying pizza and a pitcher at Shakespeare's Pizza

Alarm Will Sound during the dress rehearsal on Saturday

A group meeting with Anna Clyne and resident composers David Biedenbender, Michael Fumai, and Patrick Clark

It’s only five days until I leave for the MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival.

Alarm Will Sound recently interviewed me and the other resident composers (David Biedenbender, Pat Clark, Michael-Thomas Foumai, Yotam Haber, Clint Needham, Steven Snowden, and Liza White) by e-mail.

Follow the link below and scroll down a bit for the interview questions which give some insight into how we all thought about our works and prepared for the festival.

Alarm Will Sound – Home.