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Free concert and art exhibit on Saturday

From Stltoday.com Steals and Deals, Karen Deer

The Contemporary Art Museum will host a free concert by the Mizzou New Music Ensemble at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 3750 Washington Boulevard.

Musicians from the University of Missouri-Columbia’s New Music Initiative, have created original compositions inspired by the Great Rivers Biennial exhibit.

The event will feature the world premiere of original compositions by University of Missouri students Grant Fonda, Joe Hills, and Joseph Weidinger, each of whom has created a new piece that attempts to capture the aural essence of one of the three Great Rivers Biennial artists’ projects.

The Mizzou New Music Ensemble, directed by University of Missouri associate professor Stefan Freund, will perform all three compositions, along with Ad Parnassum, a piece by 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky that was inspired by sketches by artist Paul Klee.

This event is free and open to the public.

To learn more about the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, click HERE or call 314-535-4660.

Congratulations to 2012 C.O.M.P. winner Lily Ibur. Listen as she shares her original music with Fox 2

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Lileana Ibur, 13, is a singer-songwriter.  She just won the annual COMP (Creating Original Music Project) contest put on by the University of Missouri-Columbia.

The Wydown Middle School student composed an original song titled, “Nothing Boy”. She is performing it this Saturday, April 21 at Mizzou at the COMP Music Festival.

Found online at: http://fox2now.com/2012/04/18/wydown-middle-school-student-wins-mizzou-contest/

Creating Original Music Project Festival This Saturday

For 2012, a total of 22 elementary, middle school and high school students from across Missouri have been awarded prizes in the competition. As a reward for their work, they’ll get a chance to perform their winning compositions at the Creating Original Music Project Festival. The Festival will take place:

10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Fine Arts Building, University of Missouri-Columbia campus
Free and open to the public

Both the composers and their schools will receive cash prizes. High school winners also receive a scholarship to attend Mizzou’s high school summer music composition camp.