World Premieres I

7:30 PM CDT

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The 2021 MICF's kickoff event will feature resident ensemble Alarm Will Sound premiering new works by three of the festival's resident composers, plus the first look of an excerpt from distinguished guest composer David T. Little's opera What Belongs to You, featuring Grammy-winning vocalist Karim Sulayman.

Program:

• Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer, Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole
• Celka Ojakangas, Sploopy
• Daniel Fitzpatrick, Adapt
• David T. Little, What Belongs to You (Act I)

Mizzou New Music

7:30 PM CDT

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The second event of the 2021 MICF will feature the Mizzou New Music Ensemble performing works by distinguished guest composers Chen Yi and David T. Little, and Khemia Ensemble performing works by Mizzou- and MICF-affiliated composers Stefan Freund, Nina Shekhar, and Phillip Sink.

Program:

Mizzou New Music Ensemble:

• Chen Yi, Near Distance
• David T. Little, descanso (waiting)

Khemia Ensemble:

• Stefan Freund, Songs of Persephone*
• Phillip Sink, Bite!*
• Nina Shekhar, Don’t Beat a Word*

* = world premiere

Entry Points of Empathy

7:30 PM CDT

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Entry Points of Empathy is a multimedia event by artist collective ANTiCX, featuring works by collective members Annika Socolofsky, Nina Shekhar, Tanner Porter, inti figgis-vizueta, Carolina Heredia, and video artist Xuan, performed by Mizzou faculty and guests. The event will feature video interludes, live graphics, and a sound sculpture by Xuan.

Program:

• Nina Shekhar, [redact]
• Tanner Porter, Two movements for clarinet*
• Carolina Heredia, Tango Americano
• Xuan, Interludes 1 and 2*
• Annika Socolofsky, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: the meantime**
• inti figgis-vizueta, a bridge between starshine and clay
• ANTiCX, Entry Points of Empathy*

* = world premiere

** = video world premiere

World Premieres II

7:30 PM CDT

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The final event of the 2021 MICF will feature Alarm Will Sound performing new works from six resident composers, plus the American premiere of Stefan Freund's arrangement of “Sparkle” by distinguished guest composer Chen Yi. 

Program:

• DM R, I watched them burying me
• Paul Mortilla, Rainbow Diamond
• Shuying Li, Sweeping and Weeping
• Chen Yi (arr. Stefan Freund), Sparkle
• Yu Kuwabara, Nested Time
• Nina Shekhar, Turn Your Feet Around
• Andrew Tholl, Despite the Unforeseen Circumstances; or Just Another Illusion of Explanatory Depth