Musicians from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will read and critique works by three student composers from the University of Missouri School of Music this academic year. Under the auspices of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, student composers Dustin Dunn, Aaron Mencher, and Douglas Osmun are writing new works for a 40-piece chamber orchestra, to be read and played by members of the symphony in a private session this November. The composers then will revise their works for a second, public reading by the same musicians on April 29 at Powell Hall. Dunn, a senior, and Mencher, a junior, are working toward undergraduate degrees in composition at Mizzou, while Osmun, winner of the school’s Sinquefield Composition Prize for 2017, is in his second year of study for a master’s degree. The Mizzou New Music Initiative comprises an array of programs at the University of Missouri’s School of Music focused on music composition and new music.
Posted August 29, 2017
