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 [...]

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 2012 Creating Original Music Project Festival.

The Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri (CEAM) held its second-annual Passport to Education Gala Celebration Sat., Mar. 31, at the Xavier Ballroom in St. Francis Xavier College Church.

This past Sunday, nearly 1,400 attendees witnessed the enshrinement of 15 great men and women, two teams, and one hospital into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Achievement Awards were also given to 16 men, women, and sports programs for their contributions to Missouri sports. This included an award presented to Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield for her crucial role in establishing the Boy Scout Merit Badge for Chess.

With the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and the World Chess Hall of Fame, Rex Sinquefield is making St. Louis the Chess Capital of the World. The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame honored Rex this week by announcing his induction into the Hall.

The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative are pleased to announce that Michael E. Anderson is the winner of the 2012 Sinquefield Composition Prize.

Slay & Associates helps open doors to important civic conversations. Today, Rex Sinquefield visited WGN-AM in Chicago to talk about tax reform and job growth. Listen to his great conversation with host Mike McConnell.

Take a look at the video and the photo slideshow from this year’s celebration on September 22, 2011. Find the photos of you and your friends. If you missed this year’s event, take a look at what you missed and why you don’t want to miss this next year!

The Children’s Education Alliance will soon screen “The Lottery” and Kate Casas, the director of CEAM talks about what they hope to accomplish by showing the movie.

To celebrate Philanthropy Magazine’s special issue on giving to arts and culture, they invited some of America’s leading arts donors and experts to weigh in on three important questions.