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.

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.

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.

Mizzou New Music Summer Festival to include 10 world premieres Experiences, musings spark creation of new music Thursday, July 7, 2011 | 6:26 p.m. CDT; updated 8:24 a.m. CDT, Friday, July 8, 2011 The 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival guests Alarm Will Sound rehearse at the Sinquefield Reserve in Folk on Wednesday. ¦ CHERISH [...]

While Snowden has received awards and fellowships from across the country, one of the most prestigious honors will be at the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival

For Patrick Clark, winning the 2011 Sinquefield Composition Prize led to two big boosts for his musical career: the chance to compose an original score for the University Philharmonic and to conduct the orchestral performance.

A 2002 Longmeadow High School graduate is making a name for herself in the music world.

The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have selected eight resident composers for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, which will be held Monday, July 11 through Saturday, July 16 in Columbia.

An accomplished bass player, Jeanne is very generous in support of her passions. Her goal is to turn Missouri into a music Mecca for composers. Read the evolution of her dream in Fujah, a Springfield web-magazine.