Contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound will perform music written for and premiered at the University of Missouri’s annual Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) as part of New York’s Times:Spans Festival at 7:30 p.m. on August 22, 2024, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music’s Mary Flagler Cary Hall. The program will include music by Claude Baker, Marcos Balter, Andrew Norman, Chelsea Komschlies, Felipe Tovar-Henao, and Kelley Sheehan.
League of American Orchestras, in partnership with American Composers Orchestra, has announced the formation of a second consortium, to take place from 2024 to 2026. As in the original consortium, six women composers—Brittany J. Green, Moni (Jasmine) Guo, Karena Ingram, Chelsea Komschlies, Marina López, and Meilina Tsui for this round—will receive commissions and a consortium of 30 U.S. orchestras (five orchestras paired with each composer) will perform the works. Six lead orchestras will premiere the commissioned works in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. Twenty-four additional orchestras will be selected over the coming months for repeat performances in 2024 through 2026. Networking, mentoring, career development, and community engagement opportunities are built into the program, and the composer cohort meets annually at the League’s National Conference, taking place in Houston, June 6-8, 2024.
