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New Music Ensemble Graduate Assistantships
New Music Ensemble
Mizzou New Music Initiative seeks talented performers dedicated to promoting new music. The New Music Ensemble, under the direction of faculty composer and Alarm Will Sound member Stefan Freund, will collaborate with MU’s faculty and student composers, perform frequently on and off campus, and work with some of the world’s leading composers and interpreters of new music. Six Graduate Assistantships are available for New Music Ensemble members.
New Music Ensemble instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion
Anticipated openings for Fall 2012:
All six positions are coming open in Fall 2012.
Graduate Assistantships include a full tuition waiver and an annual stipend of $5,000.Deadline: Priority Application Deadline January 15, 2012.
Candidates for the New Music Ensemble Graduate Assistantships must audition on one of the Graduate Audition Days or on another mutually agreeable date. Candidates must pursue the MM in performance or another master’s degree (such as composition, music theory, music history). If the degree is not in a performance area, the candidate must demonstrate performance skills at the required level for entrance to the MM performance program.
New Music Ensemble (NME) audition repertoire must be prepared in addition to other audition or entrance requirements for the degree. Download more information about the NME audition repertoire here (pdf).
To apply for the New Music Ensemble Graduate Assistantship, you must complete the University of Missouri and School of Music application processes found here.
If you have questions regarding the application process or you would like to visit the School of Music, email William J. Lackey, Admissions and Publicity Coordinator, at LackeyW@missouri.edu.
The programs of the Mizzou New Music Initiative have been made possible
through the generous support of the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
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