Missouri music at 200

celebrating the Missouri bicentennial

August 10, 2021 marked the state of Missouri’s bicentennial. To honor and reflect on this occasion, the American Wild Ensemble commissioned six composers to write new works inspired by Missouri history, culture, and geography and shares this collaborative program, including poetry, history, and guest speakers alongside our new music, in a series of live and virtual performances around the state in summer and fall 2021.

Performances

Springfield Botanical Garden at Nathanael Greene/CLOse Memorial Park
Springfield, MO

Pro Musica at Wildcat Glades Park
JOPLIN, MO

Brush Creek Amphitheater at Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center
Kansas City, MO

State Historical society of missouri at Peace Park
Columbia, MO

Missouri History Museum (virtual Performance)
St. Louis, MO

World Chess Hall of Fame
St. Louis, MO

commissioneD Composers

Stefan Freund

Barbara Harbach

Marcus Lewis

Michael Murray

Christopher Stark

Ingrid Stölzel

Missouri Music at 200 Team

Emlyn Johnson, flute — Tiffany Valvo, Clarinet — Joel Ockerman, Horn

Sarah Peters, Violin — Ryan Hardcastle, Viola — Daniel Ketter, Cello

Colleen Bernstein, Bradley Loudis, Percussion

sponsors + endorsements

Missouri State University sponsored this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council
and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

American Wild Ensemble’s Missouri Music at 200 project was funded in part with public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

Missouri Music at 200 was endorsed by Missouri 2021, an initiative of The State Historical Society of Missouri and its Center for Missouri Studies.