The Missouri Composer Laureate is a one year appointment by the Missouri Verses and Voices Executive Committee, First Lady Georganne Nixon, chairperson. The composer will be selected for one task, to compose a song for choir setting a poem by the Missouri Poet Laureate.
Amy selected Walter Bargen's poem, Hall of Waters, for the text and title of the first Missouri Composer Laureate composition. The song was premiered at the first annual Governor's Verses and Voices Festival Concert in the Capitol Rotunda on February 9, 2010 (See Press Release PDF).
The Missouri Composer Laureate is a one year appointment by the Missouri Verses and Voices Executive Committee, First Lady Georganne Nixon, chairperson. The composer will be selected for one task, to compose a song for choir setting a poem by the Missouri Poet Laureate.
