{"id":6983,"date":"2022-03-04T16:27:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T21:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6983"},"modified":"2022-03-04T16:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T21:27:19","slug":"the-joy-of-life-is-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/03\/04\/the-joy-of-life-is-music\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The joy of life is music\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Dr.-Jeanne-Sinquefield_16A1926-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dr.-Jeanne-Sinquefield_16A1926-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield on-stage in the Sinquefield Music Center.\" class=\"wp-image-6984\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield on-stage at Sheryl Crow Hall in the Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center (photo courtesy of Notley Hawkins).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was happy to join longtime Mizzou supporter Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield to reveal her $3.4 million commitment to our Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) \u2014 helping build on MU\u2019s legacy as a leader in the creation and performance of new music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surprise announcement came after Dr. Sinquefield joined the School of Music\u2019s weekly convocation. Natalia Bolshakova, MU collaborative piano instructor, also played an original composition by student J.T. Wolfe, marking the 1,000th piece of music written and performed through the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a legacy of inspiring composers (some as young as 6) to create new work, Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield are helping us invest in Missouri\u2019s next generation of musical talent. This gift is a continuation of their more than 10 years of growing the MNMI, and just one of many ways they have supported our School of Music \u2014 including the new Sinquefield Music Center building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank both Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield for their dedication to our creative community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was happy to join longtime Mizzou supporter Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield to reveal her $3.4 million commitment to our Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) \u2014 helping build on MU\u2019s legacy as a leader in the creation and performance of new music. The surprise announcement came after Dr. Sinquefield joined the School of Music\u2019s weekly convocation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}