University of Missouri-Kansas City students perform Missy Mazzoli’s Magic With Everyday Objects at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri.

Pianist Jeremy Denk performs Missy Mazzoli’s Heartbreaker at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

Charlotte Symphony and violinist Jennifer Koh perform Missy Mazzoli’s Violin Concerto (Procession) at the Knight Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charlotte Symphony and violinist Jennifer Koh perform Missy Mazzoli’s Violin Concerto (Procession) at the Knight Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pianist Adam Tendler performs Missy Mazzoli’s Forgiveness Machine as part of “Inheritances” at Annex in Vancouver, Canada.

Pianist Adam Tendler performs Missy Mazzoli’s Forgiveness Machine as part of “Inheritances” at Annex in Vancouver, Canada.

Symphoria performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) at the Oncenter in Syracuse, New York.

Adam Tendler performs Missy Mazzoli’s Forgiveness Machine as part of “Inheritances” at the Lorraine Boccardo Theater in Ivins, Utah.

Pittsburgh Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Bitz Opera Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Bitz Opera Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Bitz Opera Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Missy Mazzoli in conversation about her life and music as part of BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion: Missy Mazzoli at Barbican Centre’s Fountain Room in London, England.

BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), These Worlds in Us, Violin Concerto (Procession), and Orpheus Undone as part of BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion: Missy Mazzoli at Barbican Centre’s Hall in London, England.

Pittsburgh Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Bitz Opera Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Missy Mazzoli in conversation about her life and music as part of BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion: Missy Mazzoli at Barbican Centre’s Fountain Room in London, England.

Guildhall School musicians perform chamber works by Missy Mazzoli as part of BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion: Missy Mazzoli at Milton Court Concert Hall in London, England.

BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra members perform Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt (UK Premiere) as part of BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion: Missy Mazzoli at Barbican Centre Hall in London, England.

Violinist Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli perform the music of Missy Mazzoli at Bourgie Hall in Montreal, Quebec.

City Opera Vancouver performs Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt at York Theatre in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Violinist Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli perform the music of Missy Mazzoli at Kennedy Center’s Studio K in Washington D.C.

City Opera Vancouver performs Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt at York Theatre in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

City Opera Vancouver performs Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt at York Theatre in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) at Music Center at Strathmore in  North Bethesda, Maryland.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) at Music Center at Strathmore in  North Bethesda, Maryland.

Oregon Symphony performs Missy Mazzoli’s Dark with Excessive Bright at Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, Oregon.

The Houston Symphony performs Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas.

The Houston Symphony performs Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas.

The Houston Symphony performs Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas.

Detroit Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan.

Lima Symphony Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio.

Detroit Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit Opera performs Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan.

Eklund Opera University of Colorado Boulder performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Imig Music Building’s Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) at Musikkens Hus in Aalbord, Denmark.

Students of CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program perform Missy Mazzoli’s opera Proving Up at CU Boulder’s Imig Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Eklund Opera University of Colorado Boulder performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Imig Music Building’s Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Students of CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program perform Missy Mazzoli’s opera Proving Up at CU Boulder’s Imig Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Eklund Opera University of Colorado Boulder performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Imig Music Building’s Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Students of CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program perform Missy Mazzoli’s opera Proving Up at CU Boulder’s Imig Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Eklund Opera University of Colorado Boulder performs Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up at the Imig Music Building’s Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Students of CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program perform Missy Mazzoli’s opera Proving Up at CU Boulder’s Imig Music Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) at the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont.

Adam Tendler performs Missy Mazzoli’s Forgiveness Machine as part of “Inheritances” at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas.

Essen Philharmonie presents the German premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration at Alfried Krupp Hall in Essen, Germany.

Essen Philharmonie presents the German premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration at Alfried Krupp Hall in Essen, Germany.

Sarasota Orchestra performs Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us at the Sarasota Opera House in Sarasota, Florida.

Opera Australia performs Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in Melbourne, Australia.

Opera Australia performs Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in Melbourne, Australia.