Editing Columbia, Missouri (section)

===Music===
The "We Always Swing" Jazz Series<ref>{{cite web | url=http://wealwaysswing.org | title=Jazz Series Website | access-date=May 21, 2008}}</ref> and the [[Roots N Blues Festival]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rootsnbluesnbbq.com/ | title=Roots 'N Blues 'N Barbeque Festival Website | access-date=May 21, 2008}}</ref> is held in Columbia. "9th Street Summerfest" (now hosted in Rose Park at Rose Music Hall) closes part of that street several nights each summer to hold outdoor performances and has featured [[Willie Nelson]] (2009),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/arts_life/go_magazine/willie-nelson-kicking-off-ninth-street-summerfest/article_60bf0408-57a1-5d1e-af1f-f9eada90e422.html |title=Willie Nelson kicking off Ninth Street Summerfest |last=Bland |first=Pete |date=March 19, 2009 |publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> [[Snoop Dogg]] (2010),<ref name=Snoop>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitch.com/music/article/20582079/flaming-lips-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-help-celebrate-the-blue-notes-30th-anniversary |title=Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube help celebrate the Blue Note's 30th anniversary |last=Hudnall |first=David |date=June 28, 2010 |website=The Pitch |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320053022/http://www.pitch.com/music/article/20582079/flaming-lips-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-help-celebrate-the-blue-notes-30th-anniversary |archive-date=March 20, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[The Flaming Lips]] (2010),<ref name=Snoop/> [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] (2013),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mizzoumag.missouri.edu/2015/02/comos-abcs/ |title=CoMo's ABCs: Our roundup of the most unexpected things Columbia has to offer/W |date=February 17, 2015 |website=Mizzou Magazine |publisher=The Curators of the University of Missouri |access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> and others. The "University Concert Series" regularly includes musicians and dancers from various genres, typically in [[Jesse Hall]]. Other musical venues in town include the [[Missouri Theatre (Columbia, Missouri)|Missouri Theatre]], the university's multipurpose [[Hearnes Center]], the university's [[Mizzou Arena]], [[The Blue Note (Columbia, Missouri)|The Blue Note]], and [[The Blue Note (Columbia, Missouri)#Rose Music Hall (formerly Mojo's)|Rose Music Hall]]. Shelter Gardens, a park on the campus of [[Shelter Insurance]] headquarters, also hosts outdoor performances during the summer.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.visitcolumbiamo.com/directory/shelter-gardens/ |title=Shelter Gardens|work=Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau | access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Sinquefield Music Center in June 2020 West View.jpg|thumb|The Sinquefield Music Center, home to the University of Missouri School of Music|alt=Ariel photograph of the Sinquefield Music Center]]
The [[University of Missouri School of Music]] attracts hundreds of musicians to Columbia, student performances are held in Whitmore Recital Hall. Among many non-profit organizations for classical music are included the "Odyssey Chamber Music Series",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.odysseymissouri.org | title=Odyssey Chamber Music Series Website | access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> "[[Missouri Symphony]]", "Columbia Community Band", and "Columbia Civic Orchestra". Founded in 2006, the "Plowman Chamber Music Competition"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://plowmancompetition.org | title=Plowman Competition Website | access-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref> is a biennial competition held in March/April of odd-numbered years, considered to be one of the finest, top five chamber music competitions in the nation.