Mizzou student composer Atticus Schlegel is inspired by his late father's musical works 

Inspired by his late father, Paul, who composed his own music, Schlegel began writing music as a sophomore in high school.
At the encouragement of his high school band director, Schlegel attended the Missouri Summer Composition Institute - a summer program for high school composers organized by the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI).
The MNMI offered him a full-tuition student scholarship thanks to Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation’s generous support of the initiative, allowing Schlegel to jump head-first into honing his craft.