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Review: The Kansas City Symphony Performs Copland’s Appalachian Spring
If you happen to be a Francophile who also loves American music, Kansas City Symphony conductor Michael Stern put together a program just for you. Stern told the audience that he characterized this...
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Review: The Kansas City Chorale’s Artifacts: The Music of Michael McGlynn
Just as the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams evokes images of the English countryside, the choral music of Irish composer Michael McGlynn can instantly transport the listener to the Emerald Isle....
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An Interview with Charles Bruffy Artistic Director of the Kansas City Chorale
Five-time Grammy Award-winner Charles Bruffy started out as a tenor soloist, yet he soon learned—and appreciated—the power of voices together. He became artistic director of the Kansas City Chorale in...
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Three Art Events You Should Not Miss in May
The Path of the Butterfly The butterfly was once simply an icon of transformation. But that, too, is changing. Butterflies have become canaries in the coal mines of climate change—the return of the...
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Four Art Events You Should Not Miss in June
Get to Know 30 Americans From June 1 through August 25, the Nelson-Atkins exhibits a traveling collection by 30 African-American artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Carrie Mae Weems, Kerry James...
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Inaugural Park University Benefit Concert Will Allow Patrons To Sit On Stage...
Sponsored post: There’s near the stage. There’s front row. And then there’s sitting mere feet away from internationally renowned classical musicians. That’s the premise behind Park University’s...
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Fall Arts Preview
The fall season itself, with brilliantly hued foliage, is an artistic celebration. And in Kansas City, this colorful time of year is an ideal backdrop for an exciting array of art-themed events, all of...
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Four Art Events You Should Not Miss in September
The Empire Strikes Back. . . with the Help of the Kansas City Symphony Wow. A Star Wars movie with live symphonic music! “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” That’s how Princess Leia kicked...
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An Interview with Violinist and Composer Chen Yi
In Kansas City caught up with Chen Yi, a doctor of musical arts and Lorena Searcy Cravens/Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Endowed Professor in Music Composition, at the University of Missouri-Kansas...
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IN Conversation with The Kansas City Symphony’s Executive Director Daniel...
Even before he succeeded Frank Byrne as the Kansas City Symphony’s executive director July 29, Daniel Beckley was working behind the scenes. This season hasn’t even started, yet he and conductor...
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An Interview with World-Renowned Tenor Vinson Cole
Kansas City native and internationally recognized tenor Vinson Cole has performed in all the major opera houses, including The Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris Bastille, Teatro alla Scala...
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Four Art Events You Should Not Miss in December
Wynton Marsalis: Big Band Holidays On Thursday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m., the horn-blowing ensemble Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will swing into Kansas City. Under the direction of legendary...
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Preview: Beethoven for the Generations with the Kansas City Symphony
The year 2020 is a momentous one in classical music, with orchestras worldwide observing the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. For Michael Stern, 2020 represents a nice, round number to mark two...
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Four Art Events You Should Not Miss in January
Puzzle Me This It’s January. It’s cold. And we’re still recovering from the season of too-much everything. It’s time to slow down, sip some hot chocolate, and get lost in the intricacies of...
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Four Art Events You Should Not Miss in February
TEDxKC 2020 Come and see Kansas City’s latest crop of TED presenters with “ideas worth spreading” in this year’s themed TED. For the past 35 years, TED talks have inspired, rattled, moved, and...
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Three Art Events You Should Not Miss in March
Like a Rolling Stone Fifty years is a good luck charm for Kansas City. The Chiefs in the Super Bowl. And now the Kansas City Symphony and rock band Windborne join forces to groove to The Music of the...
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Kansas City Symphony Cancels Remainder of 2019/2020 Season
While it doesn’t come as a big surprise, the news is still disconcerting. The Kansas City Symphony has canceled all remaining concerts in the 2019/20 season due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19...
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Park ICM Unveils An Eventful 2020-2021 Season Starting This September
You know what makes the world go ’round? Music! Fortunately, Park International Center for Music (Park ICM) has given us something to look forward to once this coronavirus culture is over. Their...
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Five Things You Don’t Know About Me: Park ICM’s New Executive Director Lisa...
Lisa Hickok has over three decades of experience when it comes to empowering some of Kansas City’s premier arts organizations. No wonder she was recently named Park University International Center for...
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A New Classical Music Radio Station Just Hit The Metro’s Airwaves
A new radio station just unleashed its dulcet tones upon KC’s airwaves this week. Introducing Classical KC 91.9—a new start-up station that’s gearing up for all things—you guessed it—classical. While...
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