Classical Music

The Kansas City Symphony continues its 2009-10 Chamber Players Series with A Tchaikovsky Holiday, December 4 at 8pm in the historic Visitation Church, an architecturally and acoustically unique venue. Located just south of the Country Club Plaza at 5141 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri, the church will be beautifully decorated for the season.

TubaChristmas 2009 will be hosted by The Kansas City Symphony on Friday, December 4. This event will be one of 240 TubaChristmas concerts presented around the United States in tribute to the late artist/teacher William J. Bell, born on Christmas Day 1902. The TubaChristmas ensemble performs traditional Christmas carols and songs, many of which were arranged by noted American composer Alec Wilder, who ironically died on Christmas Eve, 1980. The memories of Bell and Wilder are celebrated in the annual performances of TubaChristmas groups around the nation.

(KANSAS CITY) – The Kansas City Symphony marks the beginning of the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah on Thanksgiving weekend. The Kansas City Symphony and Chorus join with the Independence Messiah Choir for this mosaic of the scriptures, which remains Handel’s most famous work. With over 400 musicians on stage, it is one of the most triumphant choral pieces ever written. Messiah is best known for its familiar “Hallelujah” chorus.

“A séance for piano and orchestra" -- ghosts of music's past weave through the three movement concerto

(Kansas City) - The Kansas City Symphony will present the world premiere of Lost Souls - A Piano Concerto by Israeli composer Avner Dorman on November 20-22. Lost Souls tell the haunting story of a séance summoning ghosts of concertos past, ending in an exorcism. Praised by Gramophone Magazine as “a fresh, young voice, worth following,” Avner Dorman is a rising star composer whose orchestral works were recently performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY HOSTS
KENNEDY CENTER PRESIDENT MICHAEL KAISER FOR FREE COMMUNITY ARTS CONVERSATION ON NOVEMBER 18

Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser to Travel to all 50 States, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., to address the challenges facing non-profit performing arts organizations today

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The Mid America Freedom Band (MAFB), Kansas City’s lesbian gay bisexual transgender (LGBT) and ally community band, will present the concert Rainbow Revolution on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8 p.m., at the Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112. Tickets for the concert can be purchased for $10 at the band’s website (www.mafbmusic.org) as well as at the door the day of the event.

Kansas City SymphonyThe Kansas City Symphony is holding a one-day ticket sale this Thursday, October 15, offering $15 tickets for nine upcoming Kansas City Symphony concerts. No limit!

October 2009 - World Buyers Wholesale Gifts recently transformed their showrooms into an online superstore that is stocked to the rim with merchandise. Additionally, World Buyers entered the sustainable living sector and offers a variety of environmentally friendly products made out of recycled and natural products.

The Carnegie Arts Center is very pleased to be starting a string ensemble under the direction of Kenton Lanier. Mr. Lanier received his BA in Music Composition and Theory from Thomas Edison State College, and is currently teaching piano, viola, and violin at the Carnegie Arts Center.

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Dr. Jan Kraybill, Principal Organist and Director of Music for Community of Christ, will be the featured organist at the second event of the 50th-birthday celebration of The Auditorium Organ with a free concert at the Community of Christ Auditorium (corner of River Boulevard and Walnut Street in Independence, Missouri) on Friday, November 6, at 8:00 p.m.

Rubens Quartet: From bottom left: Sidonie Riha, Violin; Roeland Jagers, Viola; Joachim Eijlander, Cello; Sarah Kapustin, Violin.Rubens Quartet: From left: Sarah Kapustin, Violin; Roeland Jagers, Viola; Sidonie Riha, Violin; Joachim Eijlander, Cello.For Immediate Release:

Join us this Thursday, Oct. 8 in Founders' Hall at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, 415 W. 13th Street, Kansas City, Mo. for the first masterclass of the Kansas City Symphony season featuring Swiss cellist Alban Gerhardt!

Inaugural Fundraiser presented by
The American Opera Studio

A Night of Music, Magic and Mayhem...

Friday, October 30th
7:00 PM
The Madrid Theater
3801 Main Street
Kansas City, MO

Black Tie optional

The Kansas City Symphony's Family Series begins another season this Sunday, October 4 with a 2 p.m. concert at Yardley Hall on the campus of Johnson County Community College. Led by the Symphony's Bruno Walter associate conductor, Steven Jarvi, MOZART’S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE introduces children to the magic of Mozart and classical music in this delightful Classical Kids production. Explore the life of Mozart’s young son, Karl, who longs to spend more time with his famous father. An old traveling trunk serves as a magic chest that reveals an incredible journey back in time to Mozart’s childhood and into the fantastic world of Mozart’s great operas—The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Presented by the David T. Beals III Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee. Instrument Petting Zoo begins one hour prior to concert, with support from Swiss Re. Tickets: $35, $25 and $15; Children: $25, $15 and $10.

All are invited to hear Dr. John Obetz open the 50th-birthday celebration of The Auditorium Organ with a free concert at the Community of Christ Auditorium (corner of River Boulevard and Walnut Street in Independence, Missouri) on Sunday, October 4, at 3:00 p.m.

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KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Symphony will travel to Topeka for a concert at the Topeka Performing Art Center, 214 SE 8th Avenue, on Sunday, October 11 at 2pm. Featuring German cellist Alban Gerhardt, Music Director Michael Stern leads the orchestra in a program designed to delight: one of the most beloved cello concerto ever written, the final orchestral work from a composer in exile, and a lively dance rhapsody.

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June 27, 2009

Composer Kevin Hiatt will present two evening concerts of his chamber music as part of the 2009 KC Fringe Festival on July 23rd and 24th (thurs./fri.), at 8pm in the historic Kansas City Club at

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July 2, 2009

Madko Group of Prairie Village Kansas announces its new minority outreach program. The principals of Madko Group Consulting have been mentoring and working with small business for over twenty years, in a variety of Industries.

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Join in the show biz fun for the Jewish community’s own version of “American Idol” with Jewish Family Services “Raise Your Voice for JFS - Boogie to Broadway” on Sunday, June 14 at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus. It’s an event the entire family will enjoy together!

The Pembroke Hill Clothesline Sale will be April 24 and 25 on the school’s Ward Parkway campus, 5121 State Line Road.

The sale is free, and will run on Friday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and continue on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. until sell out (usually early afternoon). Shoppers should come early for best selection.

KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY RECEIVES BRUNO WALTER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GRANTS

Prestigious award supports emerging conductors

(April 15, 2009) – The Kansas City Symphony has been awarded a grant for the 2009-10 season from the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation in support of its associate conductor position. Each year the Foundation awards grants to only three orchestras in the nation, and so this is a prestigious accomplishment. In addition to a grant of $7,500 to the orchestra to support the associate conductor position, KCS Associate Conductor Steven Jarvi will receive a career development grant of $2,500 to further his training. For next season, Jarvi’s position will be known as the Bruno Walter Associate Conductor Chair.

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Kansas City, Kansas, April 7, 2009 - The 50 voice Wamego Dutch Mill Chorus, under the artistic direction of Kathy Cornish of Topeka, KS; and the quartet Black Tie, with members from Topeka, and Kansas City, captured first place trophies at the regional Sweet Adelines International chorus competition held Friday and Saturday, April 3-4 at the Overland Park Convention Center. As regional champions the Wamego chorus will advance to international competition, which will take place during October 2010 in Seattle, Washington; and will compete against more than 30 of the top regional winners of Sweet Adelines International choruses from around the world.

Country Club United Methodist Church will celebrate Earth Day with the presentation of a cantata entitled “Song of Wisdom.”
Adapted from the best-selling children’s book Old Turtle by Douglas Wood, and set to music by Joseph M. Martin, it tells the timeless story of God’s relationships with the animal kingdom, man and nature.