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February 2022
Winterlude – Clint Ashlock and Charles Williams
Overland Park, KS 66210 United States
Williams has served as the pianist for The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra since its inception in 2003. He is bandleader for GENRE, his newest group, which plays smooth jazz, funk and Motown. Williams has accompanied legendary Kansas City jazz artists such as Ida McBeth, Angela Hagenbach, The McFadden Brothers and Dr. Wayne Goins. He also accompanied jazz singer Queen Bey and the internationally acclaimed jazz saxophonist, Arthur Blythe, on tour in Brazil in 1998. He released his third CD, “Flavors…
Find out more »May 2022
Benefit Concert for Ukraine – Brass and Piano Music by Ukrainian Composers
Join us on May 17th at 7 pm CST at the Central United Methodist Church or via live stream for an evening of brass and piano music by Ukrainian composers performed by students of the UMKC Conservatory. Admission is free. All donations will be used to support the International Rescue Committee's response to the crisis in Ukraine. Livestream link - www.youtu.be/b8DfEv7_DSs See the program here - www.docdro.id/0nbBvh6 See the campaign, live stream, and donate online here: www.tiltify.com/@rwlski/forukraine More information about IRC's response…
Find out more »June 2022
Kauffman Center Presents Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart
Over the last four decades, Béla Fleck has made a point of going where no banjo player has gone before, a musical journey that has earned him 15 Grammys in nine different fields, including country, pop, jazz, instrumental, classical, and world music. But his roots are in bluegrass, and that’s where he returns with his first bluegrass tour in 24 years, My Bluegrass Heart. My Bluegrass Heart spotlights a multi-generational gamut of the best of bluegrass players, all sporting a…
Find out more »August 2022
Kauffman Center Presents Happy Together Tour 2022
The Happy Together Tour 2022 takes the stage at the Kauffman Center to perform the greatest pop rock hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. The touring sensation that has crisscrossed the nation delighting audiences for over a decade returns this summer with a show full of chart-topping hits from an undeniable 61 Billboard Top 40 smashes. The show features music legends The Turtles, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Association, The Vogues, and The Cowsills. Don’t miss out on…
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Filharmonie Brno with Dennis Russell Davies and Laurie Anderson
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Take the ultimate flight of fancy with iconic creative pioneer Laurie Anderson as she channels Atchison, Kansas’ own Amelia Earhart in an expansive work for Filharmonie Brno under the baton of renowned American conductor Dennis Russell Davies. Earhart’s own radio transmissions, diaries, and news clippings are used in Anderson’s sweeping sonic score that show off the technical capabilities of Helzberg Hall. The roots of the Filharmonie Brno go back to the 1870s when young Leoš Janáček endeavored to establish a…
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Kansas City Symphony Presents ‘The Planets’
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
Join your Kansas City Symphony for a concert that’s out of this world! Guest conductor Teddy Abrams is known for his unquenchable enthusiasm and imaginative approach to classical music. He’ll bring that zest to Gustav Holst’s The Planets, an orchestral tour de force. Stargazers can revel in Caroline Shaw’s expansive piece, The Observatory. Inspired by a visit to Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Shaw juxtaposes chaos and clarity in this work, using as she describes it, “very large chords and some very…
Find out more »Special Engagement: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott
Kansas City, MO 64105 United States
A special engagement not-to-be-missed! Welcoming famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and long-time collaborator, pianist Kathryn Stott, for a very special night in season 58 of the Harriman Jewell Series. The performance will be played without pause—music that zips from classic to traditional to modern to folk and tango. They will begin with Songs without Words, Op. 109 from Felix Mendelssohn, then the lyrical and evocative Scarborough Fair, Caroline Shaw’s spare and elegant interpretation of Shenandoah, and Jean Sebelius’ Was It a Dream?
Find out more »June 2023
Sunflower Music Festival
Topeka, KS 66621 United States
Everyone is invited to the Sunflower Music Festival! For 10 days, the world’s greatest musicians gather in Topeka for a festival featuring orchestra, chamber ensembles, and jazz music that is completely free and easy to attend at Washburn University.
Find out more »November 2023
The Opus 76 Quartet Presents: Haydn, Mozart, & Beethoven
Kansas City, MO 64113 United States
Join The Opus 76 Quartet for our second signature recital of the season! Each signature recital this year will be hosted and emceed by a different member of our quartet. This second program, featuring works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, will be hosted by violinist Keith Stanfield, a founding member of Opus 76. Program: Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in A Major Op. 9, No. 6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K 499 Ludwig van Beethoven:…
Find out more »March 2024
STANISLAV & FRIENDS
STANISLAV & FRIENDS 2024 The final bow from Stanislav & Friends 2023 where students, faculty, and alumni gathered to celebrate Park International Center for Music. March 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Get ready for Park University’s one-of-a-kind signature event, Stanislav & Friends! It is a rare opportunity to experience the magnificence of the International Center for Music’s award-winning artists all in one special concert event. Plus meet the performers in a dessert reception…
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