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Civic casts a magical, musical spell
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
The Kansas City Civic Orchestra concluded its 52nd season Saturday night at the Folly Theater under the baton of director Christopher Kelts with a program infused with Romantic and modern magic.
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Polycultural conversations
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
What do a banjo player, classical bassist, and Indian tabla player have in common? A lot of talent, for starters. Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain presented a concert full of jaw-dropping technique, impressive improvisatory chops and universal appeal.
Reviews
"Apprentice" lights up the Coterie
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
With dynamic lighting effects, a compelling story, and fine performances, “Ben Franklin’s Apprentice” is another impressive success for the award-winning children’s theatre.
Mother Courage in the Congo
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
The Unicorn and UMKC Theatre bring the brutality of war in central Africa to the Midwest with an ambitious and affecting production of Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Ruined.”
Sweet, breezy "Enchanted April"
Wed, Apr 13, 2011
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre's little comedy of manners, "Enchanted April" tells the story of a post-WWI ladies' holiday to Italy.
Articles : Local Arts News
Zhou Long wins Pulitzer Prize in Music
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Zhou Long, Research Professor of Music Composition at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, has won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his opera "Madame White Snake."
Charlotte Street Foundation announces 2011 Generative Performing Artist Fellows
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Charlotte Street Foundation recently announced the selection of two Kansas City based generative performing artists to receive unrestricted cash Awards of $7,500 each in 2011. Selected through a competitive, two-phased process by a panel of performing arts professionals from 29 nominated artists, the recipients are composer James Mobberley and playwright/director Kyle Hatley.
Bernard Hughes wins Simon Carrington Chamber Singers competition
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
London-based Bernard Hughes' composition, "Revelation Window," has won the 2011 Simon Carrington Chamber Singer Choral Composition Competition.
Performing Arts Series at JCCC announces 2011–12 season
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Now in its 21st season, the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College brings the world to KC’s door. Literally, the planet Earth takes center stage in Bella Gaia, and world-class entertainers from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Dublin and Soweto perform. The season also includes plenty of made-in-the-USA icons from jazz artists to Groucho Marx.
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KC Events this week and beyond
Sat, Sep 22, 2012
Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here for the KC Events calendar of theatre, classical music, dance and jazz events through 2011. Highlights of this week's classical music and dance offerings are in Don Dagenais' "City Classics." For current Theatre listings visit Victor Wishna's "City Stage." Enjoy!
INTERVIEW: Avner Dorman, composer and J.J. Sherman, audience member
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
Composer Avner Dorman has more than one connection to Kansas City. Besides the Kansas City Symphony owning the world premiere of his piano concerto “Lost Souls” and an upcoming U.S. premiere of percussion concerto “Frozen in Time,” he’s married to a Kansas Citian! Good man. David Peironnet spoke with both Dorman and his wife J.J. Sherman about the approaching performance, audience reception, and the value of spousal opinion.
FILM REVIEW: Certifiably dull
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
Juliette Binoche's latest film, "Certified Copy," is pointless and, indeed, unoriginal despite the Tuscan scenery and the cinematic debut of opera baritone William Shimell.
Columns : City Classics
Music and Dance through late April
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Late April marks the winding down of 2010–11 season for many groups, couple that with the Easter weekend and offerings are few and far between - except for, of course, the many fine musical offerings within area churches that we have not listed here. But there are some gems still remaining in these last weeks of April. Those include the University of Kansas Music Department performances of Humperdinck’s timeless "Hansel and Gretel;" Russian National Theatre in Tchaikovsky’s "Romeo and Juliet" (Harriman-Jewell Series); and Owen/Cox Dance Group embarks upon an intriguing collaboration with newEar, "Contemporary Collaborations," at the end of the month. Also, the spring dance concerts at the Kansas University Department of Dance are on tap. The Kansas City Symphony features stories of the creation (appropriate, perhaps, at this religious season of the year) with selections from Haydn’s great oratorio as well as French composer Darius Milhaud’s very different view of the subject, and a contemporary setting by Avner Dorman of visions from Earth’s ancient past. The Youth Symphony offers music of Rossini, Dvořák, Holst and Saint-Saëns. The talented singers and instrumentalists of UMKC will end the Conservatory Artist Series with Poulenc’s Gloria and Tchaikovsky.
Columns : City Stage
Theatre through April
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
“Ben Franklin’s Apprentice” at the Coterie Theatre; “Enchanted April” at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre; “Ruined” at the Unicorn Theatre. And coming later this month—“Peer Gynt” at Kansas City Rep; “Let’s Do It: The Lyrics of Cole Porter” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “A Moon for the Misbegotten” at William Jewell College.
Columns : Auditions
Upcoming Auditions
Wed, Apr 06, 2011
American Heartland Theatre 2011–12 season auditions (April 17–20); Coterie Theatre and Unicorn Theatre (May 7–9); William Baker Festival Singers (All sections); Summer Singers of Kansas City (All sections);