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Wed, Feb 09, 2011
The Divine Orlando. King of Musicians. Prince of Music. Chanticleer, courtesy of The Friends of Chamber Music, presented an all-Orlando di Lasso program that bathed the audience in glorious sixteenth-century polyphony.
Tue, Feb 08, 2011
With four major engagement in different ensembles around town over the next four weeks, local powerhouse soprano Sarah Tannehill is very much in demand. KCM's Megan Browne Helm spoke with Tannehill about her musical background, schedule, new music, and her upcoming engagements with newEar, Northland Symphony, Kansas City Chorale, and the Liberty Symphony.
Tue, Feb 08, 2011
The Kansas City Symphony presented a musical tour of Eastern Europe (with a brief layover in France) with guest soloist, Latvian violinist Baiba Skride. With works from France, Czech Republic, and Armenia, the concert was well programmed and performed.
Tue, Feb 08, 2011
A new collaboration melding science, technology, music, and ingenuity, Dark Matter presented their divide-bridging showcase "Orbit" at Union Station's Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium.
Tue, Feb 08, 2011
Eleven choreographers tested their mettle in City in Motion's annual "A Modern Night at the Folly." Covering personal stories, cultural demonstrations, and abstract conceptions these local choreographers presented a compelling evening of dance.
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Characters in the Unicorn Theatre production of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room" struggle with Victorian social mores and eventual coming of modernity in the twentieth century. It's also about vibrators.
Wed, Feb 09, 2011
The Simon Carrington Chamber Singers have released a digital album containing the choral music from their May 29, 2010 performances with works by Elgar, Chilcott, Purcell, Tallis, MacMillan, Dunphy, Wilcken, and Pete Townshend of The Who.
Wed, Feb 09, 2011
On February 7th, Governor Brownbeck has issued an executive order to abolish the Kansas Arts Commission. This move jeopardizes $778,200 in direct funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and $437,767 in indirect grants and services from Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Kansas Arts Commission's regional partner.
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Last Friday, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City held its 8th Annual ArtsKC Awards Luncheon at Starlight Theatre. This annual event celebrates exemplary leadership in the arts by presenting five businesses and two individuals with awards.
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
On February 19–21, arts leaders, innovators, and marketers will converge at UMKC for the 2nd Annual Arts Enterprise Summit. The focus will be working across disciplines to develop global ideas for the twenty-first-century economy.
Mon, Jan 31, 2011
The Rally to Support Kansas Arts will be held in Topeka on February 10th, 2011 in front of the Judicial Center from Noon – 1:00 p.m. to oppose cuts to the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC) that have been proposed by Governor Brownback. It will be followed by a march to the Capital Building, where letters will be delivered to members of the state legislature protesting the cuts.
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!
Tue, Feb 08, 2011
No one is irreplaceable in the corporate world of "The Company Men," a drama starring four Oscar winners, and headlined by Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kansas City’s own Chris Cooper.
Wed, Feb 02, 2011
There is no shortage of stars on the Harriman-Jewell Series' 2011–12 season. Vocalists, dancers, jazz greats, pianists, and instrumentalists abound across the eighteen concerts and three performance venues: the Folly Theater and the Kauffman Center's Helzberg Hall and Muriel Kauffman Theatre.
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
The Grammy’s award excellence in artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry. The Kansas City Symphony’s recording "Britten’s Orchestra" for Reference Recordings has been nominated as Best Surround Sound Album for surround mix engineer Keith O. Johnson and surround producer David Frost. Frost, a four-time winner, is also nominated as Producer of the Year, Classical.
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Valentine’s day concerts abound and we have some special ones by The Friends of Chamber Music, Fine Arts Chorale, and Heartland Men’s Chorus. Although not billed as such, the recital by Kansas City’s own world-famous Joyce DiDonato on February 13th would certainly be a treat for any classical music-loving romantic interest in your life. The second half of February offers an opportunity to hear one of the most delightful comic operas in the repertoire, Donizetti’s "The Daughter of the Regiment," at the Lyric Opera featuring two young singers in the lead roles. If piano music is your forte, you can enjoy two young superstars: Rafał Blechacz with the Friends of Chamber Music, and Behzod Abduraimov at Park University. Vocal music fans can enjoy Musica Sacra’s concert of Haydn and Buxtehude, Octarium in a concert of listener favorites, UMKC’s Conservatory Singers in Bach’s "St. Matthew Passion," as well as the Heartland Men’s Chorus and the Kansas City Women’s Chorus in Fauré's Requiem. Bach Aria Soloists takes something of a departure from its usual wheelhouse with a concert of Argentine tangos, and followers of contemporary music can enjoy both newEar and the Kansas City Electronic Music & Arts Alliance (KCEMA). The Harriman-Jewell Series presents the Cape Town Orchestra in a concert featuring the Korngold Violin Concerto, a twentieth–century classic. Finally, one of the world’s favorite vocal groups, the Vienna Boys Choir, will present an eclectic but undoubtedly popular program at Yardley Hall.
Tue, Feb 08, 2011
“Maybe, Baby, It’s You” at the American Heartland Theatre; “Blues in the Night: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “Bridge to Terabithia” at the Coterie Theatre; “In the Next Room or the vibrator play” at the Unicorn Theatre; “Oh What A Lovely War” at Kansas City Actors Theatre. And coming later this month—“Circle Mirror Transformation” at Kansas City Rep; “A Night with Martin Short” at Johnson County Community College; “Bus Stop” at the Lied Center of Kansas.
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