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Wed, Jun 02, 2010
A VID rehearsal performance of Melissa Dunphy's winning work for the Simon Carrngton Chamber Singers. The work was premiered last weekend in Kansas City and Lawrence.
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KCM VID: Owen/Cox Dance Group
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
Brad Cox talks about an upcoming performance of the Owen/Cox Dance Group.
KCM VID: Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Gamelan is the orchestral musical tradition of Indonesia and involves a large group of metallophones, gongs and drums that perform alone or with dance. Gamelan Genta Kasturi is an eighteen-member community ensemble that operates in partnership with the UMKC Conservatory's Community Music & Dance Academy.
Kansas City's new voice
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
This past Saturday, the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers (SCCS) presented two concerts of "Go, Song of Mine," a program full of high-quality music that focused on British composers. The assembled choir, consisting of singers from around the country - most with Kansas City roots - displayed near-flawless execution and seamless blending. Carrington is an excellent leader whose gestures were an effective blend of clear patterns and shaping that were never self-indulgent or extravagant and always in good taste.
Russian favorites end KCS season in style
Mon, May 31, 2010
The Kansas City Symphony ends their season with one of the monumental works of the symphonic repertoire, the Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 and one of the most popular piano concertos ever written, the Tchaikovsky "Piano Concerto No. 1." To round out the program, the orchestra plays another Russian work, the rarely heard "Overture to Colas Breugnon" by Dmitri Kabalevsky.