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Music and Dance through April 7
We suppose it's due to the Easter weekend, but every major classical music or dance presenting organization in Kansas City is taking the weekend off. If it's classical music or dance you desire, then you'll just have to content yourself with CD's and DVD's this weekend. On Monday at noon there is a free trumpet-piano recital at Johnson County Community College. That's it. Next weekend is a different story - check back next Wednesday to read all about it.
Ruel Joyce Concert Series
Ron Stinson, trumpet with Patricia Higdon, piano
Monday, April 5 at 12:00 noon
Recital Hall at Carlsen Center
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Boulevard, Overland Park, Kansas
Free admission. For more information visit www.jccc.edu/home/depts.php/1113/site/recitals
The Ruel Joyce Concert Series presents some of our most outstanding local musicians in a series of free noontime concerts at Johnson County Community College. On Monday at noon Ron Stinson, trumpet, and Patricia Higdon, piano, will present a recital. There is no word on the programming.
City Classics Music and Dance Columnist; Classical Contributor
A lifelong classical music fan, Don Dagenais is a frequent preview speaker for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and has taught classical music and opera courses at several Kansas City venues. He has served on the boards of directors of a number of performing arts organizations including the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, the Lyric Opera Guild, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, Opera Volunteers International, the Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, Octarium, and the Friends of the Symphony. He has been the past president of most of these organizations and is current the president of the Friends of the Symphony.
Dagenais co-authored a history of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, published on the occasion of its 50th anniversary (2007) and has written books on the histories of both the Lyric Opera Guild and Opera Volunteers International, as well as an introductory book for opera novices (Your Passport to the Opera). He has received several local and national awards for outstanding volunteer work for the arts, including a lifetime achievement award from The Coterie Theatre in 2000, the Kansas City Musical Club's annual award in 2001, a Partners in Excellence Award from Opera Volunteers International in 2002, a Bravo Award from Opera Volunteers International in 2004 and a community service award from the Daughter of the American Revolution in 2008 honoring him for his community service to the arts.
In addition to his music interests, Don is president of the board of directors for the Metropolitan Ensemble Theater and has served on the boards of The Coterie Theatre and the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, serving as president of each organization. He publishes newsletters for seven arts organizations. When not involved in the performing arts, Don is a senior real estate attorney with Lathrop & Gage LLP in Kansas City, Missouri, where he has practiced law since 1976 after graduating from the Cornell Law School.
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