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Tue, Nov 10, 2009
There is nothing like a Gilbert and Sullivan getaway to escape reality and "H.M.S. Pinafore" handily transports an audience. In the world of the G and S operetta, social class conflicts are easily resolved, baby farming is explained without difficulty and the coarse language of everyday is discouraged in favor of refined, elegant dialogue.
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Saturday night a 5-alarm fire raged upon the stage of the Folly theatre as the St. Lawrence String Quartet ignited the beauty of three immortal masterpieces by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and then fanned those flames to cosmic perfection. This Quartet snorts the very fire of life into every note it sings.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Dr. Nathanael May is an impressive young man. With degrees in Piano and Pedagogy from Eastman, KU and Wisconsin-Whitewater, he is also the founder and artistic director of the soundSCAPE composition and performance exchange. His impressive curriculum vitae comes deceptively wrapped in a youthfulness that could convincingly pass for a high school senior, making his mature technique and confident stage presence all that the more remarkable.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Contemporary compositions can exciting - if a little catawampus. And seeing an elaborate collection of pitched percussion on stage is always a thrill for this reviewer. It is impossible to anticipate what is to come.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
The University of Kansas has been actively striving for more cross disciplinary collaborations, particularly between the arts and sciences. The Spencer Museum of Art and the Lied Center joined forces last year to examine climate change and global warming. "Ferocious Beauty: Genome" along with the family program "Darwin the Dinosaur" presented in September, fit nicely into the evolution exhibit at the Natural History Museum and the annual Origin of Species celebration which will kick off next week.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
On Friday, November 6, about 1,000 people made the pilgrimage to the Community of Christ Auditorium to hear Principal Organist and Director of Music Jan Kraybill perform a recital that was 50 years in the making - and well worth the wait.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
You don't have to be a great lover of fashion to appreciate the rags-to-riches story of legendary designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel - or to appreciate the wonderful performance of French actress Audrey Tautou as the lead in "Coco Before Chanel."
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Please help make KCM a sustainable voice for the performing arts for many years to come - help us meet our match goal. Every little bit helps. THANK YOU to those of you who have donated over the past month - we are getting there...
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
This week brings HMS Pinafore performances over the weekend, the KC Wind Symphony and “What Makes it Great?” with Rob Kapilow & Zemlinsky Quartet. Rich vocal offerings with KC Collegium Vocale & KC Baroque Consortium, Musica Vocale and Octarium. Theatre performances of “The Toughest Kid in the World,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Almost Maine” and “The Graduate” Student recitals at UMKC, Benedictine College. And amazing dance with Tap Dogs and Noche Flamenco & Soledad Barrio at Lied Center, Parsons Dance at Harriman-Jewell and Paul Taylor at Carlsen Center. Check it all out…
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
"There is something about a great piece of music - whether you love it or you don't - you want to hear it again. Whether you love it or not, that isn't important. If you want to hear it again, that's the important thing."
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Kansas City is major center of electronic music composition with many area composers frequently winning international competitions. Most of these composers are members of the Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KcEMA) which was founded in 2007 to develop a community of understanding, appreciation and collaboration of electronic artists, and to support the creation of electronic music and arts.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
PART I: Laurie Arbore interviews composer, commentator, author and NPR star Rob Kapilow about "What Makes it Great?"
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
The UMKC Conservatory of Music opera program with "Hansel und Gretel," begins this week. The KC Symphony season continues with the music of Sibelius, Ravel and a world premiere by contemporary composer Avner Dorman. Choral music fans will enjoy the the William Baker Festival Singers this weekend. And that’s just a little taste of all the great music that awaits you.
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