Just like highly trained musicians, sign language interpreters study music and lyrics, and train their bodies to bring performances to life at Kansas City’s concert halls, theatres and other events.

Known for his intellectual and illuminating touch on the podium, the refined conductor was also surprisingly outspoken when it came to politics and his peers.

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.

The search for school supplies, including the hunt for instruments, sheet music and private lessons, can be a dizzying experience, but there are many local businesses that simplify the process.

At age 60, the Mexican composer has finally won the recognition she deserves, with new recordings, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music.

As a gathering place for all classical music lovers in Kansas City, Classical KC shares as many upcoming performance seasons by local groups as we can get our hands on.

Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner and former Composer Laureate for the UMKC Barr Institute, insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

The bells rang out recently in Lawrence as the country’s top carillon players flew in to play the carillon at the University of Kansas.