Anxiety and panic attacks crippled pianist Simone Dinnerstein on stage, despite a stellar career. She shares how one common device helped her overcome the fear.

The UMKC Conservatory announced a planned expansion for its facilities that will aim to increase "performance, classroom and collaboration opportunities for students and the Kansas City community." The first phase is estimated to cost $35 million.

President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct and indirect funding for NPR and its member stations, which include KCUR and Classical KC. Here's what we know right now.

French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases.

The percussion quartet serves as faculty and ensemble-in-residence at the UMKC Conservatory. Playing on wine glasses and an empty bourbon bottle (in addition to a vibraphones and drums), Sandbox Percussion recently performed a dynamic Tiny Desk Concert at NPR.

The Kansas City Chorale has been exploring music inspired by the 13th century journey of Marco Polo from Italy to China for the past several years. Now, the Grammy Award-winning choir has compiled the repertoire into a new album.

Like a classical music Indiana Jones, one Kansas musicologist brought to light a piece of music not heard since the Renaissance. Now, the Kansas City Chorale has recorded the work for the first time.

This article was first published in 2019.In search of gold, the first Spanish conquistadors arrived in Kansas in 1541. Though they were disappointed, the…

From Jazz to Classical and everything in between, women from Kansas City have created enduring compositions and have had a major impact on the music world.

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.