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The Kansas City Symphony
Upcoming season highlights:
September 13-15
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
UNSUK CHIN subito con forza
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Concerto in B Minor for Cello and Orchestra
IGOR STRAVINSKY The Firebird (1910, complete ballet)
October 4-6
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY Sinfonietta
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, “Scottish”
Full season information can be found at kcsymphony.org.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
September 27 & 29
The Brightness of Light (2019)
Composer: Kevin Puts
A semi-staged concert with projections; the second half will consist of opera and Broadway hits specially selected by Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry for Lyric Opera audiences.
November 15 - 17
The Barber of Seville (1816)
Composer: Giacomo Rossini
Librettist: Cesare Sterbini
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
March 7 - 9
Cruzar la cara de la luna (2010)
A mariachi opera by Jose “Pepe” Martinez and Leonard Foglia
Sung in Spanish and English with English subtitles
May 2 - 4
Turandot (1926)
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettists: Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Full season info can be found at kcopera.org
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
Upcoming season highlight
Sunday, May 5
FAURE Pelleas et Melisande
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture.
PAUL MEALOR Stabat Mater
Full season information can be found at midwestchamberensemble.org.
The Kansas City Ballet
Upcoming season highlights:
October 11-20
ALICE (in wonderland)
Choreography: Septime Webre
Music: Matthew Pierce
December 6-24
The Nutcracker
Choreography: Devon Carney
Music: Peter I. Tchaikovsky
March 21-30
Don Quixote
Choreography: Anna-Marie Holmes after Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Full season information can be found atkcballet.org.
The Mid America Freedom Band
Upcoming season highlights:
September 21
Variations on Democracy
Works by Louis Andriessen, Jennifer Jolley, Lee Hartman and more.
Featuring Soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson
October 20
Ghost Stories
Works by Randall Standridge, Julia Perry and Nick Omiccioli
December 14
Vintage Holidays
Works by William Henry Fry, Patric Standford and Abdo Timejardine-Zomeño
Full season information can be found at freedomband.com.
Friends of Chamber Music - Kansas City
Upcoming season highlights:
September 13
Voyage of Love
Works by Clara Schumann, Arnold Schoenberg and Johannes Brahms
Featuring Jennifer Frautschi, Oliver Neubauer, Che-Yen Chen, Hsin-Yun Huang, Nicholas Canellakis, Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park
September 28
Christina & Michelle Naughton: Master Pianists
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jennifer Higdon, Sergei Rachmaninoff and more
October 26
Handel's "Apollo e Dafne"
Performed by the Twelfth Night Ensemble
Featuring soprano Nola Richardson and baritone Roderick Williams OBE
Full season information can be found at chambermusic.org.
The Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College
Upcoming season highlights:
January 26
Time For Three
Including classical, Americana and singer-songwriter music
February 23
The Boston Brass and the Imani Winds
Music by J.S. Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Arturo Sandoval and more
May 10
Opus 76 quartet with special guest David Kim
Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major
Full season information can be found at jccc.edu/mtc.
Bach Aria Soloists
Upcoming season highlights:
November 8
Bach Unlocked
February 15
Adventures of Don Quixote
April 5
Helen Sung meets Bach Aria Soloists
Full season information can be found at bachariasoloists.com.
The Harriman-Jewell Series
Upcoming season highlights
September 17
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
September 29
Itzhak Perlman - In the Fiddler's House
December 9
Joyce DiDonato
With Kings Return and Craig Terry, piano
Full season information can be found at hjseries.org.
Summerfest
Upcoming season highlights:
July 6 and 7
Quartets for the End of Time
Music by Mozart and Messiaen
July 13 and 14
Richly Romantic
Music by Bruch, Bacewicz and Vaughan Williams
Full season information can be found at summerfestkc.org.
Park University - International Center for Music
Upcoming season highlights:
September 20
Pianist Behzod Abduraimov
With Shah Sadikov and the Park ICM Orchestra and the NAVO Chamber Orchestra
March 1
Stanislav and Friends 2025
"Echoes of Spain"
Full season information can be found at icm.park.edu.
Kansas City Baroque Consortium
Upcoming season highlights:
June 28
Music of Vivaldi, Corelli, Caldara and Geminiani
With countertenor Jay Carter
July 19
Music of Handel and Vivaldi
With soprano Hannah De Priest
Full season information can be found at kcbaroque.org.
