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Classical KC's Brooke Knoll speaks with conductor Marin Alsop about her early career, growing under the mentorship of Leonard Bernstein and her upcoming performance in Kansas City with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. We'll hear Marin's recordings of music by Christopher Rouse, James Lee III, Leonard Bernstein and Sergei Prokofiev.

Classical KC's Brooke Knoll speaks with Anthony Maglione from the local choir Cardinalis and Neil Higginbotham from KC Aerial Arts about their collaboration "Our True Colors: A Tapestry of Love, Loss and Acceptance." We'll hear beautiful music ranging from George Frideric Handel and Gabriel Fauré to Jennifer Lucy Cooke and Cyndi Lauper.

Host Brooke Knoll speaks with St. Petersburg Quartet violinist and founder Alla Aranovskaya about the winding road that brought the globe-trotting, Grammy Award-nominated group to Kansas City. Plus, cellist and host of Classical KC's "Sound Currents," Sascha Groschang, explains how she joined the quartet and what she loves about traveling with the group. We'll hear the quartet's recordings of music by Alexander Borodin, Alexander Glazunov and Dmitri Shostakovich.

For this special spooky episode of the Kansas City Local Feature, we tromped through leaves and knocked on the doors of Classical KC and KCUR staff to uncover their favorite music that gives them the chills, creeps, and shivers. We'll unwrap their selections and gorge ourselves on music from Mike Oldfield, Antonín Dvořák, Ennio Morricone and more.

Composer, conductor, and multi-genre musician Damien Sneed joins Classical KC to discuss his career so far and highlight his Kansas City performance of "Our Song, Our Story - The New Generation of Black Voices." We'll hear music by Sneed, Harry T. Burleigh, Wynton Marsalis and Margaret Bonds.

Hector Del Curto is a virtuoso of the bandoneon, the more lyrical and melancholy Argentinian cousin of the accordion. He has been coming to Kansas City to perform for many years, forging lasting friendships along with way. Hector spoke with Classical KC's Brooke Knoll about what makes tango so special, his career and his catalog. We'll hear music from Astor Piazzolla, Juan Carlos Cobián and Gene Pritsker.

Les invitamos a celebrar el día de la independencia de México con Classical KC, el consulado de México, y nuestro anfitrión invitado Leo Prieto. Aprenderemos sobre las tradiciones de los días festivos, estilos regionales de música mexicana, y escucharemos composiciones de Blas Dimas Galindo, Silvestre Revueltas, Carlos Chávez, Pablo Garcia José Moncayo, y Arturo Márquez.

Classical KC's Brooke Knoll speaks with Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate about his 30 year "passion project" to increase the presence of Native American voices in classical music. We'll hear performances of his work from the Kansas City Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony.

Conductor Chris Kelts and timpanist Bryan Busby join Classical KC for a conversation full of laughs and a shared love for The Kansas City Civic Orchestra. We'll hear how Bryan Busby balances his life as a meteorologist and musician and about some memorable performances with his fellow Civic Orchestra members. We'll also hear music from Paul Dukas and Nikolai Rimsky-Kosakov.

Classical KC speaks with Emily Marrin and Uli Schneider from The Kansas City Women's Chorus about the group's origins, performances, and how they fight for equality and social justice through art and action.