The UMKC Conservatory Hour
Fridays from 12-1pm and Saturdays from 9-10am
The UMKC Conservatory Hour shines a spotlight on some of Kansas City's best emerging, and seasoned artists. Hosted by UMKC Conservatory DMA student Rodrigo Camargo, these broadcasts include everything from grand orchestral showcases, to intimate chamber and solo works - all recorded at the UMKC Conservatory.
UMKC Conservatory students, faculty and alumni can submit recordings to be included in these broadcasts via this form.
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Take a stroll on the streets of Paris with George Gershwin and the UMKC Conservatory orchestra. Also in this episode, you'll hear an award winning performance of a fantastic concerto for piano and a joyful symphony by Haydn. -
In this episode of the UMKC Conservatory Hour, we’ll hear a piano quintet that earned nothing but disdain from its dedicatee, plus a showstopper aria and Brahms crafts a birthday present. -
Hear how different cultures and traditions inspired Franz Liszt in this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour. Plus, Vivaldi’s only trumpet concerto played by UMKC Conservatory faculty. -
The UMKC Conservatory Orchestra performs Haydn's very last symphony, plus UMKC Conservatory piano professors Sean Chen and Jeffrey Savage perform. -
Mozart likely never heard his last symphony performed, but you will on this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour. Plus, UMKC Conservatory faculty member Jeffery Savage performs an expressive early piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. -
On this episode, acclaimed UMKC Conservatory composition professor Chen Yi takes us on a trip to China, plus we'll hear one of the first brass quintets ever written, and one of Schubert’s final musical statements. -
From a beautiful lake in summer, to the smell of petrichor after a rain, Johannes Brahms found endless inspiration in nature. In this episode, UMKC Conservatory faculty will perform two beloved chamber works by Brahms. -
Large ensembles from the UMKC Conservatory perform two masterpieces from two different eras: Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet," and Zhou Long's "Ancient Echoes." -
What if you had no time to prepare for a Mozart premiere? Well, that was the case in February of 1785. Hear how the UMKC Conservatory orchestra does with much more prep time, plus students and faculty perform masterworks by Bach and Haydn. -
Czech composer Bedřich Smetana was completely deaf when he wrote his first string quartet. On this episode, we'll hear a performance of that work, plus Johannes Brahms' "Tragic Overture," and a dazzling arrangement and performance by Sean Chen of Maurice Ravel's "La valse."
