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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In this week’s episode, we'll hear UMKC Conservatory alumni, faculty, and orchestra perform one of the very last works by Franz Schubert, and the final movement of Chen Yi’s flute concerto. -
This week on the UMKC Conservatory hour, we’ll hear a haunted piano quintet by Edward Elgar, dances by Béla Bartók inspired by Transylvanian folk tunes, and Debussy’s prelude to modernity. -
In this week's episode, UMKC Conservatory alumni and orchestra perform an early Richard Strauss violin sonata and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's masterful Symphony No. 4. -
The UMKC Conservatory orchestra, former Conservatory faculty and alumni perform works by a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a virtuosic Frédéric Chopin and a before-fame Gustav Holst in this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour. -
In this week's episode, UMKC Conservatory students, faculty and orchestra perform a better late than never overture by Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig van Beethoven's spooky trio and a folk-inspired string quartet by Sergei Prokofiev. -
In this week’s episode, we’ll hear a reinvented opera overture, a genius makes his move, and one of the first works for saxophone quartet. UMKC Conservatory alumni and faculty perform works by Hector Berlioz, Ludwig van Beethoven and Alexander Glazunov. -
In this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour, we'll hear an ancient Chinese drumming tradition revisited by a renowned KC based composer, plus prize winning chamber music and a nostalgic waltz. -
Discover fresh new music and precious hidden gems of the classical repertoire with UMKC Conservatory students, faculty and alumni in this rich and eclectic program. -
In this week's episode we'll hear a successful overture from a flopped opera, an epic piano masterpiece and a royal string quartet performed by the UMKC conservatory orchestra, String Quartet and faculty. -
The UMKC Conservatory Orchestra performs a magical ballet by Igor Stravinsky. Plus, we'll hear a radiant string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by the UMKC Graduate fellowship string quartet.
