UMKC Conservatory

UMKC Conservatory students and faculty perform a late masterpiece by Johannes Brahms that features the clarinet, and an early hidden gem by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The UMKC Conservatory orchestra shines in performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s revolutionary Symphony No. 3, and the spooky overture from Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz.

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."