UMKC Conservatory

UMKC Conservatory faculty, students and Wind Ensemble perform in this episode featuring Beethoven’s “Spring” Sonata, Klughardt’s Wind Quintet and Holst’s First Suite.

In this episode, UMKC Conservatory alum Seyoung Park takes us on a pianistic journey through Robert Schumann’s dualities and emotional confessions of forbidden love. Plus Conservatory faculty members Joe Genualdi and Tom Rosenkranz perform very personal music by Ludwig van Beethoven.

UMKC Conservatory faculty Joseph Genualdi and Sean Chen perform Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata No.1, and Alon Goldstein joins the Conservatory Orchestra for a performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3.

The UMKC Graduate Fellowship String Quartet performs Leoš Janáček’s "Kreutzer Sonata," a fierce and emotionally charged work inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s controversial psychological drama. And Igor Stravinsky’s once scandalous "The Rite of Spring," is brought vividly to life by the UMKC Conservatory Orchestra.

It took him a while, but Johannes Brahms eventually found symphonic success. In this episode, the UMKC Conservatory Orchestra performs his Symphony No. 2, plus Sean Chen performs Chopin and Seokho Park sings Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma.”

Rodrigo Camargo, Dean Courtney Crappell and Sean Chen speak with KCUR's Steve Kraske about the UMKC Conservatory's partnership with Classical KC.

Three highly expressive performances by UMKC Conservatory students launch the first UMKC Conservatory Hour on Classical KC, with works for piano, saxophone and violin.

Music is a part of many peoples’ everyday lives but the benefits of listening aren’t just recreational. A professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center is researching new ways to use music to ease that incessant ear-ringing, concussion symptoms and more.

Composer and UMKC Conservatory student Rodrigo Camargo is working with Classical KC to showcase the best performances from the Conservatory’s archives.

The UMKC Conservatory Choirs and Orchestra take you on a journey through holiday favorites and new discoveries. Rodrigo Camargo is your host in this first ever UMKC Conservatory holiday special.