UMKC Conservatory

Classical music is often based on fictional drama, but the history of the art form is riddled with macabre and mysterious stories. Contributor Samantha Jones shares some eerie examples.

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.

In this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour, a Symphony written and premiered under gunfire, in the apex of World War 2. Plus, a love letter to Spain, with all its colors, rhythms and flavors.

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.