Nearly every Kansas City Ballet rehearsal, class and performance has live music - something that is increasingly rare in the dance world. Classical KC takes you behind the scenes with some of these flexible Kansas City musicians.

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

Lawrence violist Mary Tuven and composer and bassist Charles Kelso Hoag often brought their daughter, Andrea Hoag, to their wintertime performances when she was just a small child. Now all grown up, Hoag brings those decades-old memories to life in her short story “The Christmas Musicians.”

With his new show for Classical KC, “Sounds Like with Sean Chen,” the award-winning pianist shares unexpected musical connections and custom mashups.

With new programming, Classical KC honors its mission to champion music as a vital community resource and to invest in generations of classical music audiences.

Just like highly trained musicians, sign language interpreters study music and lyrics, and train their bodies to bring performances to life at Kansas City’s concert halls, theatres and other events.

The search for school supplies, including the hunt for instruments, sheet music and private lessons, can be a dizzying experience, but there are many local businesses that simplify the process.

Just like the classical masters before them, Kansas City composers use local landscapes as inspiration for their work. And, as temperatures warm up, local musicians find new, open-air venues for their performances.

Like a classical music Indiana Jones, one Kansas musicologist brought to light a piece of music not heard since the Renaissance. Now, the Kansas City Chorale has recorded the work for the first time.

From Jazz to Classical and everything in between, women from Kansas City have created enduring compositions and have had a major impact on the music world.