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Central Standard

4:54 pm

Wed February 6, 2013

Young Musicians Take The Stage At The Kansas City Symphony

By Matthew Long-Middleton, Stephen Steigman and Claire McInerny

In the second part of Wednesday's Central Standard, we'll talk with Stephanie Brimhall, Education Manager at the Kansas City Symphony, about the Young Artist Competition.

This weekend, on stage at Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, young musicians will compete in the final round. Violinists Caleb Thill and Emily Shehi and vocalist Rudy Dibble also join us in the studio to discuss their musical backgrounds - and their hopes and fears about the competition.

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KC Currents

5:50 pm

Sun December 16, 2012

Big Tuba Turnout At This Year’s Tuba Christmas

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Jake Robinson, a 13 year old tuba player from Trail Ridge Middle School.

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Over 300 tuba players fill Helzberg Hall at The Kauffman Center with holiday tunes.

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This is the 5th year that The Kansas City Symphony has hosted Tuba Christmas. Every year it gets bigger.

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Over 300 tuba players fill Helzberg Hall at The Kauffman Center with holiday tunes.

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Tuba Christmas players pose in lobby at The Kauffman Center For The Preforming Arts.

By Zack Lewandowski

Tuba Christmas was founded by Harvey Phillips, a Missouri native, more than 30 years ago. It brings tuba and euphonium players together once a year to play a concert of traditional holiday songs for the season.

Classical

10:46 pm

Wed December 5, 2012

Kansas City Gets The Grammys Nod

Kansas City Symphony Music Director Michael Stern and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Concertmaster Noah Geller, pictured at far left.

By Laura Spencer

The 2013 Grammy nominations are out - and two nominees are based in Kansas City.

Performance

5:00 am

Fri September 28, 2012

Work-In-Progress Inspired By Art At The Nelson

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Composer Adam Schoenberg makes notes on the score for his new work, "Picture Studies." It's inspired by artwork in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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Composer Adam Schoenberg and Assistant Conductor Aram Demirjian in Helzberg Hall at a Kansas City Symphony rehearsal of Schoenberg's "Finding Rothko (2006)." It was commissioned by music director Michael Stern.

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Leesa Fanning, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, stands in front of Mark Rothko's Untitled No. 11, 1963 at the Nelson.

Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kandinsky is one of the artists whose works in the Nelson inspired composer Adam Schoenberg's "Picture Studies." Wassily Kandinsky, Russian, 1866-1944. Rose with Gray, 1924.

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Jan Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of art.

Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Joan Miró , Spanish, 1893-1983. Women at Sunrise, 1946

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Albert Bloch, American. 1882-1961. Die drei Pierrots Nr. 2 (The Three Pierrots No. 2), 1911

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Francis Blake , American, 1850-1913. Pigeons in Flight, 1889

By Laura Spencer

This season, the Kansas City Symphony focuses on the theme of “Symphonic Pictures," exploring the intersection between art and music.

Performance

6:26 pm

Thu September 20, 2012

Setting A New Beat At The Kansas City Symphony

Aram Demirjian is the new assistant conductor with the Kansas City Symphony.

By Julie Denesha and julie

Aram Demirjian joined the Kansas City Symphony as the new assistant conductor for the 2012-13 season. In this role, Demirjian conducts the Family and Pops Series concerts and other select concerts.

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