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Music Stories
11:18 am
Thu April 18, 2013

Public Enemy 'Bomb Squad' Producer Studies Music At UMKC

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Musician, composer and producer Kerwin Young.
Credit Eric Williams / courtesy of Kansas City Symphony
UMKC Conservatory students, including Kerwin Young (pictured second from right) had their works read by the Kansas City Symphony, April 8, 2013.
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The induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place Thursday, April 18, in Los Angeles. Some of this year’s inductees included Heart, Randy Newman, Rush and Public Enemy.

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KC Currents
1:45 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

UMKC Alumnus Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

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Narong Prangcharoen with his mentor, Chen Yi, professor of music composition at UMKC
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Narong Prangcharoen
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Each year, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awards mid-career fellowships to 200 applicants in fields ranging from choreography to plant sciences. Two of the 2013 fellows are Kansas City locals: Mike Sinclair, architectural and fine art photographer; and Narong Prangcharoen, UMKC alumnus and teaching assistant of composition and piano, and freelance composer. Prangcharoen's fellowship is in music composition.

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Up to Date
10:32 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Two KC Artists Earn Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

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Lemon shake-up in Strong City, Kan.
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Fourth of July in Independence, Mo.
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Kids playing in the Power & Light District
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Mike Sinclair at work
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Composer Narong Prangcharoen with his teacher, Chen Yi.
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Two Kansas Citians were announced yesterday as winners of this year's very prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships.

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Cops & Crime
5:07 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Two Are Charged In Murder Of UMKC Student

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A bond of half a million dollars is holding each of two men charged today in the murder of a University of Missouri-Kansas City  student at a near-campus house just south of  Country Club Plaza. 

Allegations point to a robbery gone awry.

20-year-old Alonzo Ruff and 21-year-old Anthony Williams were looking for a place to rob March 21st, according to court documents. 

They allegedly picked the house near 49th and Brookside Boulevard because one of the men charged had once smoked marijuana there.

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KC Currents
4:00 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

The Wires Debut 'Alternative Strings' Album

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Cellist Sascha Groschang and violinist Laurel Morgan Parks have been good friends since they trained together as classical musicians at UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and Dance. They perform around the region, and internationally, in symphony orchestras and chamber groups.  They’ve also delved into traditional folk, rock and jazz genres.  (Parks plays in the Kansas City folk-rock band, In The Pines.)

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