Kiana Fernandes
Classical KC InternKiana Fernandes is an intern for Classical KC. She will begin her senior year at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia this fall. Kiana is a member of the Mizzou clarinet studio and participates in ensembles when she can.
As a Kansas City native, she loves having the opportunity to interact with her hometown's music scene through the station's work. In her free time, you can find Kiana at various local parks or at home reading and hanging out with her dog, Bailey. She highly recommends walking around the Parkville Nature Sanctuary while listening to Hozier or Florence and the Machine.
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Kansas City is alive with the sound of Robert Russell Bennett's music. Bennett is the Kansas City native who orchestrated many of the most well-known musicals of the 20th century. On this episode of Kansas City Local Feature, Kiana Fernandes and Music Theater Heritage founder George Harter examine the life and work of this often-overlooked theater giant. -
Violist Victor Diaz and violinist Jose Ramirez stopped by the Classical KC studio to play Colombian music and to talk about life as international music students in Kansas City. -
The Summer Singers of Lee's Summit will be performing three works on Sunday and Monday that commemorate the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust. Director Jennifer Lahasky talks about the program, the collaboration with the Jewish community and her hope that the music will help audiences find some light in the darkness. -
"The Sacred Veil" is a collaboration between composer Eric Whitacre and lyric poet Charles Anthony Silvestri that will make its local debut with newly formed chamber choir Sonus. Classical KC's Christy L'Esperance, Silvestri, and Sonus founder Kolby Van Camp discuss the work, the cancer journey of Silvestri's wife, and the thin veil between life and death that touches all of our lives. -
Whether you've been listening to opera for years or have never heard of 'The Marriage of Figaro,' here's your guide to the Kansas City organizations reinventing and sharing opera in creative ways.
