Fountain City Brass Band; Noah Geller; KU Fact Checking With Russia

By Gina Kaufmann

Published December 14, 2017 at 11:55 AM CST

Kansas City is home to the best brass band in the country. Hear more about the Fountain City Brass Band, which recently placed second and third at two international brass band competitions.

Then, the concertmaster of the Kansas City Symphony discusses his labor of love: performing in Shir Ami, a group that revives the lost music of the Holocaust.

Plus: a new project that pairs KU journalism professors with their Russian counterparts to teach techniques for determining what's real news ... and what's fake.

Guests:

Joe Parisi, Music Director and Conductor, Fountain City Brass Band
Noah Geller, Concertmaster, Kansas City Symphony and violinist,Shir Ami
Lisa McLendon, William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at KU

Sher Ami will be performing on Tuesday, December 19 at The 1900 Building.

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Gina Kaufmann

People don't make cameos in news stories; the human story is the story, with characters affected by news events, not defined by them. As a columnist and podcaster, I want to acknowledge what it feels like to live through this time in Kansas City, one vantage point at a time. Together, these weekly vignettes form a collage of daily life in Kansas City as it changes in some ways, and stubbornly resists change in others. You can follow me on Twitter @GinaKCUR or email me at gina@kcur.org.

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