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.
