classical music

The UMKC Conservatory and KCUR's sister station Classical KC have deepened their partnership by adding "The UMKC Conservatory Hour" to the station's local content offerings.

Cellist Nicholas Canellakis is a serious classical musician, but as a content creator he has made millions laugh and offered a new perspective on an artist's life. Classical KC speaks with Canellakis ahead of a Kansas City performance.

The Kansas City Symphony said the new 4,600 seat venue will host live music events, expand the organization’s artistic reach and support long-term growth for the group. Administrators see the move as a way to secure the symphony’s financial future.

Lawrence violist Mary Tuven and composer and bassist Charles Kelso Hoag often brought their daughter, Andrea Hoag, to their wintertime performances when she was just a small child. Now all grown up, Hoag brings those decades-old memories to life in her short story “The Christmas Musicians.”

Just like the classical masters before them, Kansas City composers use local landscapes as inspiration for their work. And, as temperatures warm up, local musicians find new, open-air venues for their performances.

A scheduling snafu for organist Jan Kraybill started an unique tradition — a Super Bowl Sunday organ concert — that's lasted 25 years.

"From The Top," which broadcasts in 45 states, features student musicians from across the country. This week's episode includes some from the Kansas City area. The episode will air on 91.9 Classical KC Saturday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.

Kansas City’s Nora Holt was an accomplished pianist, composer, singer, music critic, and even a club-hopping socialite. She composed more than 200 musical works in her lifetime, but you've probably never heard any of them — because they were stolen.

Nora Holt was the first Black person in the United States to earn a master’s degree in music. A prolific composer and a club-hopping socialite, she once wrote a 42-page work for a 100-piece orchestra. But you’ve probably never heard any of it. Scholars have dreamt of finding her stolen manuscripts for nearly a century.

There's plenty of song and celebration this season with holiday concerts and shows around Kansas City.

Despite her success in the 1930s, Dana Suesse’s music remains underappreciated. From piano concertos infused with jazz to popular film music, Suesse was a woman of great musical prowess.

Kansas City has long been associated with barbeque, fountains and jazz music — but accordions? Not so much. Still, Kansas City has a rich accordion history thanks to Joan Cochran Sommers, an icon who is still conducting, teaching and playing the accordion.