Frank Byrne

Segment 1: Orchestra's executive director stepping down after 16 yearsFrank Byrnes has kept the Kansas City Symphony financially sound, oversaw its move…

Segment 1: Former Kansas Senate President Dick Bond on his time in office and Kansas politics today.For the past six decades, Dick Bond influenced over…

The executive director of the Kansas City Symphony is a busy man, but Frank Byrne has carved out some time for Up To Date. Today, he leads us through a…

The Kansas City Symphony has released an album of music it commissioned from one of America's most promising composers. We learn about that collaboration,…

For five years, the sounds of violins strumming, ballet slippers prancing, and opera singers hitting high notes have filled the performance halls of the…

Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 is joyful and romantic — fitting for the season, as we bid adieu to the bitter winter weather.“It was written when Dvorak…

It’s been called a "tumultuous time" for orchestras across the United States with labor disputes leading to strikes and lockouts. But the Kansas City…

Tuba Christmas was founded by Harvey Phillips, a Missouri native, more than 30 years ago. It brings tuba and euphonium players together once a year to…