Join us for our 33rd Season!
Creating Musical Magic
Three decades as KC’s professional chamber orchestra –
over three centuries of music ...
Each concert this season features signature Baroque and Classical period repertoire paired thematically with modern or contemporary music composed for chamber orchestra, and highlights contemporary women and regional composers, as well as tracing the background and musical landscape that led to the revolutionary compositional work of Beethoven whose 250th anniversary is celebrated worldwide in 2020.
Enchanted Strings
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
7:30 p.m.
Folly Theater
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Fall in love with great music this Valentine’s with a program full of heartwarming works for string orchestra, including the passion and beauty of Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances with solo harp, the incredible Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams with violin soloist, and the creative youth and passion of Schubert's Symphony No. 5! Round out your evening with our Champagne and Chocolate Celebration immediately following the concert at the Folly. Join us for mid-week musical magic in the city!
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Carolyn Watson, guest conductor
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Program
Elena Kats-Chernin – Moon Feather Magic
Claude Debussy – Sacred and Profane Dances
Katherine Siochi, harp soloist
Pietro Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Tamamo Someya Gibbs, violin soloist
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 5
Guest Conductor
Harp
Violin
Composer
Mystical Spring
Saturday, May 2, 2020
8:00 p.m.
Unity Temple on the Plaza
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A blockbuster season finale featuring award winning soloists from the International Center for Music, Park University and the full forces of the KC Chamber Orchestra.
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Bruce Sorrell, conductor
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Special Gala/Concert Event
Sunday, June 28, 2020
8:00 p.m.
Location TBA
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Details to be announced at a later date.
Past Concerts this Season
Magnificent Holidays
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
7:30 p.m.
Old Mission United Methodist Church
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Come home to great music for the holidays! The KCCO returns to J.S. Bach's incredible Magnificat for their holiday Baroque by Candlelight concert. Including over 25 musicians, 30 singers, 5 of the best Bach soloists in the country, Maestro Bruce Sorrell, a beautiful Telemann concerto for Oboe d'amore and one beloved magnificent work for chorus and orchestra - this will be a great way to kick off your holidays. Come into our "home" and the warm candlelit sound of Old Mission Methodist Church just off the Plaza and celebrate the season with great music!
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Bruce Sorrell, conductor
Musica Vocale Choral Ensemble,
Arnold Epley, Artistic Director
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Conductor
Director, Musica Vocale
Margaret Marco, Oboe
Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Soprano
Kayleigh Aytes, Soprano
Countertenor
Tenor
Baritone Bass
Night Reflections
Thursday, September 26, 2019
7:30 p.m.
Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
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Kicking off the season with guest conductor Anthony Maglione and a constellation of beautiful music both old and new! Including Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 “Trauer”, one of his favorites, Arensky’s popular tribute to Tchaikovsky, the meditative reflection on evening prayer by Arvo Pärt, Trisagion, and contemporary woman composer Jessie Montgomery’s energetic Starburst. Let the shimmering strings and lusty winds of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra charm you and fill your autumn evening with soothing, dramatic, and exciting music!
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Anthony Maglione, guest conductor
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Concert Program
Anton Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 44 "Trauer"
Jessie Montgomery - Starburst
Arvo Pärt - Trisagion
