Live the Music!

The Kansas City Civic Orchestra is a community-based orchestra in the Kansas City metropolitan area. For 60 years, our mission has been to bring high-quality, free concerts to the local community. Our all-volunteer orchestra is comprised of amateur and professional musicians with one thing in common – a love for music!



2024 Concert Season Overview

Sinfonia Romantika

Saturday, March 9 at 7:30pm
Atonement Lutheran Church
With guest conductor Matthew Pavon. Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz,
Prelude to Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni, Intermezzo from Goyescas by Granados, Danse Bacchanale from Sampson and Delilah by Saint-Saëns, and Symphony No. 8 by Dvořák.

“Ode to Joy!”

Sunday, May 5 at 3:30pm
Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center
Chatelain Young Artist, Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Beethoven) featuring William Jewel Concert Choir.

We’re fortunate in Kansas City to have amateurs-who-could-be-professionals in spades. Stupendous talent this December popped out of … the Kansas City Civic Orchestra and other volunteer ensembles.Diane Stafford, KC Star