Sounds of the Season
Saturday, December 12, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Atonement Lutheran Church
9948 Metcalf
Bring your family and friends to hear some of the season’s most wonderful music. You’ll hear something traditional, something meaningful and something fun! This is a concert [...]
Sounds of the Season (encore)
Encore performance
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
7:30 p.m.
The Pavilion at John Knox Village
520 NW Murray Road
Bring your family and friends to hear some of the season’s most wonderful music. You’ll hear something traditional, something meaningful and something fun! This is a concert event the whole family will enjoy. Concerts are always FREE, so come ready to hear [...]
Coming this fall – our 51st Season
The 51st season of the Kansas City Civic Orchestra kicks off at 7:30 pm Saturday, October 24, 2009 — you won’t want to miss TRIUMPHANT SOUNDS featuring guest cellist Ruslan Biryukov.
Auditions
Open auditions for new string players will be held on September 1, 2009 at 6 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 64th and State Line prior to our first rehearsal.
If you would like to audition, please fill out and submit this form and phone Carol Chatelain, concert master at (913) 642-8117
Or you can reach us by [...]
History
The Kansas City Civic Orchestra – A Community Tradition for Over 50 Years
In 1959, Hugo Vianello helped establish a community-based orchestra calling on musicians from all walks of life to form the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. The orchestra was created as an artistic venue for both amateur and professional instrumentalists to expand their dedication to [...]
Conductor
Now in his second year with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra, Christopher Kelts is preparing to embark on the orchestra’s 51st season.
Mr. Kelts is not only the current conductor for the Kansas City Civic Orchestra, but is new to the faculty of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where he is the music director of [...]
About KCCO
The Kansas City Civic Orchestra is a community-based orchestra in the Kansas City metropolitan area. For more than 50 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!
With more [...]
Brett Gibson performs with Kansas City Civic Orchestra
From the May, 2007 United States National Accordion News on-line
Kansas City based musician Brett Gibson received a rousing standing ovation and encore performance for his rendition of Piazzolla’s Concerto when he made his debut with the Kansas City Civic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andy Anderson.
rett was born in Auckland, New Zealand but now [...]
Uthe stands out in fine rendition of Puccini’s ‘Edgar’
Posted Thursday, August 18, 2005
by Timothy McDonald, Arts Writer
The Johnson County Sun
The Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City and the Kansas City Civic Orchestra presented a fine production of the rarely performed opera “Edgar” by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini at the Folly Theater last weekend.
“Edgar” was Puccini’s second opera, written for Milan’s Teatro alla Scala [...]
Civic Opera’s ‘Edgar’ a solo success
OPERA Review: Civic Opera’s ‘Edgar’ a solo success
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005
By PAUL HORSLEY
The Kansas City Star
In opera, you can hear only so many “La Bohèmes” before you are ready to move on to fresh fare.
On Sunday at the Folly Theater, I found myself fascinated and more than a little amused by Puccini’s early opera [...]
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