Musical Trifecta

Saturday, April 28th, 2012 – 7:30pm Pre-concert talk: 6:45 p.m. Folly Theatre Christopher Kelts, conductor Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture Botessini: Concerto for Bass & Orchestra – Jeffrey Kail, bass Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Nostalgic Classics

Classics Series II Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:30 p.m. Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral – Founder’s Hall 415 W 13th St (13th and Broadway) Henry Purcell / Steven Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary Faure’s: Pelleas et Melisande Suite Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 “London” Cost: FREE, no tickets required. Click here for driving directions and [...]

Music That Stirs the Soul

Classics Series III Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:30 p.m.Atonement Lutheran Church 9948 Metcalf Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 E minor Cost: FREE, no tickets required.

Heroic Finale

Classic Series IV Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:30 p.m., pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. The Folly Theater 300 W. 12th St Bruch’s Concerto for violin & viola, Op. 88 E minor Beethoven’s: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 Eflat major “Eroica” Sarah Gentry & Kate Hamilton, guest soloists Cost: FREE, no tickets required. Financial assistance for [...]

Conductor

Christopher Kelts is pleased to begin his fourth season as music director of theKansas City Civic Orchestra. The 2011/2012 season will mark the orchestra’s 53rd consecutive season! Through his programming, Kelts has expanded the audience base for the KC Civic Orchestra. He has also expanded the concert season to feature extra “classical” series concerts, an “Encore” [...]

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. Brett was born in Auckland, New Zealand [...]