by Teresa Griffith | Aug 6, 2024 | Musician Spotlight, Uncategorized
Charlie Jessup has been a flutist in the Kansas City Civic Orchestra since 1972. He grew up in the Boston/New York area. For most of his early life he and his parents lived in a rural part of Long Island, N.Y., about 90 miles East of New York City. When it was time...
by Teresa Griffith | Aug 5, 2024 | Musician Spotlight
Candace Roller, the newest cellist in the orchestra, was born and raised in Hays, a Volga-German community in west-central Kansas. Music has always been a part of her life. At age 2 her favorite activity was sitting in her highchair playing the family’s small organ...
by Teresa Griffith | May 26, 2021 | 2020-2021 Season, Musician Spotlight
KCCO was honored to be joined by Theodore Ohly, winner of our 2019-2020 Chatelain Young Artist Competition, at our April concert at Yardley Hall. Due to Covid safety precautions, this performance was pre-recorded without a live audience. It is available to view on our...
by Teresa Griffith | Apr 1, 2021 | What Music Means to Me
Jennifer Mitchell is a former strings teacher, long-time member of KCCO, and outreach program rockstar! A love that began in kindergarten… My love for the violin began in Kindergarten after hearing a 1st grader perform “Twinkle, Twinkle”. We lived in Clay...
by Teresa Griffith | Oct 27, 2020 | 2020-2021 Season, Musician Spotlight, Uncategorized
Keith Stanfield is KCCO’s Concertmaster and a featured artist for our September 28, 2019 concert. As a member of the Opus 76 Quartet, Keith performs over 40 Quartet concerts a year, and has recently recorded two Quartets by living composers David Izzard and Mike...
by Teresa Griffith | Aug 26, 2020 | 2020-2021 Season, Musician Spotlight
Debbie Allen is principal clarinet and woodwind section leader for the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. She is a music educator with experience teaching at all grade levels in vocal and instrumental music. Debbie also enjoys creating original music for school bands and...
