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Student Chamber Ensembles
Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

MUCZYNSKI: Six Duos for two flutes, Op. 34
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachiana brasileiras No. 6 for Flute and Bassoon
C.M. WEBER: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, J 259/Op. 63
W.A. MOZART: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581
BRAHMS...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Academy Master Class: Carter Enyeart, cello
Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, Rm. 326, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

In his current position as the Rose Ann Carr Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor of Cello at the Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Mr. Enyeart also serves as Coordinator of String Chamber Music. He is director of the annua...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Guest Artist Recital: Benjamin Pierce, euphonium
Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Dr. Benjamin Pierce is a member of the music faculty at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium and directs the tuba/euphonium ensemble. Ben holds a bachelors degree in euphonium performance from Bowling Green State U...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Carol Chapman, soprano
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Carol Chapman, soprano, has garnered praise as a versatile singer of oratorio, recital and opera through engagements with the Bach Society of St. Louis, Masterworks Chorale, American Kontorei, the Liberty Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Chamber Orc...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
John Jenkins, bass trombone
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Recital with Patricia Higdon, piano and Anna Garcia, trumpet; Andy Harms, trumpet; Eric Jackson, horn; and Sarah Braun, bass trombone
LIEB: Concertino basso
WILDER: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Othello, Op. 79
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Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Yang Ding, piano
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
Master's Recital
J.S. BACH: Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Piano No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 "The Hunt"
GODOWSKY: Study on Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 1 in C Major
CHOPIN: Etude for Piano, Op. 10, N...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Lauren Wells, composition
Dates: Mon., Nov. 16 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital
WELLS: Sonata for Cello and Piano
WELLS: Sunset Limited
WELLS: Dances Future and Forgotten: Suite
WELLS: Serpentine
WELLS: Autumn Stood Me Up
WELLS: Helen the Witch
WELLS: Bumpop Adventures
WELLS: Three Movements for Eight C...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Composers' Guild
Dates: Tue., Nov. 17 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

YOUNG: An Observation of Squirrels
ROY: Pourquoi?
JENKINS: action/reaction
COPP: Glass Pockets
MARTIN: Sextet
EICHENBAUM: The lone and level sands
PADAVIC: Crystals: for Kansasara
VARIOUS: Xonata No. 10000101
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Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
A Taste of the Arts
Dates: Thu., Nov. 19 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: St. Teresa's Academy, 5601 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo.

Support the children of the Community School of the Arts and enjoy some of Kansas City's very best instrumentalists, vocalists, actors, dancers, and more!
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Admission: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Type: Music & Dance,Special Events
Pei-ju Wang, violin
Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital with Dan Velicer, piano
"The Violin Concerto by the Taiwanese Rachmaninoff: Tyzen Hsiao"
HSIAO: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 50
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Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
David Dimmit, euphonium
Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Graduate Recital with Nabil Pettit, piano
SZENTPALI: Pearls
ITO: Fantasy Variations
FIOCCO: Arioso and Allegro
RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
ARBAN: Variations for Trumpet on "Carnival of Venice"
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Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Fall Opera: Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel
Dates: Nov. 19-22 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

UMKC Opera Theatre performs Humperdinck's magical work set in the Missouri Ozarks with the UMKC Dance Division and a children's chorus from the Community Music and Dance Academy. Sung in German.
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Admission: $12, $10 seniors, UMKC faculty, staff, and all students free with UMKC or student ID.
Type: Music & Dance
Jessica Connor, clarinet
Dates: Fri., Nov. 20 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master's Recital with Jiyun Chung, piano and Natalie Smith, flute; Mary Stahlhuth, oboe; Asa Ireland, bassoon
BRAHMS: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
W. SMITH: Five Pieces for clarinet alone
BABIN: Hillalande...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Patrick Ketter, oboe
Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, 415 W 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Kari Johnson, piano
Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: New Hope Church of the Nazarene, 4330 North Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital "Classical Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang in the Second Piano Sonata of Joseph Martin Kraus"
KRAUS: Sonata for Piano in E Major, VB 196
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Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Yifan Wu, cello
Dates: Mon., Nov. 30 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Junior Recital...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Live Music
Dates: Every Thu.-Sat. | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Benton Steak & Chop House, One E. Pershing Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Stephanie Laws is the featured vocalist every Thursday through Saturday. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Music & Dance
Musical Fun for Kids: Jim Cosgrove & Mr. Stinky Feet
Dates: Sat., Dec. 5 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Enjoy holiday music for kids and families on three Saturdays in December....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Music & Dance
Michael Lasser & Company: Music of World War I
Dates: Nov. 28 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, J. C. Nichols Auditorium, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Michael Lasser, along with performers Cindy Miller and Alan Jones, will present a lively concert of popular songs from World War I. Featuring patriotic, sentimental, and martial music of the period. Lasser, a Peabody Award-winning lecturer on Americ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents Stern Conducts Sibelius
Dates: Nov. 20-23 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central St., Kansas City, Mo., Fri.-Sat.; Johnson County Community College, Yardley Hall, College Blvd. & Quivira Rd., Overland Park, Kan., Sun.

Two major patriotic works surround an exciting world premiere. Avner Dorman's new piano concerto is preceded by Béla Bartók's homage to a great Hungarian patriot, the revolutionary Lajos Kossuth, who led an attempted revolution against Austria in 18...
Type: Music & Dance
Harriman-Jewell Series presents Parsons Dance with vocalists and music of East Village Opera Company
Dates: Nov. 13 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 12th & Central Sts., Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City's creative son David Parsons will return with his NYC-based dance company for a new, evening-length collaboration with the lead vocalists of East Village Opera Company....
Admission: $25, $40, $55, $70
Type: Music & Dance
Harriman-Jewell Series presents "What You Will" with Roger Rees
Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 12th & Central Sts., Kansas City, Mo.

In the critically praised one-man production What You Will, Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees will guide our audience through his "historical and hysterical" accounting of William Shakespeare's plays....
Admission: $20, $30, $50, $60
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "Art Garfunkel"
Dates: Nov. 6 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Church of the Resurrection, 13720 Roe Ave., Leawood, Kan.

Art Garfunkel's image and signature vocals remain among the most instantly recognizable in popular music. His extraordinary success as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel extended to a charmed solo career. ...
Admission: $42, $55, $65, $78
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "Handel's Messiah"
Dates: Sat., Nov. 28 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Community of Christ Auditorium, 1001 W Walnut St., Independence, Mo.

This mosaic of the scriptures remains Handel's most famous work and is one of the most triumphant choral pieces ever written! Warm your holiday season with an enduring favorite, Handel's Messiah, performed by the Kansas City Symphony and Chorus, alo...
Admission: $10 and up
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "A Tchaikovsky Holiday"
Dates: Fri., Dec. 4 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Visitation Church, 5141 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Christmas in the Czech Republic is contagious and steeped in tradition, from cookies and cakes to caroling and Christmas trees. Our Chamber Players have captured this Old World enchantment in an intimate holiday program featuring "Saint Wenceslas," ...
Admission: Adults $20, Youth $10
Type: Music & Dance