UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance

Public Enemy 'Bomb Squad' Producer Studies Music At UMKC

Laura Spencer — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:18:34 +0000

The induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place Thursday, April 18, in Los Angeles. Some of this year’s inductees included Heart, Randy Newman, Rush and Public Enemy.

UMKC Alumnus Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Monica Sandreczki — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:45:47 +0000

Each year, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awards mid-career fellowships to 200 applicants in fields ranging from choreography to plant sciences. Two of the 2013 fellows are Kansas City locals: Mike Sinclair, architectural and fine art photographer; and Narong Prangcharoen, UMKC alumnus and teaching assistant of composition and piano, and freelance composer. Prangcharoen's fellowship is in music composition.

Two KC Artists Earn Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

Stephen Steigman and Steve Kraske — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:32:38 +0000

Two Kansas Citians were announced yesterday as winners of this year's very prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships.

Two Are Charged In Murder Of UMKC Student

Dan Verbeck — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:07:50 +0000

A bond of half a million dollars is holding each of two men charged today in the murder of a University of Missouri-Kansas City student at a near-campus house just south of Country Club Plaza.

Allegations point to a robbery gone awry.

20-year-old Alonzo Ruff and 21-year-old Anthony Williams were looking for a place to rob March 21st, according to court documents.

They allegedly picked the house near 49^th and Brookside Boulevard because one of the men charged had once smoked marijuana there.

The Wires Debut 'Alternative Strings' Album

Sylvia Maria Gross and Monica Sandreczki — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:00:55 +0000

Cellist Sascha Groschang and violinist Laurel Morgan Parks have been good friends since they trained together as classical musicians at UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and Dance.

Looking To The Future At UMKC

Beth Lipoff and Steve Kraske — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:48:13 +0000

Leading a large university is no cakewalk, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City is no exception.

Juilliard's President On Downtown Arts Campus: 'Go For It'

Laura Spencer and Julie Denesha — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:41:41 +0000

The headline of a recent editorial in The Kansas City Star about downtown Kansas City, Missouri declared: "A decade later, downtown has stronger heartbeat."

UMKC Dancers Take The Stage At The Kauffman Center

Laura Spencer — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:13:51 +0000

It’s been a year since the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce released its "Big 5" list with ideas and priorities for the region. One of those ideas: a downtown arts campus for UMKC, with the first phase to include the Conservatory of Music and Dance.

Discussing The Future Of A Downtown Arts Campus

Laura Spencer — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:06:40 +0000

In September 2011, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce announced "the Big 5," ideas the city would champion, ranging from revitalizing the urban core to boosting medical research.

Chen Yi's 'Fountains of Kansas City'

Laura Spencer — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:58:00 +0000

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Kansas City, Mo. – Three world premieres are slated for the Kansas City Symphony's inaugural season in Helzberg Hall. And they all take inspiration from a Kansas City trademark: fountains. The first, by renowned composer Chen Yi, called Fountains of Kansas City, premieres this weekend.

New Composition called 'Canopy' inspired by Sculpture

Laura Spencer — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:56:00 +0000

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Kansas City, Mo. – Have you seen the gleaming silver "tree" that's twisting up from a rise in front of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art? The new sculpture called Ferment is almost 60 feet tall, the work of artist Roxy Paine. And it's inspired a new composition.

WEB EXTRA: Composer Zhou Long on Cultural Revolution

Laura Spencer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:39:00 +0000

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Kansas City, MO – As a teenager during the Cultural Revolution in China, composer Zhou Long was sent from his home in Beijing to work on a rural state farm. Here, he talks about the experience.

Chen Yi: From the Path of Beauty

Laura Spencer — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:40:00 +0000

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Kansas City, MO – In Kansas City recently, the all-male vocal group, Chanticleer and the Shanghai Quartet continued the world premiere tour of Chen Yi's From the Path of Beauty.