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5:12 pm
Mon March 19, 2012

Mezzo Soprano Joyce DiDonato Returns Home After Grammy Win

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Mezzo Soprano Joyce DiDonato's performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards
Mezzo Soprano Joyce DiDonato and Up to Date host Steve Kraske
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Prairie Village native Joyce DiDonato just won a Grammy for best classical vocal solo and travels the world performing in opera houses far and wide as one of this planet's best-loved mezzo sopranos.

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10:56 am
Fri December 2, 2011

A Move for "Messiah"

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The Independence Messiah Choir, Kansas City Symphony Chorus, and Kansas City Symphony rehearse for the first time together in Helzberg Hall.
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Charles Bruffy, chorus director (at left) and Steven Jarvi, associate conductor (at right) during a rehearsal.
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Steven Jarvi, associate conductor
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This year marks the first time Handel’s Messiah will not be performed at the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Mo. since 1916.

The challenge: how to transfer the sound of almost 250 voices - the combined Kansas City Symphony Chorus and the Independence Messiah Choir -  from a cavernous hall to the more intimate Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo.

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9:58 am
Fri September 23, 2011

Chen Yi's 'Fountains of Kansas City'

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Narong Prangcharoen (UMKC Conservatory alum) and Chen Yi take notes on the score during the Kansas City Symphony rehearsal, September 21, 2011.
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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.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, Mo. – Born and raised in China, Dr. Chen has lived and taught in Kansas City for more than a decade at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.

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