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Performance
5:00 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Work-In-Progress Inspired By Art At The Nelson

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Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Composer Adam Schoenberg makes notes on the score for his new work, "Picture Studies." It's inspired by artwork in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Composer Adam Schoenberg and Assistant Conductor Aram Demirjian in Helzberg Hall at a Kansas City Symphony rehearsal of Schoenberg's "Finding Rothko (2006)." It was commissioned by music director Michael Stern.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Leesa Fanning, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, stands in front of Mark Rothko's Untitled No. 11, 1963 at the Nelson.
Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kandinsky is one of the artists whose works in the Nelson inspired composer Adam Schoenberg's "Picture Studies." Wassily Kandinsky, Russian, 1866-1944. Rose with Gray, 1924.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Jan Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of art.
Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Joan Miró , Spanish, 1893-1983. Women at Sunrise, 1946
Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Albert Bloch, American. 1882-1961. Die drei Pierrots Nr. 2 (The Three Pierrots No. 2), 1911
Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Francis Blake , American, 1850-1913. Pigeons in Flight, 1889
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This season, the Kansas City Symphony focuses on the theme of “Symphonic Pictures," exploring the intersection between art and music.

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Classical
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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