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9:48 am
Tue December 18, 2012

Looking To The Future At UMKC

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

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Visual Arts
12:41 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

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

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Jason Klumb, a Regional Administrator with GSA, speaks to Steve Rinne, of EDCKC, at the 2012 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon held in the Grand Ballroom of the KC Convention Center.
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Crowds gather in the exhibition area before the 2012 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon.
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Peter Witte, Dean, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance speaks to Jon Copaken, of Copaken Brooks.
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Barbara Lutman, Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations at UMKC, speaks to Linda Kuang with Shen Yun, a Chinese dance and music troupe.
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Denise Rendina, of the National World War I Museum speaks to Kerrie Tyndall, of the City Manager's office.
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Through the windshield of the Kansas City Crossroads Arts District information bus, Jeff Owens, creative entrepreneur and winner of a 2012 Urban Heroes Award, speaks to Emily Lodigensky, a local photographer.
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Lindsay Borum, of the Farm to Market Bread Company, hands out samples and business cards.
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John Martellaro, Director of Media Relations at UMKC, speaks to Sara Vogt, Marketing and Communications Manager, of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.
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Jennifer Wampler, Director of Major & Leadership Gifts at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, speaks to Sabrina Madison-Cannon, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.
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Mannequins decorate the ArtsKC booth to promote the organization's "Now Showing" program that helps artists display their work in area businesses.
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The headline of a recent editorial in The Kansas City Star about downtown Kansas City, Missouri declared: "A decade later, downtown has stronger heartbeat."

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Performance
8:13 pm
Thu October 4, 2012

UMKC Dancers Take The Stage At The Kauffman Center

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Muriel Kauffman Theatre at the Kauffman Center.
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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.

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Arts
10:06 am
Thu September 6, 2012

Discussing The Future Of A Downtown Arts Campus

Credit courtesy of the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
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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.

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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.

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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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Music Stories
2:56 pm
Thu April 28, 2011

New Composition called 'Canopy' inspired by Sculpture

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Composer Dr. Mara Gibson of the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance and Chicago-based violist Michael Hall in the KCUR studios.
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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.

By Laura Spencer

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