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Review | LOKC “Madama Butterfly”
KC Studio Review: KCSymphony Gershwin
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Review for KCStudio: Kastalsky’s Requiem
The rumors are true: KC Studio is starting to review a select number of music and dance concerts! After the demise of KCMetropolis and with limited local outlets for criticism, KC Studio acquired funds to support timely, online reviews, joining the theater reviews by Robert Trussell. Please read, share and discuss! A healthy community welcomes... Continue Reading →
KCStudio: Sept/Oct 2018
New issue out now and wow--sit down, everybody--you'll need to spend some time with this magazine and your calendar because you do not want to miss a thing happening in KC. But--real talk--you may have to make some hard choices. It's a crazy season. Enjoy. A Stimulating Season for Music Lovers Concert to Come: Beethoven's... Continue Reading →
KC Studio July/August 2018
I got to talk with three completely different musicians for this issue of KC Studio. I am swooooooning over this cover! Click on the pic below to check out the whole issue, or on the individual links to go to those stories. Honors: Laurel Gagnon, violin Concert to Come: Gerald Trimble, viola da gamba The... Continue Reading →
KC Studio: Heartland Men’s Chorus “We, the Unknown”
Heartland Men's Chorus performs works of remembrance and resistance for June's "Indivisible" concert, featuring the new work "We, the Unknown." Conceived by HMC member Rob Hill, the work explores just who might be buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. On a lighter note, I was stupidly excited to see that this piece shares... Continue Reading →
KC Studio: Ryan Wilks’ “Here Where You Wish”
There's always more. Writing this piece was a lesson in hard editing, because no way could I pack in all the details and thoughtfulness that Wilks and their collaborators poured into this work. (I tried. I cut out hundreds of words. My editor cut 400 more.) I need to go back and revisit the installation... Continue Reading →
Hakuna Errata
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Correction Blurb I had a great conversation with pianist Ran Dank a couple of months ago, in advance of his performance with the Kansas City Symphony playing Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety." In preparation of the interview, I listened to the work, read about Bernstein's... Continue Reading →
KC Studio: KC Contemporary Music Festival
May/June KC Studio includes a write up on the 2nd annual Kansas City Contemporary Music Festival during Crossroads First Fridays.
