Tickets are now on sale for the Kauffman Center performance of the Missouri State President’s Concert in Kansas City on May 1. Tickets are available online and will cost between $15 and $35. The concert begins at 6 p.m. In addition to their May 1 performance, Missouri State University’s Grand Chorus and Symphony Orchestra will perform the concert for free on April 30 at … [Read more...] about Tickets now on sale for President’s Concert
Missouri State’s Grand Chorus and Symphony Orchestra — 278 performers in total — will join for the University's annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 1 at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. Dr. Christopher Kelts, director of orchestral activities, will conduct the free, two-hour concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Cameron LaBarr, director of choral studies, … [Read more...] about Choral and symphony students to perform free Holiday Concert
Missouri State’s University Symphony Orchestra will offer a free concert on Nov. 3 at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. One of the music department’s more recent faculty additions, Director of Orchestral Studies Dr. Christopher Kelts, will conduct the concert, performing works of celebrated classical musicians such as Wagner and Mendelssohn. Symphony … [Read more...] about Symphony orchestra to perform free HHPA concert
Missouri State’s summer music chamber camp String Fling will be back for its 14th year July 19-22. Instruction The intensive string instrument instruction is offered to talented middle school and high school students. Students will be coached by the University's full-time string faculty, which includes Dr. David Hays, Dr. Amy Muchnick and Dr. Michael A. Murray, and also … [Read more...] about String Fling is back for its 14th year July 19-22
Music professors Dr. John Prescott and Dr. Cynthia Green Libby will travel to China next month to debut Prescott's piece, "Baroque Concerto for 2 Oboes and Chamber Orchestra." Genesis of the piece The piece features two oboes and chamber orchestra. It premiered in the U.S. at the 2015 Composition Festival with Libby performing with music department head Dr. Julie … [Read more...] about Professors to premiere orchestra piece in China