KANSAS CITY, Mo. | November 10, 2023 — The Kansas City Symphony is excited to perform a variety of live concerts during November and December at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Kansas City. From Mozart to The Muppets, your KC Symphony musicians have many special moments and memories in store. Concert tickets and Symphony gift certificates make great holiday gifts. The Symphony experience will be remembered and cherished by your friends and family. For tickets and gift certificates, call the Symphony Box Office at (816) 471-0400 today. You also may visit kcsymphony.org f ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. | October 9, 2023 — The Kansas City Symphony is excited to announce and welcome several guest conductors to the podium for its 2023/24 season. Newcomer Caleb Young will lead the orchestra in several programs and previous associate conductors Damon Gupton, Jason Seber and Gonzalo Farias also return to Kansas City. Caleb Young enjoys a busy international conducting schedule and made his debut with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl this past summer. His long-term work in Los Angeles with John Williams, as his assistant conductor, also takes Young to the Berlin and Vienna Philhar ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. | August 22, 2023 — The Kansas City Symphony’s David T. Beals III Associate Conductor, Gonzalo Farias, has won the audition to be the next Assistant Conductor of the Houston Symphony. Farias begins his Houston Symphony post with the start of the 2023/24 season in September, acting as assistant to Music Director Juraj Valčuha. His duties include conducting the orchestra in various programs including education, family, community and summer concerts, as well as covering for guest conductors. Kansas City Symphony Music Director Michael Stern had this to say about Farias’ tenure w ..read more

KC Symphony announces Bank of America Celebration at the Station returning to Union Station and NWW1 Museum on Sunday, May 28 KANSAS CITY, Mo. | April 25, 2023 — Kansas City’s favorite Memorial Day tradition! Join the Kansas City Symphony for Bank of America Celebration at the Station. The Symphony’s free concert event takes place Sunday, May 28, 2023 on the South Plaza of Union Station Kansas City and the North Lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial – both near Pershing Road and Main Street, just south of Downtown Kansas City, Mo. The festivities begin at 5 p.m. and include food trucks ..read more

MEDIA ALERT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Broadcast & Photo Opportunities)           CC-TubaChristmas-media-alert-v1 Media Contacts: Anne Deuschle | Anne.Deuschle@hallmark.com | 816-520-6384 Kristi Ernsting | kristi.ernsting@outlook.com | 913-485-1165   KC Symphony’s TubaChristmas brings festive music performance to Crown Center on Friday, Dec. 9 What: Started in New York City in 1974, TubaChristmas is a worldwide tradition of holiday concerts where tuba and euphonium players from the community gather to play Christmas music on their instruments. The firs ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. | October 19, 2022 — The Kansas City Symphony presents many delightful and powerful concert programs this fall in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway. More details and tickets for all listed concerts are available now – online at kcsymphony.org or by calling (816) 471-0400. Thursday, October 20: Free Happy Hour concert Sponsored by Lead Bank October 28-30: Symphonie Fantastique, Mendelssohn and Brahms with the Kansas City Symphony Chorus Domingo Hindoyan, guest conductor MENDELSSOHN  Overture to Ruy Blas BRAHMS  Nänie BRAHMS&nb ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. | October 17, 2022 — The Kansas City Symphony presents many delightful and powerful concert programs this fall in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway. More details and tickets for all listed concerts are available now – online at kcsymphony.org or by calling (816) 471-0400. Thursday, October 20: Free Happy Hour concert Sponsored by Lead Bank October 28-30: Symphonie Fantastique, Mendelssohn and Brahms with the Kansas City Symphony Chorus Domingo Hindoyan, guest conductor MENDELSSOHN  Overture to Ruy Blas BRAHMS  Nänie BRAHMS&nb ..read more

Audiences will experience the next chapter of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series with the Kansas City Symphony performing Nicholas Hooper’s entire score live to picture Film Stills  · TRAILER Tickets available now at kcsymphony.org   August 4, 2022 – The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert, the sixth film in the Harry Potter series. On September 7-9 and 11, David T. Beals III Associate Conductor Gonzalo Farias leads the Kansas City Symphony in performing Nicholas Hooper’s incr ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. | July 21, 2022 — The Kansas City Symphony is excited to announce that tickets for all announced concerts presented during our 2022/23 season are available for purchase now. This includes Classical, Pops and Family Series concerts, plus Film + Live Orchestra events and all Holiday and Special Presentations – including our recently announced Judy Garland 100th birthday tribute starring pianist Michael Feinstein (May 13, 2023). All concerts are performed at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, Downtown Kansas City, MO. Tickets may be purchased online now b ..read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — May 19, 2022 The Kansas City Symphony has chosen its next concertmaster. Violinist Jun Iwasaki will join the orchestra in September 2022. Currently the concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony, Iwasaki was selected from a group of highly qualified candidates at the conclusion of a careful search. “I am both honored and excited to be named the next concertmaster of the Kansas City Symphony,” said Iwasaki. “I truly look forward to getting to know both the Kansas City Symphony organization and the city itself as I take on my new role.” A graduate of the C ..read more