To make the most of your experience, we recommend that you arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the performance (45 minutes if your tickets are at Will Call.) This will offer you plenty of time to find parking, enter the venue, and make it to your seat.
Late Seating/Re-Entry: Please note that any patrons arriving late or re-entering the theater will be seated during the first appropriate pause in the music, at the discretion of the usher.
There is no dress code for the Friends of Chamber Music concerts. You’ll see some patrons in formal or business attire and some dressed more casually. We encourage you to wear what makes you comfortable, and enjoy the concert!
It is most common for chamber music audiences to clap only after a piece is finished. For pieces with several movements, there will be a short pause between each section (your program book will list how many movements a piece has for reference.) If you are ever unsure of when to clap, simply follow the lead of your fellow concert-goers.
You’ve just gotten to your seat and you want to snap a few photos – be our guest! We’re more than happy for you to capture your memories with family and friends, and even tag us on social media to let us know that you’re at the concert! While the musicians are on stage and performing, we kindly ask that you turn of your phone or set them on silent and refrain from audio/video recording or photographing.
There are paid parking garages available at both the Folly Theater and the Kauffman center. For information about pre-paid parking at these garages please call the box office at 816-766-1096. At our general admission concert venues parking is easily accessible and free of charge.
At the Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City, we LOVE to see young people at our concerts. This can be a wonderful opportunity to learn and experience this incredible art form. Yet chamber music often requires complete silence at the performance for its full enjoyment. Because of this and other reasons, such as overall duration of the concert, artist concentration, and issues of liability, we do not encourage children under the age of 4 to attend our concerts. In addition, any patron, including children with their guardians, who causes a disturbance in the performance space, will be guided to the lobby area.