Latest News from The Friends
The Friends of Chamber Music Soirée 2025 — Save the Date
March 8, 2025
Indian Hills Country Club
“Virtuoso Winds” with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Nov. 8, 2024
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Tour visited us in a spectacular program entitled “Virtuoso Winds.” The guest artists Anne-Marie McDermott (piano), Adam Walker (flute), James Austin Smith (oboe), David Shifrin (clarinet), Radek Baborák (horn), and Marc Goldberg (bassoon) delighted our audience at Yardley Hall (Midwest Trust Center). In addition, James Austin Smith worked extensively with the UMKC Oboe Studio.
“Love and Laurels” with Twelfth Night Ensemble
Oct. 26, 2024
Soprano Nola Richardson and baritone Roderick Williams OBE partner with Twelfth Night Ensemble to deliver a terrific program centered on Handel’s music and his cantata Apollo e Dafne.
“Voyage of Love” Opens the Forty-Ninth Season
Sept. 13, 2024
The Friends opened our Forty-Ninth Season with a phenomenal line-up of virtuosos in "Voyage of Love." Jennifer Frautschi, Oliver Neubauer, Hsin-Yun Huang, Che-Yen Chen, Nicholas Canellakis, and Artistic Directors Hyeyeon Park and Dmitri Atapine.
35 or Younger? Welcome to Club35!
The Friends of Chamber Music Launch Club35, a new program for young professionals and students!
Chanticleer returns to close our 48th Season.
May 3, 2024
Chanticleer returns to close our 48th Season “Brilliance” in a moving celebration of William Byrd.
“Spark of Genius” closes the 48th International Chamber Music Season
April 26
“Spark of Genius” closes our 48th International Chamber Music Season. Stella Chen & Sean Lee, violins; Matthew Lipman & Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, violas; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Hyeyeon Park, piano
Quicksilver makes their FCMKC debut
April 12, 2024
Quicksilver makes their FCMKC debut to great acclaim of the Kansas City audience!
The Friends of Chamber Music Soirée 2024
March 16, 2024
Hotel Kansas City
Apollon Musagète Quartet — Fabulous Debut
Feb 2, 2024
A phenomenal debut of Apollon Musagète Quartet.
“Extraordinary Imaginations” with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Tour
Jan 20, 2024
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Tour brings the Folly Theater to a standing ovation.
“Music to be Shared” Campaign
FCMKC launches the “Music to Be Shared” campaign
Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung in a Phenomenal Debut
Dec. 6, 2023
Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung present a phenomenal four-hands/two piano debut recital.
Sir András Schiff in a Triumphant Return to Kansas City
Nov. 14, 2023
Sir András Schiff in a triumphant return to Kansas City, performing at the Kauffman Center.
Quartetto di Cremona in a Moving Debut
Oct. 31, 2023:
A fiery and deeply moving evening of music-making in the hands of the Quartetto di Cremona in their Kansas City debut!
VOCES8 Shine at Village Presbyterian Church.
Oct. 21, 2023:
The Kansas City debut by VOCES8 filled the Village Presbyterian Church to its fullest with excited concert-goers for an unforgettable evening of a capella gems.
“New Horizons” — a Wonderful Evening of New Music
We had a wonderful weekend of music and friendship last Saturday with the presentation of “New Horizons” — music by Chen Yi, Reena Esmail, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Osvaldo Golijov, Valerie Coleman, and a new co-commission from David Serkin Ludwig.
Kansas City Star Previews “New Horizons”
Oct. 1, 2023
Read the wonderful preview of “New Horizons” by Patrick Neas.
Friends of Chamber Music and Heartland Young Artist Project Announce 2023 Scholarship Recipients
Sept. 27, 2023
Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City and Heartland Young Artist Project Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Aizuri Quartet makes its Kansas City debut, and concludes a phenomenal residency
The Aizuri Quartet in their Kansas City debut, concludes their extensive four-day residency.