Live the Music!

The Kansas City Civic Orchestra is a community-based orchestra in the Kansas City metropolitan area. For 60 years, our mission has been to bring high-quality, free concerts to the local community. Our all-volunteer orchestra is comprised of amateur and professional musicians with one thing in common – a love for music!


2024 Concert Finale – “Ode to Joy!”

Sunday, May 5 at 3:30pm
Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center

Featuring Chatelain Young Artist and Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) with William Jewel Concert Choir.

Cello Concerto No. 1, E Flat Major (Shostakovich)
Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (Beethoven)

Ticket information will be available soon!

We’re fortunate in Kansas City to have amateurs-who-could-be-professionals in spades. Stupendous talent this December popped out of … the Kansas City Civic Orchestra and other volunteer ensembles.Diane Stafford, KC Star