by Teresa Griffith | Jun 14, 2018 | Meet the Orchestra, Musician Spotlight, News
Saturday June 9th marked an incredibly sad day for us at KCCO. We lost our dear friend and concertmaster of 43 years, Carol Chatelain. Carol loved the orchestra and was an inspiration to so many of us. We were truly fortunate to have had her among us for so many...
by Teresa Griffith | May 7, 2018 | 2017-2018 Season
What a performance! Thank you to everyone who attended the concert yesterday! The venue was gorgeous, our Young Artist Concerto winner was amazing, and many attendees commented that it was the orchestra’s best performance of the season! KCCO is proud to offer...
by Teresa Griffith | May 3, 2018 | 2017-2018 Season, Outreach Events
Take a look inside KCCO outreach events! We love sharing stories, pictures, and feedback from our outreach events through social media and here on our site, and those posts give you a great peek inside our outreach programs. However, they don’t fully communicate...
by Teresa Griffith | Apr 19, 2018 | 2017-2018 Season, News, Orchestra News
The final concert of our 59th season (taking place at Helzberg Hall on May 6th) will feature the winner of this year’s Young Artist Concerto Competition (Betti Kelley, left). KCCO is proud to support and encourage young musicians – not only because we believe in...
by Teresa Griffith | Apr 18, 2018 | Meet the Orchestra, Musician Spotlight
Janice White has been a music-lover all her life. As a young child she enjoyed singing. In third grade she began playing piano, and later she became a clarinet player in her school band. At home, she says, she “drove everyone nuts” playing orchestral music on the...
by Teresa Griffith | Mar 14, 2018 | 2017-2018 Season
Introducing Miss Bethlehem Kelley! Bethlehem (Betti) Kelley is an Ethiopian-American violinist in the tenth-grade who resides in Johnson County. Betti studies with Kansas City Symphony Violinist Kristin Velicer. Prior that she studied with Alice Joy Lewis at Ottawa...
by Teresa Griffith | Feb 4, 2018 | 2017-2018 Season
Our first concert of 2018 is coming up soon! “Orchestral Delights” will feature guest conductor Jim Murray, who serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Northland Symphony Orchestra (Kansas City, MO), Heritage Philharmonic (Eastern Jackson County, MO)...
by Teresa Griffith | Jan 2, 2018 | 2017-2018 Season, News
We’d like to thank all of our friends and listeners for supporting KCCO through the first part of our 59th season. In addition to the three concerts, our 2017 activities included the Instrument Petting Zoo for children, the Silent Auction Fundraiser, and...
by Teresa Griffith | Dec 11, 2017 | 2017-2018 Season
Over the weekend the Kansas City Civic Orchestra kicked off the holiday season with two performances of our Sounds of the Season concert. Audience members were treated to holiday favorites as well as some less familiar pieces, got to sing along to Jingle Bells,...
by Teresa Griffith | Nov 21, 2017 | 2017-2018 Season
It’s that time of year! Our holiday concert is one of our most popular performances each season. As always, there will be two performances of Sounds of the Season, with each performance preceded by our Annual Silent Auction Fundraiser. The silent auction is our...
