Music

Franz Ferdinand at The Midland April 3rd at 8:00pm. Doors open at 7:00pm.

Video game music is everywhere, and the catchy melodies and rich harmonies from the 8-bit era through today’s latest AAA title absolutely translate to a jazz big band! Choose your character: Mario? Sonic? Animal Crossing? Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is playing them all!

The UMKC Conservatory Choirs perform a children's concert in White Recital Hall at the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center.

The UMKC Conservatory Wind Ensemble performs in White Recital Hall at the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center.

The UMKC Dance Department is putting on their Spring Dance Concert Series in Spencer Theater at the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center. All performances will be at 7:30pm with a matinee on Sunday at 2:30pm.

Presenting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300. When published in 1725 nobody could imagine Vivaldi’s Opus 8, Nos. 1-4 (“The Four Seasons”) would become perhaps the most frequently heard music of all time. Yet today, 300 years on, they remain as popular as ever. This program frames these iconic works in a new light. Their overtly…

Vocalists at UMKC perform various selections by Jake Heggie in celebration of the composer's residency at UMKC. They will be performing in White Recital Hall at the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center.

Noted Classical specialist Jane Glover takes the podium for a delightful program of music by Mozart, Haydn and Britten. Quintessentially English composer Benjamin Britten wrote this Suite on English Folk Tunes as a nostalgic homage to the popular songs of his youth, viewing the bygone era through a decidedly modern lens. By turns high-spirited and…

The UMKC Jazz Department is performing at the Folly Theater, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm.

Grammy® Award-winning mandolinist and singer/songwriter Chris Thile is a founding member of the critically acclaimed bluegrass bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. Hailed by the Guardian as “that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical,” Chris Thile brings his musical genius and artistry to Kansas City for…