UMKC’s weekly arts, sports and culture roundup
Each week, the University of Missouri-Kansas City offers an array of on-campus activities. It’s nothing new. UMKC has a long legacy of hosting countless culturally enriching events. These activities are part of what give UMKC a vibrant campus life, and make UMKC an arts and culture powerhouse. The influence of UMKC-based and UMKC-trained alumni extends well beyond the campus’ edge, so their activities are listed here as well.download film The Warrior’s Gate 2016 now
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What: Musica Nova
Musica Nova, directed by Zhou Long, will perform contemporary works. Performance pieces include Yin: Deep Fancy; Booker: Dream Duo; Greenwood: At one moment gleaming bright; Strawbridge: Even Bearing Gifts; Hamidi: Bleached; Brown: Early Winter Spires; Winters: Eldo; and Burke: For 5+ Performers.
Where: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 9
It’s free.
March 9 — 14
What: No Talking
No Talking is based on a short story by Andrew Clements, best-selling author of dozens of books for young readers, including his debut novel Frindle, named in 2007 as one of “Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children” by the U.S. National Education Association. Adapting No Talking to the stage will be long-time Coterie collaborator Laurie Brooks, playwright of several of The Coterie’s successful world premieres, including The Wrestling Season and Afflicted: Daughters of Salem.
Where: The Coterie, Crown Center, Suite 144, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
When: Now through March 19
UMKC Connection: Two UMKC graduate theatre students founded The Coterie.
For tickets and show times, visit the website.
What: Constellations
Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its 2016-2017 season with Constellations, directed by Artistic Director Eric Rosen. The production begins March 3 and runs through April 2. If you could hit rewind on a relationship, you might discover the nuances of choice and destiny, and how the two intersect. This spellbinding, heartbreaking love story removes the boundaries of time and space, delving into the infinite possibilities of a couple’s relationship to reveal how the slightest change in conversation might send you down an entirely different path. The scene re-sets again and again, in a fascinating look at love and life from one parallel universe to the next. The cast is comprised of Bree Elrod and Tuc Watkins. They have made their careers in Los Angeles and New York and have come back home to Kansas City for this production.
Where: Copaken Stage, 1 H & R Block Way, Kansas City, Mo.
When: Now through April 2
Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the Box Office at 816-235-2700. Current UMKC faculty, staff and alumni receive a 20 percent discount on tickets.
What: Boeing-Boeing
This stylishly retro production was a monster comedy hit on London’s West End and a Tony winner on Broadway. Bernard is a bachelor juggling a very precarious social calendar. He is engaged simultaneously to three different flight attendants. Helped by his long suffering housekeeper Bertha (Debra Jo Rupp), Bernard has devised a sophisticated timetable so that each girlfriend visits him on their layovers and remains oblivious of the other two. Everything proceeds like clockwork until the arrival of the new double speed Super Boeing which changes the schedules of the airlines. Bernard’s old school friend Robert arrives unexpectedly and unwittingly joins in this farcical whirlwind of mayhem.
Where: New Theatre Restaurant, 9299 Foster St., Overland Park, Kan.
When: Now through April 23
For tickets and show times, visit the website.
UMKC Connection: Co-owners Dennis Hennessy and Richard Carrothers are both UMKC graduates; the UMKC College of Arts and Sciences presented both honorary doctorates in 2012.
What: Inside the Art Life of Adrienne Walker Hoard
Beyond her life as a professor at UMKC, Adrienne Walker Hoard, M.F.A., Ed.D., is an accomplished painter, photographer and jewelry maker. Her work will be on display at the Miller Nichols Library.
Where: Dean’s Gallery, Fourth Floor, Miller Nichols Library, 800 E. 51st St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: Now through May 19
It’s free.
What: Mid-Western Collegiate Composers
This performance features the participants of the 2017 Mid-Western Collegiate Composers Conference. Performance pieces include Morel: Kansas City Calling: Horn Solo I; Jenkins: Unfinished List of the Things I Love; Kim: Daphne (world premiere); Allen: Four Howe Songs (world premiere); Maas: Charlotte sits in stillness; and Meier: Prayers for Tranquility.
Where: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 10 a.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Mid-Western Collegiate Composers
This performance features the participants of the 2017 Mid-Western Collegiate Composers Conference. Performance pieces include Liu: Ocean Pearl Teardrops; Landis, Jr: Hemingway was a bomb maker; Winters: Ode aan het IJ — Movement V; Jungman: Cityscape; Solares: El Arzobispo de Constantinopla; Duffy: Ahab; and Cook: Renga #1 for Shakuhachi, Viola, Cello.
Where: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Student Paper Sessions: Mid-Western Collegiate Composers
This performance features the participants of the 2017 Mid-Western Collegiate Composers Conference.
Where: Room 521, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 2 p.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Mid-Western Collegiate Composers
This performance features the participants of the 2017 Mid-Western Collegiate Composers Conference. Performance pieces include Simmons: Permeate! Aberrate! Juxtapose!; Trio Defecta: I Sing with the Stream (Little Bedtime Song for the Young Stalinist Who Has Everything); Smith: Spiderwort; Norman: Insertion Extraction; Mulhern: Disparate Solitutes; Winters: Capriccio for Solo A/V Controllerist; and Landon: Prodigious Repository of Assembled Suns.
Where: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 4 p.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Boris Vayner, Doctoral Recital
This is a doctoral recital for Boris Vayner, conductor. Performance pieces include Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; and Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36.
Where: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Ryan Foltz, Senior Recital
This is a senior recital for Ryan Foltz, trombone. Performance pieces include Sulek: Sonata (Vox Gabrieli); Grondahl: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra; Blazhevich: Concert Piece Number 5; Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto in B-flat for Trombone and Military Band; and Henderson: The Saints’ Hallelujah.
Where: Second Presbyterian Church, 318 E. 55th St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Tracy Bass, Doctoral Recital
This is a doctoral recital for Tracy Bass, horn. Performance pieces include Baumann: Elegia for Naturhorn; Hlobil: Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 21; Bujanovsky: Sonata for Horn – Solo; and Jenner: Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Horn.
Where: Central United Methodist Church, 5144 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 10
It’s free.
What: Single Reed Events
This performance is presented by professors Zachary Shemon and Jane Carl. Performance pieces include Francaix: Petite Quatuor; Cuong: Prized Possessions; Creston: Sonata, Op. 19; Milhaud: Scaramouche; Mozart: Quintet in E-flat Major, K.452; and Piazzolla: Invierno Porteno.
Where: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 6 p.m., Saturday, March 11 is the Ramón Wodkowski Presentation in the Performing Arts Center, Room 326; 7:30 p.m. is the Combined Saxophone/Clarinet Studio recital in the White Recital Hall at the Performing Arts Center.
It’s free.
What: Larry Hernandez, Senior Recital
This is a senior recital for Larry Hernandez, cello. Performance pieces include Fauré: Après Un Rêve, Op. 7, No. 1; Beethoven: Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69; Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor.
Where: Trinity Lutheran Church, 5601 W. 62nd St., Mission, Kan.
When: 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 12
It’s free.
What: Jennifer Higdon, Barr Institute Laureate
Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and the Conservatory’s Barr Institute Laureate, coaches the UMKC Percussion Ensemble. This program is supported in part through a grant from the Patricia and Howard Barr Institute for American Composition Studies at UMKC.
Where: Room 323, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 6 p.m., Monday, March 13
It’s free.
What: Jennifer Higdon, composer Barr Institute Laureate
Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and the Conservatory’s Barr Institute Laureate, presents a guest lecture, Writing an Opera: Cold Mountain. This program is supported in part through a grant from the Patricia and Howard Barr Institute for American Composition Studies at UMKC.
Where: Grant Hall, Room 333, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 9 a.m., Tuesday, March 14
It’s free.
What: Jennifer Higdon, Barr Institute Laureate
Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and the Conservatory’s Barr Institute Laureate, presents a guest conducting seminar, The World of Conducting from a Composer’s Perspective. This program is supported in part through a grant from the Patricia and Howard Barr Institute for American Composition Studies at UMKC.
Where: Room 418, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 14
It’s free.
What: Jennifer Higdon, Barr Institute Laureate
Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and the Conservatory’s Barr Institute Laureate leads workshops with UMKC opera students. This program is supported in part through a grant from the Patricia and Howard Barr Institute for American Composition Studies at UMKC.
Where: Grant Hall, Room 122, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 14
It’s free.
What: Jazz Nights at the Green Lady
Jazz students of all degree levels will perform standards and originals in combos. All compositions and arrangements will be announced from the stage.
Where: Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 14
It’s free.
What: Women of the Conservatory Choirs with special guests St. Mary’s College Choir
Women of the Conservatory Choirs perform with special guests St. Mary’s College Choir and the Kansas City Women’s Chorus. Performance pieces include Ramsey: Lineage; Dvorak: Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 (“From the New World”); Barnes: Wendy the Welder; Rheinberger: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Op. 35; Ledbetter: Bring Me Little Water Sylvie; Earnest: Crickets and Commas; Stroope: Magnificat; Elberdin: Salve Regina; Enns: Sanctus; Szymko: O Lux Beatissima; Hall: Indian Summer; Pirtle: Laudate Dominum; and Labarr: Grace Before Sleep.
Where: Visitation Catholic Church, 5141 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 14
It’s free.
What: Fraser Farmer, Senior Recital
This is a senior recital for Fraser Farmer, bassoon. Performance pieces include Schumann: Drei Romanzen Op. 94; Saint-Seans: Sonate pour Basson avec accompaniment de Piano Op. 168; Tamplini: Capriccio su motivi dell’Opera L’Elisir d’Amore di Donizetti; and Beethoven: Trio in G-dur für Flöte, Fagott und Klavier WoO 37.
Where: Leawood United Methodist Church, 2915 W. 95th St., Leawood, Kan.
When: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 14
It’s free.
What: Hyeyoung Shin Solo Exhibition
Hyeyoung Shin, UMKC Department of Art and Art History assistant professor of Print Media, will have her work shown in a solo exhibition titled unapologetic. An opening reception is scheduled for March 10 from 6 p.m. through 9 p.m. She will also give an artist talk at noon on March 11 at Studio Inc.
Where: Studios Inc., 1708 Campbell St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: March 10 through April 14
It’s free.
What: Shamus Clisset | Chris Kienke at UMKC Gallery
This is the UMKC Gallery of Art’s upcoming group exhibition, Shamus Clisset: Mr. Realistic and Chris Kienke: Hotrods and Handguns. An opening reception will be held from 5 – 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 16.
Where: UMKC Gallery of Art, 203 Fine Arts Building, 5015 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
When: March 16 through April 14
It’s free.