[The following was provided by UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.] On Jan. 14, the Kansas City Symphony announced its opening season in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Among the luminaries are Yo Yo Ma, Joyce DiDonato and UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance’s Chen Yi. Chen Yi will compose a new work [...]
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UMKC’s Chen Yi featured in KC Symphony’s first season in Kauffman Center
January 25th, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic units, Community Connections, Concerts, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Visual and Performing Arts
Tags: Chen Yi·Conservatory of Music and Dance·Joyce DiDonato·Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts·Yo Yo Ma
Chen Yi, UMKC Conservatory professor and composer, receives commission from Seattle Symphony
September 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · Academic units, Announcement, Community Connections, Concerts, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Visual and Performing Arts
Chen Yi, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance professor and composer, is one of 18 leading American composers commissioned to create a new work by the Seattle Symphony. The compositions of the 18 composers will be part of the Gund/Simonyi Farewell Commissions project and will be featured during the Symphony’s 2010-11 season in honor of [...]
Tags: Chen Yi·Conservatory of Music and Dance·Gerard Schwartz·Gund/Simonyi Farewell Commissions project·Seattle Symphony
