Enchanted Strings with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra

"What's a Chamber Orchestra?" We're glad you asked...The term "chamber orchestra" comes from baroque and classical time periods, referring to music designed to be played in the intimate setting of a room. As such, today's chamber orchestras are smaller music ensembles of 15-30 professional musicians playing the work of some of the most influential composers - Bach, Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi and Haydn - whose works were written specifically for those intimate settings.Today the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra (KCCO) specializes in baroque and classical music, and also includes works of contemporary composers written specifically for chamber orchestras or smaller ensembles.Founded by Maestro Bruce Sorrell in 1987, KCCO's founding mission remains the same today: “The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, composed of national caliber professional musicians who live in the Kansas City metropolitan area, seeks to enrich life in our community through the performance of classical music.”In addition to a five-performance regular concert season (August – June), KCCO also provides musical education programming to area schoolchildren (nearly 2,400 in 2013) from predominantly Title I schools associated with three concerts occurring during the schoolyear.Artistic excellence and the highest aesthetic standards are achieved by KCCO through the hire of professional orchestral musicians under the leadership of Maestro Sorrell as Music Director. Success in these areas is evidenced by critical acclaim in published reviews.Throughout its history, KCCO has exhibited creative and collaborative programming in pursuit of its mission. Collaborative arts partners have included Friends of Chamber Music, Paul Mesner Puppets, Owen/Cox Dance, UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and the Kansas City Chorale. Recent creative approaches have included Groupon promotions and flexible season scheduling in order to provide additional concerts and also to afford work opportunities to professional musicians during the summer off-season.

Kansas City Chamber Orchestra

A heartwarming array of romantic music for string orchestra, harp and violin solo followed by Champagne Chocolate Celebration Event!

The Folly Theater

Get a jump on Valentine's and join us for mid-week musical magic in the city: Revel in the passion and beauty of Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances for harp, the soaring solo violin in all time favorite The Lark Ascending, and the youthful passion of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in the historic <a href="http://follytheater.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Folly Theater</a> with renowned Australian conductor <a href="http://www.carolyn-watson.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carolyn Watson</a>. Fall in love with great music with the <a href="https://www.kcchamberorchestra.org/current-season-concerts" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kansas City Chamber Orchestra!</a>Tickets $20 to $45, discounts for seniors and 1/2 price students! 7:30 p.m. Concert is 90 minutes, with optional Champagne Chocolate Event immediately following. Pre-concert talk about the music and composers at 6:30 p.m.Program:R. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending 	Tamamo Someya Gibbs, violin soloistC. Debussy – Sacred and Profane Dances - Katherine Siochi, harp soloist	F. Schubert – Symphony No. 5Elena Kats-Chernin – Moon Feather Magic Pietro Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana M. Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte

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