Despite the optimistic title, this exhibit of works by 13 Kansas City Art Institute alumni evidences traces of anxiety, perhaps reflecting the violence and oppression..
Music, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Beatles: What’s It All About?
Conservatory musicologist Andrew Granade and music theorist David Thurmaier discuss the dynamic interplay of music, popular culture and social history, and why it all matters...
“An Anonymous Art: American Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen Gift,” Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
“An Anonymous Art:Â American Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen Gift” is a glimpse at the enduring currency that photographic images have across time, and..
Summer at the Conservatory Is Fun and Brasstastic!
We don’t stop just because it’s summer! We’re all a-buzz with activity because the Conservatory Academy’s summer programs provide exciting workshops and in-depth training for..
Spring Brings Britten Opera, Musical Bridges Benefit and More to UMKC Conservatory
March and April are particularly exciting months at the UMKC Conservatory. Student recitals take place almost daily; large ensembles perform; guest artists visit; dance, opera..