Libby Hanssen

January 30, 2021

Comfort and Challenge: Friends of Chamber Music present new initiative, “Chamber Music Now,” with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center streaming concert

As we’ve navigated the last ten months, art has served two main purposes: to comfort and to comment.

December 21, 2020

William Baker Festival Singers in “Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral”

Honoring the event of the birth of Jesus Christ, William Baker Festival Singers offered their annual holiday service in these mixed-up times, a hybrid of tradition, technology and making do.

December 5, 2020

Form on Film: A New Mode for New Dance Partners 2020

The collaborative artists who reimagined this season’s New Dance Partners displayed elaborate, expressive internal worlds, bringing the audience as near to dance as we are going to get in the now times.

November 30, 2020

A “Hart”warming Thanksgiving Concert with The Wires

Part concert, part historical tour, The Wires Alternative String Duo presented a unique Thanksgiving Eve performance.

November 18, 2020

Honors: Elizabeth Stehling

A feeling, a question, a moment: These are some of the concepts filmmaker Elizabeth Stehling explores in her work. Stehling is one of ten awardees of the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Art Where You’re At: Social Distant Art Projects grant created in response to the lockdowns due to COVID-19.

November 17, 2020

Bach Aria Soloists Charm in “Notes & Letters”

Without fail, the Bach Aria Soloists’ “Notes & Letters” program is a charming offering to the concert season. The ensemble excels at creating welcoming, intimate..

November 11, 2020

Arts News: Lyric Opera’s Former Artistic Director Launches an Arts Podcast Business

With the limitations of the nation’s lockdown last spring, performing artists scrambled to find outlets for performance, to connect with colleagues and audiences and to..

October 29, 2020

Kansas City Represents in The Kennedy Center’s “Arts Across America”

Just like everyone, everywhere, the venues and arts organizations in our nation’s capital are not immune to the effects of the pandemic. To reach beyond..

October 22, 2020

Tasty Tidbits: Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s “Opera in Eight Parts”

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s newest venture, which will undoubtedly please their loyal patron base, is “Opera in Eight Parts,” a sort of hybrid..

Author: Libby Hanssen