Libby Hanssen

May 11, 2020

Arts News: Charlotte Street Renews Commitment to Cutting-Edge Choreography

Making Moves is moving. After a successful establishment year, Charlotte Street Foundation renewed the monthly choreographic showcase for 2020 and is bringing it to the..

April 1, 2020

For Now, the Small Screen Reigns Supreme

With a stay-at-home order for Kansas City and, as of midnight Sunday, all of Kansas, there’s a new chamber music that is proving essential: concerts only available through social media.

March 24, 2020

Arts News: Kansas City Women’s Chorus Combines Music and Social Justice

Cancellation notice: The Kansas City Women’s Chorus concert, “Reach Out, Reach Up,” April 17 and 18, is one of many performances throughout the city that..

March 17, 2020

Love, Death and Power – On Steroids

What should you expect from an opera based on one of the most terrifying horror stories of all time? Believe it or not, a story about humanity. That’s what composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell discovered when they turned Stephen King’s novel into an opera for the Minnesota Opera.

February 27, 2020

Concert to Come: William Baker Festival Singers Perform the Music of Ed Frazier Davis

When the William Baker Festival Singers step into Helzberg Hall to perform the music of Ed Frazier Davis, it’s not just a concert. It’s a celebration of friends, family and renewal. “Ed writes like no one else,” said William Baker, founder and director of the Festival Singers.

February 2, 2020

newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Challenges Apathy with “Dislocation + Defiance”

The city was bathed in fiery light the evening of newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble’s “Dislocation + Defiance” program. The anticipation of the Chiefs’ impending Super..

January 30, 2020

Arts News: Bach Aria Soloists Presents Bach Extravaganza

Bach Aria Soloists continues the group’s 20th-anniversary celebration by going back to their origins with “Bach Extravaganza,” an all-Bach program Feb. 22. When Elizabeth Suh..

January 18, 2020

Devil in the Details: Peter Oundjian conducts the Kansas City Symphony, with violinist Nancy Zhou

The vibe was celebratory during the Kansas City Symphony’s opening Classical Series concert of 2020 and it had nothing at all to do with the..

January 16, 2020

Honors: Haley Kostas

The 2019 Rocket Grant recipient is testing the boundaries of dance.

Author: Libby Hanssen