My perspective is primarily shaped by music which has literally been my abiding passion for more than 70 years.

Radio host Bill Shapiro will present a musical valentine to the city with singer/songwriter/pianist Kelley Hunt. Hunt, a native Kansas Citian, will make her first Folly appearance on Feb. 14 as part of Cyprus Avenue Live, the stage presentation of his 36-year-old public radio show.

Conductor Charles Bruffy and the Kansas City Chorale welcome singer Patti Austin to perform as part of the vocal organization’s opening show at the Folly..

Pop music is the aural wallpaper of our life and times. From the Broadway show tunes to Top 40 hits which monopolized American listening for the first half of the 20th century, it was primarily a temporal art form.

Sitting down and listening to music with for most is probably a mindless, “oh, let’s put something on in the background while I’m doing something..

The UMKC Conservatory’s Composition faculty and alumni shine brightly in the firmament of composers’ awards and commissions. Together they, along with their students, are changing..