PAST CONCERTS
5/5/23 “Season Finale”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Mendelssohn: Hebrides "Fingal's Cave"
Faure: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
4/20/24 “Schubert and Debussy”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Debussy: various piano preludes arranged for orchestra
3/17/24 “Bach and Stravinsky”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Bach’s First Brandenburg Concerto and Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks (1st horn)
2/17/24 “Brahms and Stamitz”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Stamitz Viola Concerto (Kathryn Hilger, soloist) and Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn
12/19/23 “Faure, Mozart and Hagenbuch”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Faure Dolly Suite, Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 (Liam Carroll, soloist) and Hagenbuch Essay No. 3
11/19/23 Beaufort Winds
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, KS
Still, William Grant Miniatures
Debussy, Claude Sonata No. 2 arr. Giampaolo Pretto
Jacob, Gordon Sextet in B-flat Major Op. 6
10/14/23 “Ives and Mahler”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Mahler’s "Tambourg'sell" and "Revelge" and Ives Symphony No. 2
5/19/23 Beaufort Winds
7:00 PM Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City MO
Works for Wind Quintet by Nielsen, Tomasi, Respighi and Bozza
5/14/23 “Season Finale with the Doug Talley Quintet”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Tim Brewer - Three River Scenes for Orchestra and Jazz Quintet with the Doug Talley Quintet
4/22/23 “Mozart and Sibelius”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Sibelius Symphony No. 3 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Winds and Orchestra (horn soloist)
3/19/23 “Chamber Music: Ravel, Mozart, and Gershwin”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for piano and winds, and Gershwin's Three Preludes for String Trio
2/18/23 “New Works for Orchestra”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Michael Cook - The Holy Innocents
Tim Brewer - Three River Scenes for Orchestra and Jazz Quintet with the Doug Talley Quintet
12/11/22 Pinnacle Winds
2:00 PM Grandview High School, Grandview, MO
https://www.pinnaclewinds.com/
Featuring Maslanka: A Short Symphony "Give Us This Day" (3rd horn)
12/10/22 “Brahms’s First”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Brahms’s First Symphony
11/20/22 “Introducing Beaufort Winds”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
KC's new woodwind quintet plays Taffanel's Wind Quintet in G minor, Reicha's Wind Quintet, Op. 88, and Malcolm Arnold's whimsical Three Sea Shanties, Op. 4
10/15/22 “Gershwin and Dvorak”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Dvorak’s Cello Concerto (Eman Chalshotori, soloist) and Gershwin’s American in Paris
10/2/22 Pinnacle Winds
2:00 PM Grandview High School, Grandview, MO
https://www.pinnaclewinds.com/
Featuring Persichetti: Symphony No. 6 (3rd horn)
9/25/22 “French Gems: ChoralFest 2022 and Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
4:00 PM Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, KS
Singers from across the KC Metro join conductor Sara McClure in singing Fauré's Requiem (1890) with orchestra. The second half of the concert feature's Mozart’s Symphony 31 “Paris” and Ravel’s Pavane conducted by Steve Lewis.
8/7/22 Northland Cathedral Orchestra Classics Concert
5:00 PM Northland Cathedral, Kansas City, MO
Saint-Saëns Romance for Horn and Orchestra Op. 36 (solo horn)
7/24/22 “British Chamber Music at Prairie Baptist”
4:00 PM Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, KS
Charles Stanford's Fantasy for Horn and String Quartet
7/10/22 The MCE Trio
4:00 PM Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Kansas City, MO
Eman Chalshotori, cello, John Livingston, piano, and Steve Lewis, horn, perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Jadin, and Saint-Saëns.
7/2/22 The MCE Trio
4:00 PM Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, KS
Eman Chalshotori, cello, John Livingston, piano, and Steve Lewis, horn, perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Jadin, and Saint-Saëns.
6/26/22 Pinnacle Winds
2:00 PM Oak Park High School, Kansas City, MO
https://www.pinnaclewinds.com/
American works for Wind Band (3rd horn)
5/1/22 “Finale at the Folly”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Folly Theater, Kansas City MO.
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with soloist Zsolt Eder, Charl Louw and Eman Chalshotori, and Benjamin Boyle’s Cantata No. 1: To One in Paradise with the Kansas City Kansas Community College Choirs.
4/23/22 “Season Finale”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Copland’s (arr. Brewer) Passacaglia, Barber’s Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12, Hagenbuch’s Essay No. 1, Homage to Barber, Op. 41, and Copland’s “Outdoor Overture”
1/23/22 “Strauss and Mozart”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen.
12/4/21 “Haydn and Grieg”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Grieg’s Piano Concerto (Sora Park Shepard, soloist), Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London” and Samuel Barber’s “Mutations from Bach”
11/28/21 “Beethoven, Reger, and Boulanger”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds
10/24/21 “New Sounds for Strings”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
George Walker’s Lyric for Strings, Sam Wu’s Eagle Huntress, and a new work by Robert Hagenbuch Jr.
10/16/21 “Bach, Rameau, and Grieg”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins (Matthew Bennett and Dennis Bogarts solo violinist), Rameau’s (arr. Decroix) Sixième Concert and Grieg’s Holberg Suite
9/26/21 “The Vocalise Project”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Six French vocalises orchestrated by Steve Lewis. Youth Concerto Winners perform Hummel and Mendelssohn.
7/25/21 “The MCE Trio”
3:00 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village, KS
Eman Chalshotori, cello, John Livingston, piano, and Steve Lewis, horn, perform works by Brahms, Beethoven, Jadin, and Philip Lasser
7/18/21 “The MCE Trio”
3:00 PM Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, KS
Eman Chalshotori, cello, John Livingston, piano, and Steve Lewis, horn, perform works by Brahms, Beethoven, Jadin, and Philip Lasser
7/11/21 “The MCE Trio”
7:00 PM Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Kansas City, MO
Eman Chalshotori, cello, John Livingston, piano, and Steve Lewis, horn, perform works by Brahms, Beethoven, Jadin, and Philip Lasser
7/10/21 “The MCE Trio”
7:30 PM Parkville Presbyterian Church, Parkville, MO
Eman Chalshotori, cello, John Livingston, piano, and Steve Lewis, horn, perform works by Brahms, Beethoven, Jadin, and Philip Lasser
5/9/21 “Lyric Masterworks”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Digital Performance broadcast from BRC Audio Productions, Kansas City, MO
Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante” with Matthew Bennett and Kathryn Hilger. As part of the program Charles Dickinson plays Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto with string quintet.
1/24/21 “Stravinsky and Debussy”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Digital Performance broadcast from BRC Audio Productions, Kansas City, MO
Stravinsky thrilling L'Histoire du Soldat and Debussy’s exquisite Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp.
10/25/20 “Brahms, Grieg, and Rameau”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Digital Performance broadcast from BRC Audio Productions, Kansas City, MO
MCE concertmaster Matthew Bennett plays Benjamin Boyle's arrangement of Brahms' Zigeunerlieder for violin and strings. Music by Grieg and Rameau round out this sumptuous program.
9/20/20 “Time and the River”
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Digital Performance broadcast from BRC Audio Productions, Kansas City, MO
Knecht "Time and the River," Langlais "Elegie" and Poulenc "Mouvements Perpetuels"
2/22/20“A Night at the Theatre”
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1, Wagner’s Rienzi Overture, selections from My Fair Lady and West Side Story and Arias by Donizettti and Mozart sung by Stephanie Meyer
12/7/19 Holiday Concert
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
C. P. E. Bach’s Magnificat with the Missouri Oratorio Society, Robert Hagenbuch’s Overture to Winter, Op. 139 and Holiday Favorites
11/2/19 Dvorak and Vivaldi
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
7:30 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 "New World," Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos, Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Jose Gonzalez Granero’s Gion Overture
10/20/19 A Schubert Mass
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7:30 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Schubert’s Mass in G (with the KC Kansas Community College Choirs led by John Stafford), Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and Nicolas Flagello’s Prelude and Fugue for Strings
9/15/19 Youth at Their Best
Midwest Chamber Ensemble TICKETS
7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Haydn Cello Concerto in C (1st Mvt.), Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 (1st Mvt.), Bach-Stokowski Prelude in B minor BWV 896 and Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite
9/14/19 Youth at Their Best
Midwest Chamber Ensemble TICKETS
3:00 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Haydn Cello Concerto in C (1st Mvt.), Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 (1st Mvt.), Bach-Stokowski Prelude in B minor BWV 896 and Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite
5/12/19 The Grand Finale
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7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Dvorak: Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op 44
5/11/19 The Grand Finale
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3:00 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Dvorak: Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op 44
4/27/19 Season Finale "Bruch, Berg and Schubert"
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Schubert's Symphony No. 4 "Tragic," Berg's Piano Sonata orchestrated by Tim Brewer, Michael Cook's Overture to "Il Cavaliere," and Bruch's Kol Nidrei, Eman Chalshotori, cello
3/17/19 Bubbly and Brilliant
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7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Britten Simple Symphony, Philip Lasser Manchester Miniature and Shostakovich Piano concerto No. 1, Charl Louw, piano
3/16/19 Bubbly and Brilliant
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3:00 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Britten Simple Symphony, Philip Lasser Manchester Miniature and Shostakovich Piano concerto No. 1, Charl Louw, piano
2/23/19 Movie Music
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, music by John Williams and more
1/27/19 A Premiere and a Venerable Work
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7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Ravel/Lewis Sonatine (Premiere)
Program also includes Beethoven's Septet
12/15/18 Celebrate the Holidays at KU Medical Center!
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Sibelius' Finlandia and Holiday Favorites
11/11/18 Magical Music from the Continent
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7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Falla "Three Cornered Hat" Suite No. 1 and Leleu, Suite Symphonique, Jessica Koebbe, piano.
Program also includes music by Nielsen and Dag Wirén lead by Ramiro Miranda
11/3/18 Fall Concert "Tchaikovsky and Brahms"
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2, Brahms' "Tragic" Overture and Handel's Oboe Concerto in g minor, Celeste Johnson, oboe
9/2/18 Season Opener
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7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Arthur Honegger "Pastorale d'ete," Haydn Symphony No. 88, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st Mvt), and Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (1st Mvt).
5/6/18 Season Finale
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Philip Lasser's Ballade with Virginia Q. Backman, Mozart's Symphony no. 41 and Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin
5/5/18 Season Finale
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
3:00 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Philip Lasser's Ballade with Virginia Q. Backman, Mozart's Symphony no. 41 and Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin
4/28/17 Season Finale "Smetana and Brahms"
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Smetana: Moldau, Brahms Serenade no. 1 and Debussy/Brewer: "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune"
3/11/18 Guest Artist Christopher Ulffers
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Wolf-Ferrari's Suite-Concertino with Christopher Ulffers and Copland's Appalachian Spring.
3/10/18 Guest Artist Christopher Ulffers
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 3:00 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Wolf-Ferrari's Suite-Concertino with Christopher Ulffers and Copland's Appalachian Spring.
2/24/17 Winter Concert "Delius and Beethoven"
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City 8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Delius: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, Beethoven: "Fidelio" Overture, Stephanie Berg "Regal Themes," and Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
2/18/18 Valentine's Concert
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Songs by Debussy and Faure arranged by Philip Lasser featuring Sarah Tannehill Anderson
1/21/18 Chamber Winds
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Arvo Pärt's Fratres for Winds and Percussion and Milhaud's Symphonie de chambre No. 5
12/9/17 Celebrate the Holidays at KU Medical Center!
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City 8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Holiday Favorites
12/1/17 University of Central Missouri
https://www.ucmo.edu/music/ 7:30 PM Hart Recital Hall, Warrensburg MO
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Sibelius Finlandia, Järnefelt Praeludium and Berceuse
11/11/17 Fall Concert "Saint-Saëns and Mendelssohn"
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City 8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Mendelssohn Symphony no. 5 and Saint Saens Piano Concerto no. 2 with Li-Hsin Chen
10/29/17 "A Mighty Fortress"
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Community Christian Church, Kansas City MO
Bach's Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 with the Kansas City Kansas Community College Chamber Choir and Community Chamber Choir
9/3/17 Concerto Competition Winners
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Ravel's Pavane, Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1 (3rd mvt), Saint Saens Piano Concerto no. 2 (1st mvt) and Beethoven Symphony no. 8
8/5/17 Summer Concert "Strauss and Brahms"
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City and Midwest Chamber Ensemble
8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
J. Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture and Brahms' Piano Concerto no. 1 with Richard Jeric
5/7/17 "Transformations"
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Falla's Harpsichord Concerto (with Jessica Koebbe), Bach's Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 (with Nathan Humphrey) and Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite no. 4 "Mozartiana"
4/9/17 Parkville Symphonic Band Spring Concert
Parkville Symphonic Band
3:00pm Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel
Holst arr James Curnow "Jupiter" from The Planets
4/1/17 Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City 8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Haydn's Symphony no. 100, Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" March no. 2 and Lalo's Cello Concerto with Eman Chalshotori
3/12/17 "Best of the Brits"
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Handel's Water Music Suite No. 2 and Oboe Concerto (with Katherine Woolsey), Elgar's Serenade, and Vaughan William's Folk Song Suite.
1/22/17 "Connoisseur's Concert: American Music"
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
David Amram's Three Songs for America and Copland's Nonet for Strings
12/10/16 Celebrate the Holidays at KU Medical Center!
Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City 8:00 PM Battenfeld Auditorium, University of Kansas Medical Center
Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite," Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" and "Christmas Festival" and more.
12/2/16 University of Central Missouri
https://www.ucmo.edu/music/ 7:30 PM Hart Recital Hall, Warrensburg MO
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites 1&2
11/6/16 Haydn and Schubert
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Haydn's Piano No. 11 (mvt. 1) with Luther Fuller and Faure: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande and John Rutland leads Schubert's Symphony No. 5
10/30/16 Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City
http://www.kcphilharmonia.org/ 4:00 PM Grand Avenue Temple, Kansas City, MO
Beethoven: Egmont Overture and Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
9/30/16 Emporia State University Chamber Orchestra
https://www.emporia.edu/music/ 7:30 PM Heath Recital Hall, Emporia KS
Grieg: Holberg Suite and Whitacre: October
9/4/16 "Classical Monuments"
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Robert Walzel and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
8/6/16 ClarinetFest
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 10:30 am Crafton-Preyer Theatre on the University of Kansas Campus (Lawrence KS)
Spohr Octet and Nonet
5/8/16 Orchestral Spectacular!
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Brahms' Alto Rhapsody, Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor and Schumann's Symphony no. 3 “Rhenish.”
5/1/16 Bachathon XXXVI KC Chapter of the American Guild of Organist
Time TBD Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, MO
Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor (Midwest Chamber Ensemble)
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2/14/16 Valentine's Day Concert
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS7:30 PM
Saint Saens "Wedding Cake" (Jessica Koebbe, piano) and a Valentine's Day Medley arr. by Rich Coble
As part of this concert members of the Midwest Chamber Ensemble will perform chamber music.
1/31/16 MCE Brasstacular!
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La péri, Barber Mutations from Bach, and More!
1/30/16 MCE Brasstacular!
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kansas City MO
Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La péri, Barber Mutations from Bach, and More!
1/21/16 OvreArts
www.ovrearts.org 7:30 Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh PA
Hannah Ishizaki To Hear, To Listen, Daniel Sabzghabaei Upon Viewing a Family in Mourning, Laura Schwartz Machines, and Chris Massa .38
1/17/16 New Arrangements, New Music
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Premiere of Joseph Kern's orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano and Chamber Ensemble (Mary Rose Norell, piano).
As part of this concert Guest Conductor Edward Leonard leads Lee Hartman’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Suite.
11/1/15 Guest Artist Keith Kirchoff
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Premiere of Michael Miller's Piano Concerto (Keith Kirchoff, piano), Haydn's Symphony no. 101 (Clock) and Leroy Anderson's The Syncopated Clock
9/6/15 Youth Concerto Competition Winner
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
First movement of Mozart’s Piano Concert No. 21 (Emily Casteen, piano), Rimsky-Korsakov's Sinfonietta and Beethoven's Symphony no. 1
7/27/15 Classical Revolution Kansas City
8:00 PM Californos, Kansas City MO
Martinů's Nonet.
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6/28/15 MCE Concerto Night
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune, Hue's Fantasie (Hannah Porter Occena, flute), and "Vedrai, carino" from Mozart's Don Giovanni and "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi(Rebecca Trites, Soprano)
As part of this concert Sara McClure will lead Movements from Haydn's Second Cello Concerto (Eman Chalshotori) and Mozart's Second Horn Concerto (Shannon McCranor) and Nicholas Bell will lead Weber'sAndante and Hungarian Rondo (Ross Edgar, bassoon).
5/3/15 MCE Season Finale
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Joseph Kern's Chamber Symphony (premiere)
As part of this concert Richard Jeric will lead Bach's Fifth Brandenburg Concerto from the keyboard.
3/29/15 Falla and Debussy
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Mozart's Symphony no. 36, Faure's Pavane and Falla's El Amor Brujo
1/16/15 Carnival of the Animals
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM MidAmerica Nazarene University Bell Center, Olathe KS
Russell Thorpe "Flocks" (premiere). The concert features the Midwest Chamber Ensemble and MNU faculty members.
Also on the program: Saint Saens' Carnival of the Animals conducted by Ramiro Miranda. Jessica Koebbe and Richard Jeric are the piano soloist.
11/23/14 Best of Bach
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village KS
Bach's Cantata BWV 54 with counter-tenor soloist Jay Carter.
Kairy Koshoeva will perform the Goldberg Variations on this program as well.
11/9/14 Romantic Masters
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony No. 8, Wolf's Italian Serenade (Brittany Wasko, soloist) and arias by Puccini and Verdi (Sarah Tanehill Anderson soloist).
10/26/14 Edgar Allan Poe in Music
Midwest Chamber Ensemble
7:30 PM Gano Chapel William Jewell College, Liberty MO
Stravinsky's Octet
This program includes several choral works on Poe text sung by the William Jewell College Choir.
8/31/14 Midwest Chamber Ensemble Season Opener
Midwest Chamber Ensemble 7:30 PM Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Prairie Village KS
Beethoven's Symphony 7, and Grieg's Piano Concerto (mvt 1).