Community Resources
Year Round Workshops
Drunken Fiddles
Drunken Fiddles is a group class for adults who would like to learn how to play the fiddle, or cello. During the 4 week workshop participants will learn a new fiddle tune each week in a relaxed group environment. We drink wine, we laugh, we have fun and, most importantly, we fiddle!
Learn more: www.fiddlelife.com
KC Bass Workshop
If you're a bassist (all ages and all levels) you must know about Johnny Hamil and his annual KC Bass Workshop, KC Bassfest, and Bassmass!
Learn more: www.kcbassworkshop.com
Fiddle Club
Fiddle Club is fun for students and teachers alike.
String students: you will find new ways to explore the sounds your instrument can make, have fun learning fiddle tunes and creative ways to play, plus come back to school ahead of the game with bowing skills and left hand agility you can only get from fiddling.
Music teachers: recharge and reconnect with your love of music. Spend some time refueling your own playing in a fun and creative way, while also gaining new skills and ideas you can use in the classroom.
With your membership:
-24/7 on-demand access to a library of videos you will drool over.
-Tutorials for countless fiddle tunes (beginner, intermediate, and advanced)
-Mini lessons on theory and musical skills
-Fiddling Secrets that will change the way you play!
-Sheet music (for violin, viola, cello, mandolin, full score + chords) for all tunes that you can download and keep.
-Practice Tracks you can download at multiple tempos.
-Weekly emails with new tutorials, exercises, and creative practice ideas to keep you motivated.
-Monthly Jam Session!
All for $29.99/ month ! (Less than the cost of one lesson)
Join now and get a free intro lesson to get you started with personalized recommendations.
Social Scales & Studies for the Violin
Learn more: www.socialscales.org
Local String Concerts
October 2023
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September 2023
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August 2023
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July 2023
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June 2023
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May 2023
Invitados Especial and Beethoven's Choral Fantasy
Liberty, MO
Friday, May 5th at 7:30 PM
Kansas City Civic Orchestra
“Transfigured Sound”
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, May 6th at 5:30 PM
Overland Park, KS
Olathe Community Orchestra
"Child's Play"
Kansas City, MO
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St. Petersburg Quartet
Michael T. Geib at K.C. Strings
The Dancing Double Bass
Merriam, KS
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Opus 76
Performances with Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City, MO
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Olathe Youth Symphony
Final Concert with the Dallas Brass!
Overland Park, KS
Saturday, May 13th at 7:00 PM
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Charlotte House Series: KC Baroque
"Baroque for Brunch"
Location TBA
Sunday, May 21at at 1:30 PM
Sunday, May 21st at 3:00 PM
Hot Club KC
Prairie Village, KS
Shakedown Strings
Do you know of any local string concert to add to this or next month's list?
Please let us know by e-mailing the information to: info@kcstrings.com
April 2023
Northland Symphony Orchestra
Scandinavian Sojourn
Northland, KCMO
Sunday, April 2nd at 3:00 PM
Musical Theater Heritage
The Secret Garden
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Kansas Community Orchestra
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Lee's Summit Symphony
Dvorak’s New World
Lee's Summit, MO
Saturday, April 15th at 7:00 PM
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Village Players: Destiny Ann Mermagen
Prairie Village, KS
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Shakedown Strings
At Knuckleheads
Kansas City, MO
Thursday, April 20th at 7:30 PM
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Kansas City Symphony
Inside Music Series
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, April 22 at 11:00 AM
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Saint Joseph Symphony
Tchaikovsky!
Saturday, April 22nd at 7:00 PM
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Medical Arts Symphony
Mozart & Sibelius
Overland Park Orchestra
Shawnee, KS
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Hot Club KC
Prairie Village, KS
Thursday, April 27th at 5:30 PM
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Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
The Root
Saturday, April 29th at 8:00 PM
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Step Across This Line
Kansas City, MO
Sunday, April 30th at 4:00 PM
Westwood Ensemble
Kansas City, MO
Sunday, April 30th at 3:00 PM
Symphonic Masterpieces
Please let us know by e-mailing the information to: info@kcstrings.com
March 2023
Musical Theater Heritage
Kansas City, MO
Overland Park Orchestra
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Olathe Community Orchestra
Olathe, KS
Westwood Ensemble
Bach To The Future: WE Season Five
Sunday, March 5th at 3:00 PM
Kansas City Classic Orchestra and Band Festival
Free Afternoon/Evening Festival
Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, March 7th starting at 1:00 PM
“Beethoven 7!”
Overland Park, KS
Saturday, March 11th at 7:30 PM
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MTC Series Finale: Tchaikovsky & Schumann
Kansas City Symphony
Symphony's Wild Adventure
Sunday, March 12th at 2:00 PM
Kansas City, MO
Krista Kopper with No Treble
Performing Pieces for Double Bass
Merriam, KS
Prairie Village, KS
MAPPA
Schubert and Brahms Quintets
Lawrence & Prairie Village, KS
March 24th / March 25th
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NAVO Arts
Cello Extravaganza
Overland Park, KS
Saturday, March 25th at 7:30 PM
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Shakedown Strings
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Harriman-Jewell Series
Kansas City, MO
February 2023
Northland Symphony Youth Ensembles
Winter Concert
Liberty, MO
Sunday, Feb. 4th at 4:00 PM
Live Music at 9th & State
West Bottoms, Kansas City
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Live Music at the French Market
Prairie Village, KS
Thursday, Feb. 8th at 5:30 PM
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Opus 76
Valentine's Day Special: Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Brahms & More
Kansas City, MO
Friday, Feb. 10th at 6:30 & 8:45 PM
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Trio Barn Burners
(Destiny Ann Mermagen, Michael Mermagen and Hyunsoon Whang)
Prairie Village, KS
Friday, Feb. 10th at 7:30 PM
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Kansas City Symphony
Inside Music Series: Masterclasses
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, Feb. 11th at 11:00 AM
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"The Marriage of Music and Art - Concert 4"
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, Feb. 11th at 7:00 PM
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Fountain City Quartet
In Tune With Love
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, Feb. 11th at 7:00 PM
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Northland Symphony Orchestra
Strings and Friends
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, Feb. 11th at 7:30 PM
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KC Chamber Orchestra
For the Love of Music (Dinner / Concert)
Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, Feb. 14th at 6:30 PM
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Possum Trot String Quartet
Westport, KCMO
Friday, Feb. 17th at 12:00 PM
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Overland Park, KS
Saturday, Feb. 18th at 6:00 PM
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Medical Arts Symphony
Lawrence, KS
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Filharmonie Brno with Dennis Russell Davies & Laurie Anderson
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, Feb. 18th at 7:00 PM
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Middle School Classic Festival
Overland Park, KS
Saturday, Feb. 25th
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Do you know of any local string concert to add to this or next month's list?
January 2023
The Mengel Brothers Duo
Sunday, Jan. 1st from 6:00-10:00 PM
Hot Club KC
Thursday, Jan. 5th from 5:30-8:00 PM
Tyrone Clark & Charles Gatschet
Made In France Band
Prairie Village, KS
Opus 76
Downtown, KC
Mire Pral
Prairie Village, KS
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Kansas City Symphony
Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" and The Barber Violin Concerto
Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City
Winter Concert
Kansas City, MO
Saturday, Jan. 21st at 7:00 PM
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Leawood, KS
Wednesday, Jan. 25th at 6:30 PM
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St. Petersburg String Quartet
Pilgrims Chapel
Do you know of any local string concert to add to this or next month's list?
Please let us know by e-mailing the information to: info@kcstrings.com
Local Community Orchestras
Heritage Philharmonic
The mission of the Heritage Philharmonic is to provide the Jackson County community with excellent, affordable and convenient orchestral music programs by using both professional and volunteer musicians. We celebrate life-long musical skills development for all levels of players.
Rehearsal Location: Blue Springs, MO
Learn More: www.heritagephilharmonic.org
Iola Area Orchestra
The Bowlus Fine Arts Center proudly presents the Iola Area Symphony Orchestra as one of their programs starting in the 2018-19 season. However, it has been a part of our community since 1965. The Orchestra will be performing one concert this year. Rehearsals are held Monday evenings from 7-9 PM in the large rehearsal hall here at the Bowlus. The orchestra is happy to welcome new musicians! If you are interested in joining or would like more information about the orchestra please contact us!
Rehearsal Location: Iola, KS
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Kansas City Civic Orchestra
The Kansas City Civic Orchestra is a community-based orchestra in the Kansas City metropolitan area. For 60 years, our mission has been to bring high quality, free concerts to the local community. Our all-volunteer orchestra is comprised of amateur and professional musicians with one thing in common – a love for music!
Rehearsal Location: Overland Park, KS
Learn More: www.kccivic.org
Kansas City Kansas Community Orchestra
The mission of the Kansas City Kansas Community Orchestra is to provide the opportunity for volunteer musicians to enhance their musical talents by sharing their love of music with the community. The goal of the Orchestra is to cultivate the next generation of musicians while offering the community an outlet to express their talents.
Rehearsal Location: Kansas City, KS
Learn More: www.kckorchestra.com
Lees's Summit Symphony
Since 2003, the Lee’s Summit Symphony has become an integral part of Eastern Jackson County’s cultural landscape, enriching the community through a quality, passionate Symphony. Each year, the Symphony entertains thousands, including families with school-aged children. Members of the Lee’s Summit Symphony must be high school graduates.
Rehearsal Location: Lee’s Summit, MO
Learn More: www.lssymphony.org
Lenexa Community Orchestra
The Lenexa Community Orchestra performs free concerts for the community each summer. The orchestra, which began in 2017 as a program of the Lenexa Arts Council, is made up of volunteer musicians and is led by conductor Richard Ryan.
Rehearsal Location: Lenexa, KS
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Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City
The Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City, MOOKC, was formed to provide cultural enrichment, create public interest and encourage participation in the greater Kansas City community by presenting musical performances with an emphasis on the Mandolin family of instruments and their history.
Rehearsal Location: Kansas City, MO
Learn More: www.mookc.com
Medical Arts Symphony
The Medical Arts Symphony began in 1959 when Eleanor Sharp and some of her colleagues at the University of Kansas Medical Center decided to share their avocation of symphonic music with their professions in healthcare. Since its founding, the Symphony has not wavered from its dual mission of providing an opportunity for amateur musicians to perform great works of Western music and enriching the cultural life of Kansas City by presenting free concerts, including premier performances of works by local composers. For thirty years, the orchestra was conducted by Leopold Shopmaker, who was succeeded by Dr. Merton Shatzkin in 1989. John Bell assumed the reins in 2013. Steve Lewis is the current Music Director. Today, the orchestra includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, healthcare students, as well as other musicians from the Kansas City area.
Rehearsal Location: Lawrence, KS
Learn More: www.kcmasymphony.org
Northland Symphony Orchestra
Our organization includes a professional/student/community symphony orchestra that perform five concerts per season, as well as two youth ensembles - The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and Metropolitan Youth Sinfonia - that perform three concerts per season. We play a wide variety of quality classic symphonic literature for every music-lover. Our concerts are informal, family friendly and always without charge.
Rehearsal Location: North Kansas City, MO
Learn more: www.northlandsymphony.org
Olathe Community Orchestra
Olathe Community Orchestra is comprised of a diverse group of musicians, amateur and professional, brought together by their love of music and desire to play their instruments. Adult musicians do not need to audition. Students under 18 who wish to play with the orchestra must audition for the conductor.
Rehearsal Location: Olathe, KS
Learn More: www.olatheorchestra.org
Omni Ensemble
The Omni Ensemble is UMKC’s community string orchestra, offering playing and performance opportunities for all members of the UMKC community and the greater Kansas City community. The ensemble is open to non-music majors, members of the community, or music majors playing a secondary instrument. Anyone with at least two years experience playing violin, viola, cello, or bass is eligible to participate.
Rehearsal Location: TBA
Learn More: https://info.umkc.edu/cmda-omni/
Overland Park Community Orchestra
The Overland Park Orchestra is a volunteer orchestra sponsored in part by the City of Overland Park. Since its inception in 1973, it has played for both children and adults at a variety of venues and performs a regular Halloween concert with a costume parade for children. In recent years, the orchestra has provided music for the American Youth Ballet’s annual production of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet and has been a part of the Overland Park Fall Festival and events at the Overland Park Arboretum.
Rehearsal Location: Overland Park, KS
Learn More: www.oporchestra.org
Saint Joseph Symphony
The Saint Joseph Symphony celebrated its birth as a community orchestra on November 30, 1959 with its debut performance at St. Joseph’s fabulous Electric Theater. The orchestra, which now performs in the historic Missouri Theater, evolved into a professional orchestra in the mid 1980s and hosts musicians from St. Joseph, Maryville, Atchison, Kansas City, Lawrence and Leavenworth.
Rehearsal Location: St. Joseph, MO
Learn More: www.saintjosephsymphony.org
Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City
The Mission of the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City is to engage communities by entertaining and educating through music. The Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City performs four concerts a year, all designed to raise awareness and appreciation of well played music. The March concert is always a family concert. This year continues a 30 year history of annual family concerts for The Philharmonia.
Rehearsal Location:
Learn More: www.kcphilharmonia.org
Social Symphony KC
The Social Symphony is a KC-based, community-driven orchestra that started in 2018. We play various events and concerts year-round. While we welcome all walks of life into our symphony we are also simultaneously helping people reconnect with music and community. The SSKC provides a place for us to come together and play again, while making new friends at the same time. We not only play music together, we have several social nights out as well. It’s really all in the name: The Social Symphony.
Rehearsal Location: Downtown Kansas City, MO
Learn More:www.socialsymphonykc.org
Westwood Ensemble
Westwood Ensemble is presently a full orchestra of more than 30 musicians and is continually growing. The ensemble is unique in two regards: 1) We play literature rarely performed by other ensembles. 2) The group is comprised of: youth, adult amateurs, and top professional players. The professionals aid in working with the ensemble members. Many of the members are present or past students of these professionals. There is a $20 audition fee but no other membership fees to play.
Rehearsal Location: Westwood, KS
Learn More: www.westwoodensemble.com
Local Youth Orchestras
Kansas City Young Chamber Musicians
Learn more: www.kcycm.org
Northland Symphony Youth Orchestra
Learn more: www.myokc.org
Olathe Youth Symphony
Learn more: www.olatheyouthsymphony.org
Youth Symphony of Kansas City
Learn more: www.youthsymphonykc.org
Private Music Lessons
For information about private music lessons, please visit our Lessons page or email info@kcstrings.com. We have excellent teachers who teach in the K.C. Strings Conservatory and a list of teachers who we can personally recommend in the surrounding area.
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