Jan Kraybill

[From LCC's website:] Come and experience the pomp and circumstance of traditional British choral music. This performance will feature both British and Welsh composers. Tickets are $12 per person, which can be purchased in advance or at the door.

I'm pleased to serve as organist for this performance, along with the chorus's accompanist, Nanette Kraus, at the piano.

For more information, visit https://www.libertycommunitychorus.org/performances/

My first job out of college was in St. Joseph, MO, so I always enjoy returning there to make music!

The St. Joseph Community Chorus and I will perform the "Foretum" by the chorus director, Dr. Timothy Tharaldson, libretto by Euan Tiat. This cantata, about the faith journey of St. Benedict, was originally scored for soloist, choir, strings, and organ. The organ-accompanied version we'll be performing was premiered in Rome in January 2023.

Theraldson writes about this work: "I hope you, the listener, hear in Floretum the numerous emotions St. Benedict must have encountered during his life's journey. There are so many parallels drawn with our lives ... St. Benedict left the blueprint for a beautiful way to live in community."

Visit https://www.stjoechorus.org/2023-24-season for more details, including ticket prices.

[from the KC Symphony website]

Michael Stern, conductor

Mark Gibbs, cello

MingYu Hsu, viola

QUINN MASON A Joyous Trilogy

WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

RICHARD STRAUSS Don Quixote

Step outside the structured lines of everyday life and into the outrageous imagination of Strauss’s legendary Don Quixote with your Kansas City Symphony.

Guided by the fantastic talents of Principal Viola MingYu Hsu and Principal Cello Mark Gibbs, embark on an exhilarating musical adventure to find out just how far the incredible power of symphonic music can take you. Paired with Mason’s A Joyous Trilogy, a work that embodies cheerfulness, and Lutosławski’s audacious and wonderfully rewarding Concerto for Orchestra, this concert’s program will fuel your mind with powerful sound!

Outside the walls of Helzberg Hall, allow your imagination to soar through an immersive experience including orderly knights and rooks, avant-garde artistry and even a specialty cocktail from Spain! “Can You Imagine?” Come to the Kansas City Symphony, and “Explore Your Imagination!”

Visit https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/events to purchase tickets.

I'm pleased to be playing celeste on the Lutoslawski Concerto.

[from the KC Symphony website]

Michael Stern, conductor

Mark Gibbs, cello

MingYu Hsu, viola

QUINN MASON A Joyous Trilogy

WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

RICHARD STRAUSS Don Quixote

Step outside the structured lines of everyday life and into the outrageous imagination of Strauss’s legendary Don Quixote with your Kansas City Symphony.

Guided by the fantastic talents of Principal Viola MingYu Hsu and Principal Cello Mark Gibbs, embark on an exhilarating musical adventure to find out just how far the incredible power of symphonic music can take you. Paired with Mason’s A Joyous Trilogy, a work that embodies cheerfulness, and Lutosławski’s audacious and wonderfully rewarding Concerto for Orchestra, this concert’s program will fuel your mind with powerful sound!

Outside the walls of Helzberg Hall, allow your imagination to soar through an immersive experience including orderly knights and rooks, avant-garde artistry and even a specialty cocktail from Spain! “Can You Imagine?” Come to the Kansas City Symphony, and “Explore Your Imagination!”

Visit https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/events to purchase tickets.

I'm pleased to be playing celeste on the Lutoslawski Concerto.

[from the KC Symphony website]

Michael Stern, conductor

Mark Gibbs, cello

MingYu Hsu, viola

QUINN MASON A Joyous Trilogy

WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

RICHARD STRAUSS Don Quixote

Step outside the structured lines of everyday life and into the outrageous imagination of Strauss’s legendary Don Quixote with your Kansas City Symphony.

Guided by the fantastic talents of Principal Viola MingYu Hsu and Principal Cello Mark Gibbs, embark on an exhilarating musical adventure to find out just how far the incredible power of symphonic music can take you. Paired with Mason’s A Joyous Trilogy, a work that embodies cheerfulness, and Lutosławski’s audacious and wonderfully rewarding Concerto for Orchestra, this concert’s program will fuel your mind with powerful sound!

Outside the walls of Helzberg Hall, allow your imagination to soar through an immersive experience including orderly knights and rooks, avant-garde artistry and even a specialty cocktail from Spain! “Can You Imagine?” Come to the Kansas City Symphony, and “Explore Your Imagination!”

Visit https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/events to purchase tickets.

I'm pleased to be playing celeste on the Lutoslawski Concerto.