Press Releases

The Kansas City Symphony has renewed David T. Beals III Associate Conductor Jason Seber’s contract for two more years, which will now extend through June 2021.

Presented by the Kansas City Symphony, the 17th annual Memorial Day weekend tradition includes great music, live firing cannons, food trucks and KC’s biggest fireworks display.

Kansas City Symphony Board Chair William M. Lyons announced today the Symphony Board has selected Daniel E. Beckley as the next Executive Director of the Kansas City Symphony to succeed Frank Byrne, who will complete his nearly 19-year tenure this year. Beckley will assume the role of Executive Director on July 29.

The Kansas City Symphony 2019/20 season is a blockbuster lineup with epic music, many superstars and timeless films for audiences of all ages.

Symphony to present free concert for GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title attempt with more than 700 tubas at Municipal Arena in downtown Kansas City

From blockbuster movie concerts to some of the absolute best classical repertoire, the Kansas City Symphony’s 2018/19 season offers thrilling live music for everyone in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Single tickets will be available for purchase starting at 10 a.m. Monday, July 30 via kcsymphony.org or by calling the Symphony Box Office at (816) 471-0400.

The Kansas City Symphony today announced longtime Executive Director Frank Byrne will conclude his career with the Symphony on August 31, 2019…

The Symphony’s 16th annual Memorial Day weekend event features live pre-show music, food trucks, family activities, veteran services, Symphony concert and KC’s largest fireworks display…

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert, the fourth film in the Harry Potter series. On January 3-6, 2019, the Kansas City Symphony will perform the magical score live from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen…

Featuring Beethoven’s Seventh, Carmina Burana, Lyle Lovett, Pink Martini, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Folds, Wynonna Judd plus the music of Gershwin, Star Wars, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, and much more…