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Kansas City’s best Memorial Day weekend concert and party, Bank of America Celebration at the Station, just keeps getting bigger and better — and this year is no exception.

Award-winning singer, actress and musical theater star Kristin Chenoweth will appear with the Kansas City Symphony at 8 p.m. on October 3 in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as a benefit concert.

At this past weekend’s concerts, the Kansas City Symphony announced programming for its 2015-16 Classical Series. Additionally, the Symphony unveils its dates and guest artists for its 2015-16 Pops and Family Series, plus special and holiday concerts…

The Kansas City Symphony today announced it will record Holst’s beloved The Planets and Ballet Music from The Perfect Fool in January with the award-winning audiophile label Reference Recordings.

Artistically and financially, the Kansas City Symphony has completed its most successful season. It also has become a cultural destination, attracting ticket purchasers for the first time from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries.

Come Friday, Sept., 5, the Kansas City Symphony invites everyone to “do the Fandango” orchestra-style as it kicks off its Classics Uncorked Series with a concert dedicated to all things Bohemian, including an arrangement of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

The Kansas City Symphony Chorus will hold auditions for its 2014-2015 Season on July 18-20 and August 8-10 at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall Avenue Overland Park, Kan. Those interested in auditioning must schedule an appointment online by visiting www.kcsymphonychorus.org. No auditions will be seen without an appointment.

If you’re looking for ways to celebrate and pay tribute this Memorial Day weekend, it doesn’t get more American than the Bank of America Celebration at the Station.

The largest event of its kind in the Midwest, the Kansas City Symphony expects 50,000 people to attend the 12th annual free concert event on Sunday, May 25.

Tickets go on sale this Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m. for Kansas City’s own musical icon Marilyn Maye and her first appearance with the Kansas City Symphony this fall.

Engage Mobile Solutions, the award-winning mobile strategy, development and marketing firm, today released two unprecedented videos of the Kansas City Symphony rehearsing Beethoven’s epic Fifth Symphony with four pairs of Google Glass. The videos provide viewers with a first-person perspective from three Symphony musicians inside the orchestra as well as Music Director Michael Stern’s view from the podium.