The 2013 Missouri Music Teachers Association (MMTA) annual commissioned composer has been awarded to Tyler Capp, DMA student at the UMKC Conservatory.

Upon completion of his commission, Tyler will receive funds pulled from the Missouri Mus...

Conservatory alum Narong Prangcharoen (DMA Composition, 2010), who also teaches at the Conservatory's Academy, has the world premiere of his work The Migration of Lost Souls, at Ne...

Congratulations to Artist's Certificate violin student Filip Lazovski, who was named the winner of Chancellor's Competition for his performance of the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto. Richard Jeric, who played the Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major, w...

Once again, UMKC Conservatory dancers have been selected by the Kansas City Ballet to perform in its annual performance of The Nutcracker, a beloved Kansas City tradition.

The UMKC dancers selected for Flowers and Snow, pictured, ...

World-renowned composer John Corigliano, who won a 1999 Oscar for his composition for the film The Red Violin, is the Conservatory's Barr Laureate, Fall 2012&nd...

The Pitch's Best of Kansas City, 2012 issue has awarded Best Ofs to several Conservatory faculty, staff, and alumni. We are thrilled! Here is the line up.

Bo...

Conservatory DMA student and violist Youming Chen, who studies with Scott Lee, has received a one-year appointment to perform with the Kansas City Symphony. <...

UMKC Conservatory dance alum Jennifer Medina's (BFA dance, 1999) dance company Common Thread Contemporary Dance Company is featured in the October, 2012 issue of Dance Magazine.

MM Composition student Kerwin Young has been appointed to a two-year residency with the newly formed Midwest Chamber Ensemble. 

The first concert is Sunday, Septemb...

DMA piano student, Artem Anuchin, who also studies composition, has a new composition published by the Online Journal of Contemporary Composition, (Sept. 2012). The publication includes fiv...