Mary Zimmerman joined the Summerfest Board of Directors over a decade ago, bringing a long-standing love of chamber music and a record of support for musical performance and music education in the community and in public schools. A graduate of
On behalf of the staff and members of Country Club Christian Church, welcome back for the second season! We are thrilled to be able to have you back in our
Summerfest Concerts, the eclectic summer chamber music festival in Kansas City, announced that in its 23rd season of chamber music programming, the Sunday afternoon concerts will be once again be
Summerfest schedules outreach events year-round to audiences that traditionally do not or cannot attend paid concert events. The scope of this outreach program has nearly doubled in
Who would ever guess that in the 1960’s Emporia, Kansas would be the birthplace of one of the country’s first Suzuki Violin programs?! Suzuki believed that every child,
Summerfest musicians spend countless hours exploring potential programming for each summer series. A lot of this research involves being aware of the newest recordings, reading reviews of performances and newly
In anticipation of Summerfest Concert’s upcoming July chamber music festival, we sat down with Jane Carl, clarinetist and UMKC Conservatory faculty member, to talk about what inspired her to keep
Thanks to a generous grant from the Francis Family Foundation, Summerfest has been able to partnership with three schools in the Kansas City, Missouri school system this spring.
Summerfest
by Mary Grant
I've always wondered which instrument I would have chosen to play had my mother not told me I'd be learning violin at the age of 3. My older sister had started to play the violin with a teacher
Shannon Finney has served as Associate Principal Flutist of the Kansas City Symphony since 1994 and has been a member of the chamber music ensemble Summerfest since 1996. In
