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UMKC Community Accordion Orchestra in Concert, Kansas City - USAby Kevin Friedrich |
The 47th Annual Spring Concert of the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) Community Accordion Orchestra under the direction of Joan Sommers will take place on Sunday, June 8th. This free concert will be held at 2.30pm at White Recital Hall at the UMKC Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. The program this year features works including the ‘Concerto No. 1 in g minor’, by Anthony Galla-Rini (Betty Jo Simon, soloist), ‘Metropolitan Suite’, by Hans-Günther Kölz, ‘Polonaise in Bb’, by Schubert, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, by John Williams (arr. Eddie Blasco), a Richard Rogers Portrait, arranged by Joan Sommers, ‘Ombo’, by Willard Palmer, ‘The Syncopated Clock’, by Leroy Anderson, ‘Route 66’, arranged by Hans-Günther Kölz, and more. In addition to its regular concerts at the University, the orchestra has made guest appearances at national festivals and other important engagements throughout the United States and abroad, including the recent appearance at the Alexandria, VA based CIA 61st Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships (below) and at the famed Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. |