The Kansas City Symphony Guild was organized in 1971 as the Philharmonic Guild North.  Its purpose was to support and promote the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra.  When the orchestra disbanded in l983-84 and reorganized as the Kansas City Symphony, the Philharmonic Guild North was renamed the Kansas City Symphony Guild with the same purpose:  to support and promote the Kansas City Symphony. The Guild is one of seven auxiliary organizations affiliated with the Symphony and it is the only auxiliary with a northland base. The Guild’s purpose is to support and promote awareness of the Symphony.  For thirty-five years, one fund raising activity has been the annual Homes of Note tour.  Tour XXXV will take place on November 11, 2009.  It features three magnificent homes whose histories span across three centuries. All homes will be decorated for the holidays. (For details, click on the Homes of Note tab above.) The other activity is the Cabaret Concert, a dinner and symphony concert event held each spring in the northland.  The next concert will be held on March 21, 2010. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at North Cross Methodist Church.

Founding Members   Bernice Williams and Hazel Shippee, along with Sue Woods Buck (not pictured),are still active in The Symphony Guild.

Tour Committee XXXV Homes of Note                                             (Back row from left to right) JoAnn Tognascioli, Marilyn Lewis, Sandy Noyallis, Nancy Bock, Joanne Jenkins, Bobbie Fisher, Jenifer Edwards, Miriam Van Winkle, JoAnn Higgins, Terri Merrill (Front row left  to right) Bernice Williams, Sherry Sweat, Nora Hildreth, Ellie Baisden, Marilyn Johnston, and Susan Newburger.

Symphony Guild Members     Sharon Adair, Karen Arendt, Ellie Baisden, Schatzi Ball, Nancy Bock, Janet Boggs,  Laurie Burgess, Bethane Campbell, Cindy Chesher, Julie Ciccio, Kay Cochran,  Wanda Croasdale,  Shelly Cryer, Betty Powell Curry, Jenifer Edwards, Frances Evans, Bobbie Fisher, Pattie French, Luaun Gavin, Carol Glaeser,  Donna Gross, Stella Gundelfinger, Marjorie Gutelius, JoAnn Higgins, Nora Hildreth, Grace Hobbs, Linlda Howard, Rosalie Ingle, Karole Jacobsen, Angie Jelinek, Joanne Jenkins, Emilie Jester, Marilyn Johnston, Dona Jones, Judy Klopfenstein,  Arlene Krings, Jean Leamon, Marilyn Lewis, Terri Merrill, Linda Mitchell, Susan Newburger, Sandra Noyallis, Linda Perkins, Mary Ann Pfitzner, Suzanne Remen, Sandi Ruder, Sandra Schmude, Lois Schott, Suzanne Schulz, Marilyn Schweitzer, Candace Sheldon, Hazel Shippee, Marianne Sportsman, Gay Stuart, Sherry Sweat, Patricia Tate, Marcia Tighe, JoAnn Tognascioli, Margaret Trout, Eileen Van Tassell, Miriam VanWinkle,  and Bernice Williams