SPECIAL Concert Events !
Season 2024 /2025!
Film + Live Orchestra
JURASSIC PARK™ IN CONCERT
Friday, September 20, 2024 8:00 PM; Saturday, September 21, 2024 8:00 PM; Sunday, September 21, 2024 2:00 PM
Jason Seber, guest conductor
This action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Now you can experience Jurassic Park as never before, projected on the big screen at the Kauffman Center with your Kansas City Symphony performing John Williams’ iconic score live. An epic film 65 million years in the making. Welcome…to Jurassic Park!
JURASSIC PARK™ IN CONCERT
Friday, September 20, 2024 8:00 PM; Saturday, September 21, 2024 8:00 PM; Sunday, September 21, 2024 2:00 PM
Jason Seber, guest conductor
This action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Now you can experience Jurassic Park as never before, projected on the big screen at the Kauffman Center with your Kansas City Symphony performing John Williams’ iconic score live. An epic film 65 million years in the making. Welcome…to Jurassic Park!
DIONNE WARWICK WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
Saturday, September 28, 2024 8:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Damon Gupton, guest conductor
Dionne Warwick is a five-time Grammy® Award-winning music icon who has earned more than 75 charted hit songs and sold over 100 million records. She recorded 18 consecutive Top 100 singles including “Walk on By,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Alfie,” “Heartbreaker” and “Déjà Vu,” among countless others. She received her first Grammy in 1968 for “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”
Saturday, September 28, 2024 8:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Damon Gupton, guest conductor
Dionne Warwick is a five-time Grammy® Award-winning music icon who has earned more than 75 charted hit songs and sold over 100 million records. She recorded 18 consecutive Top 100 singles including “Walk on By,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Alfie,” “Heartbreaker” and “Déjà Vu,” among countless others. She received her first Grammy in 1968 for “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”
PETITE PERFORMANCE: KEYBOARD TIME!
Saturday, October 5, 2024 9:30 AM; 10:30 AM; 11:30 AM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
From piano to organ and marimba to xylophone, it’s Keyboard Time! Join us on stage in Helzberg Hall on Saturday, October 5 for our first Petite Performances of the season. This concert features on some of our favorite keyboard instruments including the beautiful Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ. Enjoy music from Bach to Bluey in these concerts for our littlest listeners. Performances last ~25 minutes and are followed by hands on activities including an instrument petting zoo. This event is ideal for children infants-age 6 and their caregivers.
Film + Live Orchestra
PSYCHO™ IN CONCERT
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7:00 PM; Wednesday, October 16, 2024 7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Jason Seber, guest conductor
Thanks to Bernard Herrmann’s remarkably inventive strings-only composition, the American Film Institute has ranked the ferocious musical driving force of Psycho among the Top 5 Greatest Film Scores of All Time. Your Kansas City Symphony underscores the emotional tension of the soul-searing plot, as one of the greatest — and most nerve-wracking — films of all time. Rated R.
PSYCHO™ IN CONCERT
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7:00 PM; Wednesday, October 16, 2024 7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Jason Seber, guest conductor
Thanks to Bernard Herrmann’s remarkably inventive strings-only composition, the American Film Institute has ranked the ferocious musical driving force of Psycho among the Top 5 Greatest Film Scores of All Time. Your Kansas City Symphony underscores the emotional tension of the soul-searing plot, as one of the greatest — and most nerve-wracking — films of all time. Rated R.
Silent Film + Live Organ
NOSFERATU
Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Dorothy Papadakos, organ (Costumes Encouraged)
“Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror” (1922) was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Nearly all copies of the film were destroyed under court order, but one print survived and came to be regarded as a masterpiece.
Celebrate Halloween by experiencing this bizarre and chilling silent film classic on the giant Helzberg Hall screen with live thundering accompaniment by organist Dorothy Papadakos on the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ.
NOSFERATU
Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Dorothy Papadakos, organ (Costumes Encouraged)
“Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror” (1922) was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Nearly all copies of the film were destroyed under court order, but one print survived and came to be regarded as a masterpiece.
Celebrate Halloween by experiencing this bizarre and chilling silent film classic on the giant Helzberg Hall screen with live thundering accompaniment by organist Dorothy Papadakos on the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ.
CODY FRY WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
Friday, February 28, 2025 8:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
For one night only, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, composer and arranger Cody Fry brings his unique blend of pop and cinematic classical music to a special collaboration with the Kansas City Symphony. Fry’s “simultaneously familiar and breathtaking” sound (American Songwriter) is likened to the rush of emotion felt the moment your favorite old movie changes from black-and-white to technicolor. Don’t miss this!
Friday, February 28, 2025 8:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
For one night only, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, composer and arranger Cody Fry brings his unique blend of pop and cinematic classical music to a special collaboration with the Kansas City Symphony. Fry’s “simultaneously familiar and breathtaking” sound (American Songwriter) is likened to the rush of emotion felt the moment your favorite old movie changes from black-and-white to technicolor. Don’t miss this!
BEN FOLDS WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 7:00 PM; Wed, March 19, 2025 7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Ben Folds joins your KC Symphony for two incredible nights! Widely regarded as one of the major musical influences of our generation, the Emmy-nominated artist has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums and numerous collaborations. His last album was a blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that soared to #1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 7:00 PM; Wed, March 19, 2025 7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Ben Folds joins your KC Symphony for two incredible nights! Widely regarded as one of the major musical influences of our generation, the Emmy-nominated artist has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums and numerous collaborations. His last album was a blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that soared to #1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.
CHRIS THILE WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
Friday, April 25, 2025 8:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Eric Jacobsen, guest conductor
Grammy® Award-winning mandolinist and singer/songwriter Chris Thile is a founding member of the critically acclaimed bluegrass bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. Hailed by the Guardian as “that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical,” Chris Thile brings his musical genius and artistry to Kansas City for one special evening with the Symphony, weaving story with melody in the most beautiful way.
Friday, April 25, 2025 8:00 PM
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center
Eric Jacobsen, guest conductor
Grammy® Award-winning mandolinist and singer/songwriter Chris Thile is a founding member of the critically acclaimed bluegrass bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. Hailed by the Guardian as “that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical,” Chris Thile brings his musical genius and artistry to Kansas City for one special evening with the Symphony, weaving story with melody in the most beautiful way.