Festival MAI®

This event was on April 19th and was an opportunity for every student to perform memorized music for a non-MAI® affiliated judge. The format is the same as the Pre-Contest Festival. Students received written comments and an optional rating. Students with the highest rating were nominated by the adjudicator for the Spring Honors Recitals which were held on May 3rd.

Kansas City Symphony Outreach Clinic Recital

Monday, May 12: 7:00-8:00p, Room #13 "Robert Watkins Recital Hall" - Members from the Kansas City Symphony performed for MAI® Students and the public. A "composite" String Quartet was performed where each movement featured the classic characteristics of four composers whose literature is part of the 2008-2009 KC Symphony Season.

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1 "Allegro con Brio"
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op. 12 "Canzonetta - Allegretto"
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - String Quartet Op. 11 "Andante Cantabile"
Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet Op. 96 "Vivace, ma non troppo"

Thank you to Justin White of the Kansas City Symphony Community Connections Program and the following phenomenal musicians that performed so brilliantly as individuals and as an ensemble.
Violin: Kanako Ito, Violin: Tina Cho Johnson, Viola: Duke Lee, Cello: Matthew Johnson