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Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern leads musicians in a rehearsal distanced and wearing masks.
The orchestra is gearing up for limited, in-person concerts in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts starting January 17 after almost a year away from an indoor stage.
The Kansas City Symphony announced Thursday it will start off the new year with a scaled-down return to its home stage in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Concerts scheduled from January through March 2021 will take place with a smaller-than-usual orchestra, distanced and with masks on.
“We re fundamentally a symphony orchestra with, you know, 80 musicians on staff,” executive director Danny Beckley said. “None of that lends itself to COVID right now.”
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Originally published on December 17, 2020 3:15 pm
The Kansas City Symphony announced Thursday it will start off the new year with a scaled-down return to its home stage in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Concerts scheduled from January through March 2021 will take place with a smaller-than-usual orchestra, distanced and with masks on.
“We re fundamentally a symphony orchestra with, you know, 80 musicians on staff,” executive director Danny Beckley said. “None of that lends itself to COVID right now.”
Beckley said the repertoire planned before the pandemic called for big symphonic music. So the symphony s staff and musicians scrapped it and started over.