Rosanne Cash on The River and the Thread and Why She Loves Kansas City
…No. 1 singles. She is also an author whose four books include the best-selling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called “one of the best accounts of an American life…
2017 Folly Kids’ Series Officially Announced!
A Little History First… Every year the Folly Theater hosts around 6,500 kids from around Kansas City to come and see plays that help them expand their knowledge of history,…
KCAI Student Interview: Jessica Bee
…Then I took pictures of my collage materials. I used those pictures as my backgrounds. I made a pattern because the repetition in jazz creates a pattern. I made the…
Samara Joy
Box Office Opens: 6:30pm Jazz Talk*: 7:00pm Theater Doors Open: 7:30pm *pre-show discussion with performer, all ticket holders welcome to attend! Subject to change depending on artist schedules Tickets Available…
First Day of Lobby Renovation!
…dust! Today we set up the dumpster for all the old tile and construction materials. Ripping out that old ceiling! View into the old bar. Crews spent most of the…
37th Annual Folly Jazz Series Announced!
…care in the artists that we book to perform at our historic venue. This season’s line up is rich with talented musicians including the legendary stylings of saxophonist Branford Marsalis and…
From the Maestro of KC Chamber Orchestra…
…cello soloist Dilshod Narzillaev. Continuing our commitment to women composers this season, we will open the concert with Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte. Shaw is the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize…
FOLLY FROLIC TAKE 6
…televised vocal competitions such as the explosive a cappella show The Sing Off and the mania over singing driven comedy-dramas like Glee and Smash, Take 6 is the original torchbearer….
A Season of Prodigies: Folly Jazz Series 2016-2017
…were constant companions, his mother sang and played piano in church while indulging in her love for jazz and blues by performing at local clubs. By the age of twelve,…
New Jazz Season Subscriptions are Available!
…the entire season 2. Huge savings off the single ticket prices (average savings is 30% compared to individual tickets!) 3. Liberal ticket exchange policies Not able to make a concert?…
Why You Need to See Cecile McLorin Salvant in Kansas City
…rising to the top—becoming the international jazz darling, winning critics poll awards left and right with her embrace of tradition as well as her burgeoning compositional prowess.” And what compositional…
A Page from The Friends of Chamber Music Listening Guide – Bach Collegium Japan
…the religious works of J.S. Bach. In 1995 the ensemble embarked on a project aimed at recording Bach’s complete church cantatas in chronological order. This project was eventually completed in…