American Wild Ensemble @ 2026 UMKC Composition Symposium
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Please join us for two upcoming free concerts on June 24 and 25 featuring American Wild Ensemble performing commissioned works in a 10th anniversary concert, and new premieres as a part of their residency at the 2026 UMKC Composition Symposium for collegiate and professional composers with faculty Paul Rudy and Chen Yi.
June 24, 2026, 7:00-9:00pm, White Recital Hall, UMKC
American Wild Ensemble celebrates their 10th anniversary with a retrospective concert selecting from their repertoire of over 40 commissioned works for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, and percussion, on topics ranging from the centennial of the United States National Park Service to the Missouri Bicentennial, endemic Hawaiian wildlife and children's literacy.
PROGRAM
Aaron Travers, Sanctuary (2016)
Christopher Stark, Shy Bricks (2021)
Ingrid Stölzel, Where the Sun of Freedom Shines (2021)
Michael-Thomas Foumai, Olmsted Gardens (2022)
Stefan Freund, Tomi Ungerer's The Three Robbers (2024)
Takuma Itoh, Adaptation Variations (2019)
June 25, 2026, 6:00pm, White Recital Hall, UMKC
Fourteen collegiate and professional composers will have new works premiered by American Wild Ensemble after a week of coaching, workshops and lessons with symposium faculty Paul Rudy and Chen Yi and members of American Wild Ensemble.
June 24, 2026, 7:00-9:00pm, White Recital Hall, UMKC
American Wild Ensemble celebrates their 10th anniversary with a retrospective concert selecting from their repertoire of over 40 commissioned works for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, and percussion, on topics ranging from the centennial of the United States National Park Service to the Missouri Bicentennial, endemic Hawaiian wildlife and children's literacy.
PROGRAM
Aaron Travers, Sanctuary (2016)
Christopher Stark, Shy Bricks (2021)
Ingrid Stölzel, Where the Sun of Freedom Shines (2021)
Michael-Thomas Foumai, Olmsted Gardens (2022)
Stefan Freund, Tomi Ungerer's The Three Robbers (2024)
Takuma Itoh, Adaptation Variations (2019)
June 25, 2026, 6:00pm, White Recital Hall, UMKC
Fourteen collegiate and professional composers will have new works premiered by American Wild Ensemble after a week of coaching, workshops and lessons with symposium faculty Paul Rudy and Chen Yi and members of American Wild Ensemble.
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UMKC - White Recital Hall, Kansas City, United States
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