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Holst’s “The Planets”

Teddy Abrams conducts >> March 24, 25, 26

2023/24 Season Tickets for Classical, Pops & Family Series

Personal connections. Incredible performances.

Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable”

Thomas Wilkins conducts >> March 31-April 2

Rodgers, Hammerstein and Hart featuring Broadway star Ashley Brown

Jack Everly conducts >> April 14, 15, 16

Spring Celebration! Holst, Haydn and Hindemith

Vocalists + KC Symphony Chorus >> April 21-23

Cabaret Concert 2023: All We Need is Love

Concert, dinner, auctions, fun with friends

Disco Inferno: A ’70s Celebration

Let's Boogie Oogie Oogie >> Friday, May 5

Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration with Michael Feinstein

Honoring an American musical legend >> Sat, May 13

Symphony in the Flint Hills 2023

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Spotlight | Principal Bassoon, Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Chair

Ann Bilderback

Ann Bilderback

Spotlight | Principal Bassoon, Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Chair

Ann Bilderback

Ann Bilderback became the principal bassoonist of the Kansas City Symphony in 1999 and holds the Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Chair. Prior to her appointment, she served as principal bassoonist with the Louisiana Philharmonic and second bassoonist with the Omaha Symphony. She has participated in many music festivals throughout her career, including the National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, Kent/Blossom Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Round Top Festival Institute and the Spoleto Festival in Italy. Bilderback received her bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and her master’s degree from Rice University. A native of Chicago, her principal teachers were K. David Van Hoesen, John Hunt and Benjamin Kamins. She resides in Olathe, Kansas, with her husband Ken and her children, Susan and James.


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