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Forte

Kansas City’s newest young professional event

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The Big Score with the Kansas City Symphony

Join us on Thursday, October 2, 2025, for a Night at the Cinema and enjoy an immersive experience with symphonic music inspired by prominent cinematic genres: Romance, Western, Sci-fi, and Horror.

Located in the historic Shirley Bush Helzberg Symphony House, Forte is a musical and tasting experience featuring local restaurants, breweries, wineries, and distilleries.  Young professionals will have the unique opportunity to travel room to room and floor to floor while also enjoying an intimate evening of beautiful music performed by your Kansas City Symphony Musicians.  There is nothing like it in Kansas City!

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Atomic Cowboy

Beer Kitchen

Blue Bird Bistro

City Barrel

Homesteader

Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop

Minsky’s

Taco Naco KC

Taste of Brazil

Union on the Hill

Wandering Vine

Alice Scooper’s Ice Cream Co.

Bizz & Weezy

Neon Palm Ice

Sugar & Sky

Fairway Creamery

Cosentino’s

Lifted Spirits

J Rieger & Co.

Restless Spirits Distilling Company

Union Horse

Fountain City Winery

Tannin Wine Bar and the Mineral Lounge

Non-alcoholic

Curios Elixirs

Western Theme

Julian Kaplan, trumpet
Joe LeFevre, tuba
Shea Kelsay, trumpet
Elizabeth Gray, horn
Wyatt Henderson, trombone

Romance Theme

Liz Teplitsky, flute
MingYu Hsu, viola
Chai Lee, harp

Sci-fi Theme

TK DeWitt, bassoon
Matt Lengas, oboe
Ben Bacni, horn
Mike Gordon, flute
Javier Morales-Martinez, clarinet

Horror Theme

Ayrton Pisco, violin
Sodam Lim, violin
Duncan Steele, viola
Sally Kim, cello

Thank you to our wonderful Forte Committee!

Thank you to our generous 2025 Sponsors and Support

Principal 

 

Associate Principal 

Section Players

  
Stage Manager
AM CPA
Amos Family Funeral Home
Argana Investments
Bach to Rock
BRR Architecture
Creative Planning
Garmin
Heavenly Homes Team Real Estate
Metcalf Auto Plaza
Michelle B. Deutch DDS
Payne & Jones, Chartered
TouchBase Chiropractic & Wellness
Walz Tetrick

Individual Supporters
Anonymous
Sara Elmore and Jared Ayers
Kristen and Quinton Huffman
Randy and Kelly Huffman
Mark Laverentz
Bill and Peggy Lyons
Lisa May and John Choules
The McWilliams Family
Brian and Celeste Roggy
Summer and Jack Treas

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