2025 Summerfest Series: Week One (July 5-6)
Week One: Casting A Spell
Saturday, July 5 | 7:30pm | White Recital Hall, UMKC
Sunday, July 6 | 3:00pm | St. Mary's Episcopal Church, KCMO
Our season opens with an incantation—music that conjures mystery and meaning. Marjorie Rusche’s Dreams and Visions sets the tone with its shimmering textures, while Clarice Assad’s The Book of Spells draws listeners into a three-part ritual rooted in love, prosperity, and healing. The week culminates in Edward Elgar’s sweeping Piano Quintet, a work that’s both otherworldly and deeply grounded in personal loss and national memory. It’s a program that asks what music can awaken—within and beyond us.