Announcing Our Spring 2025 Concert Season
We are pleased to announce our 2025 concert season at Village Church. All listed concerts take place at Village Church Mission Campus Sanctuary unless otherwise noted. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. Learn more about the Village Church Music Ministry and how you can become involved.
January
2nd Thursday Recital: Lucas Fletcher, organ
12:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. Dr. Lucas Fletcher is the director of music at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kansas City Percussive Art Ensemble presents Edgard Varèse’s “Ionisation”
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24
Feburary
Kansas City Wind Symphony Chamber Winds
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. Featuring “Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare” and “Serenade in Eb” by Richard Strauss.
2nd Thursday Recital: Rachel Priest, soprano
12:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13
The Gesualdo Six presented by Friends of Chamber Music
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21. The Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprised of some of the UK’s finest consort singers, directed by Owain Park. For more about this concert and to purchase tickets, please visit chambermusic.org.
March
UMKC Choirs & Orchestra present Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers”
3 p.m. Sunday, March 9. Featuring the UMKC Conservatory Singers, Conservatory Concert Choir, and the Conservatory Orchestra. Learn more about this concert at umkc.edu.
2nd Thursday Recital: Jay Carter, countertenor & Christopher Reames, tenor
12:15 p.m. Thursday, March 13 (Chapel)
Kansas City Wind Symphony presents “The Muse in Music”
3 p.m. Sunday, March 16. Featuring music that was inspired by other art forms — from fine art to theatre, poetry to rock music. You’ll hear “Contre Qui Rose” by Morton Lauridsen, “Adoration” by Florence Beatrice Price, and “Black Dog” by Scott McAllister.
Robert August, organ presented by the American Guild of Organists
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 17. Join the Greater Kansas City American Guild of Organists chapter for an organ concert with lecture by Dr. Robert August, who will share information about past and current Dutch composers. Learn more about this event at kcago.com.
Luther College Nordic Choir with Village Choir
7 p.m. Saturday, March 22. Purchase tickets at tickets.luther.edu or at the door.
April
2nd Thursday Recital: Washington University Choir
12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 10
May
46th Annual Bachathon presented by the American Guild of Organists, featuring the Village Chamber Choir and KC Baroque Consortium
2 p.m. Sunday, May 4
Kansas City Wind Symphony presents “Movie Magic”
7 p.m. Sunday, May 4. KCWS performs music from the silver screen, including “The Cowboys” by John Williams and “Man of Steel” by Hans Zimmer.
2nd Thursday Recital: St. Petersburg String Quartet
12:15 p.m. Thursday, May 8 (Chapel)
Village Brass in Concert
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14
Kansas City Chorale presents “The Lost Birds”
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16. Join Charles Bruffy and the Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale for a stirring concert that pays tribute to bird species driven to extinction. For more about this concert and to purchase tickets, visit kcchorale.org.
Kansas City Wind Symphony presents “Buen Viaje”
7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. This concert celebrates the KCWS international performance at the Edeta Arts Festival in Llíria, Spain.
Te Deum presents “Harmony of Connections”
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31. Through the use of choral music, poetry, space, and sensory-heightened experiences, Harmony of Connections is designed to explore the creation, maintenance, and loss of connection – featuring great American composers, Samuel Barber, Meredith Monk, and David Lang, as well as local Kansas City composers Geoffry Wilcken and a world premiered by Anthony J. Maglione. For more about this concert and to purchase tickets, please visit te-deum.org.
Download a printable concert season flyer here.