VID: What Makes it Rob? Part III

November 11, 2009, Featured Articles, Classical

By KCM Staff Sun, Feb 22, 2009

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PART 3
Local media maven Laurie Arbore interviews composer, commentator, author and NPR star Rob Kapilow about "What Makes it Great?"

Rob and Laurie converse about his long-lasting engagement in Kansas City with The Friends of Chamber Music, discoveries, his new book and his own compositions.

From an interview in December 2008

This weekend, Kapilow will return to the metropolis for the 15th year of "What Makes it Great?" with guest artists, the Zemlinsky String Quartet.

Video by Mike Strong
Editing by Nathan Granner

The Friends of Chamber Music
Zemlinsky Quartet
Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F. Major, Op. 96 "The American.
Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m.
Country Club Congregational United Church of Christ
205 W. 65th Street, Kansas City, MO 64113
Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 pm
Paradise Park 1021 NE Colbern Rd Lee's Summit, MO 64086
For tickets or information call 816-561-9999 or online at www.chambermusic.org

Coming in January...
Gilles Vonsattel
Chopin Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 and Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F-Minor Op. 52
Saturday, Jan. 16 at11 am
Goppert Theater at Avila University
11901 Wornall Road Kansas City, MO 64145
Sunday, Jan. 17 at 2 pm
Atkins Auditorium Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 64111

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