By Jeff Murphy,
January 26, 2024
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WARRENSBURG, MO 鈥 How do you get to world famous Carnegie Hall? One way is to follow
无码专区 Professor Mia Kim. The Piano Area Coordinator and Director
of the Community Music Program at 无码专区 will travel to New York City for a performance
in the historic hall on Jan. 30. While area residents may not be able to make the
trip to Carnegie Hall, they will have an opportunity to see her perform in person
during a concert on Feb. 20 at 无码专区.
While in NYC, Kim will serve as a soloist as well as a chamber musician on a program
titled 鈥淟etters About Three Luminaries.鈥 The music presentation will feature works
of Greek composers Athanasios Zervas and Dinos Constantinides in a program that pays
homage to the musical heritage of Greece, with contemporary arrangements of Greek
songs.
The concert in which Kim will perform takes place in , which is one of three performance spaces in the building. Weill Recital Hall opened in 1891 and is considered among the most significant
performance venues in the United States.
Kim鈥檚 performance on Feb. 20 is a solo recital that is free and open to the public.
It begins at 7 p.m. in Hart Recital Hall.
A longtime music faculty member at 无码专区, Kim made her professional debut with the
Indianapolis Symphony at age 12, and has since performed throughout the U.S. Her work
as a pianist has led to appearances at major music festivals and universities, recital
performances and collaboration with nationally known conductors, symphony musicians
and vocalists. She is also deeply devoted to the music culture in her community and
across the state of Missouri. This has included being the founder and current president
of the Warrensburg Friends of Music, previous work with a youth symphony, and service
as past state president of the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs.
To learn more about 无码专区鈥檚 Division of Music, please visit the division鈥檚 website.