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	Composition Student Joseph Kern Profiled in Kansas City Star Composition student Joseph Kern, whose composition Satanic Mills was performed by the Kansas City Symphony during a reading day that included student composers A Mao Wang and Shao Zheng, is profiled by faith columnist Vern Barnet in the May 16, 2012 Kansas City Star.

	New York City's WQXR Captures and Highlights UMKC Conservatory's (le) poisson rouge Performance WQXR, New York City's classical public radio station recorded the UMKC Conservatory's March 9, 2012 Crossroads performance at (le) poisson rouge featuring the work of Conservato...

	Conservatory Alum Melissa Pena Appointed to University of Oregon-Eugene Melissa Peña (MM oboe performance 1998) has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Oregon (Eugene). Melissa has been an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Northern Colorado since 2010. She also played Associate Principal Oboe/English horn i...

	Conservatory Alum Alice Demske Hansen Passes With sadness we share that Conservatory piano alum Alice Frances Demske Hansen (DMA, piano performance, 2008) passed away in Utah. She was an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University, Orem, and ran her own piano studio. She was married to fellow Conservatory alum Kurt Hansen and had thr...