KC Studio: “KC Baroque Consortium Concludes Summer Series with Elegance and Passion”

Published August 24, 2026

“Early music practitioners tend to be very zealous when approaching their art, whether it involves the use of lower pitch, historically proven to be accurate for early music, or different bowing styles. They often use instruments from earlier times or modeled after older instruments, with gut strings that require frequent and arduous tuning. Performers consult centuries-old treatises to discern how to ornament musical lines.

But the best ensembles perform with both elegance and passion. This is just how the Kansas City Baroque Consortium presented the concluding concert of its 10th annual summer series on Sunday afternoon at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Kansas City, MO.”

KC Studio: Kansas City Baroque Consortium Infuses Energy and Excitement into Italian Baroque Program

Published June 20, 2026

“There’s a special thrill hearing historic works brought to life. The Kansas City Baroque Consortium infused energy and excitement into a program of Italian baroque instrumental works at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in midtown KC on Fri. Jun. 19.

The program was entitled Musica D’Estate—Summer Music—and heralded the new season with early music delights. To be sure, some of the composers and works were moderately or well known, but others featured glimpses into the musical art of rarely heard musicians. Such is the approach of a period-style ensemble as opposed to other groups, as well as lowered tuning matching baroque pitch, gut strings instead of modern ones and stylistic approaches gleaned from musical treatises and literature of the time.”

KC Studio: Vice and Virtue: Kansas City Baroque Consortium celebrates Bach and friends

Published August 25, 2025

“Kansas City Baroque Consortium (and friends) gave their audience a glimpse into the social life of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries with the last concert of their 9th summer series: “Bach at the Café Zimmermann.” This summer, they’ve explored not only the music of Bach, but also his friends and family, giving their audiences a more rounded perspective on this giant of the era.

Last Sunday afternoon’s concert at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church was a concert of period music on period instruments, as we’ve come to expect, but with a cozy, social aspect, subtitled “Coffee, Pipe & Drink: Vice, Virtue & Redemption.” Just beyond the harpsichords, a coffee bar was set up, with barista, and on either side of the performance area, café tables with thick damask tablecloths.”

KC Independent: COFFEE WITH YOUR CANTATAS: Cafés have served as live-music venues for centuries

Published August 2025

“Live music in cafés and clubs is a common concept for us today — although even in more recent times, serious musicians have been known to complain about talkative club audiences. In the 18th-century, the idea of a full-fledged concert where coffee and lively conversation competed with music was a newish idea.

Thus it is with great anticipation that Kansas Citians look forward to Kansas City Baroque Consortium’s season finale: Bach at the Café Zimmermann: Coffee, Pipe, & Drink—Vice, Virtue & Redemption. The program is an attempt to re-create, in part, one of these café concerts, with works that might have been performed and some that are related to the themes of tobacco, beer, and strong coffee.“

KC Studio: Kansas City Baroque Consortium: Pearls of the Baroque"

Published July 5, 2024

“Summer in Kansas City means lightning bugs, thunderstorms, and summer concert series.

The Kansas City Baroque Consortium celebrated its 15th anniversary on Friday at a well attended concert at St. John’s United Methodist Church. The group was originally founded by Trilla Ray Carter in 2009 for the Jewell Early Music Festival. KC Baroque’s summer concert series started in 2017, though the group performs throughout the year and often collaborates with other ensembles.”

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