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Rob Hill reflects on his HMC experience
July 29, 2018 in Blog /by hmckc_adminIf there’s a simple tag line for Heartland Men’s Chorus, it’s this: We Change Lives. I should know; it changed mine. For men of a certain age like me, belonging to an LGBT/gay chorus provided (and still provides) a way to “come into the light,” find both self- and societal acceptance, and be more authentic—all […]
Unknown no longer
June 12, 2018 in Reviews /by hmckc_adminBy Morgan Greenwood June 12, 2018 A newly commissioned oratorio and a smattering of familiar tunes filled Saturday’s concert from Kansas City’s own Heartland Men’s Chorus. The Heartland Men’s Chorus has been around the block – in the good sense of the phrase. Performing in some capacity since 1986, it is safe to call them an institution. […]
ABBA Cadabra
March 27, 2018 in Reviews /by hmckc_adminBy Jordan Buchholtz March 27, 2018 Heartland Men’s Chorus’ pyrotechnic energy and aesthetically decorative production of “ABBA Cadabra” captivated and excited a full house at the Folly Theater on Sunday night. The Heartland Men’s Chorus under the direction of Dustin S. Cates, with pianist Robert Lamar Sims, and a bassist and a drummer presented 17 popular songs […]
HMC Presents Indivisible
March 26, 2018 in Press Release /by hmckc_adminFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rick Fisher 816.931.3338 hmc@hmckc.org For Tickets: 816.931.3338 or hmckc.org Heartland Men’s Chorus Presents “INDIVISIBLE” Featuring Songs of Resistance & Remembrance plus the World Premiere of “We, The Unknown,” A Choral Commission in Cooperation with The National World War I Memorial & Museum, Plus Special Guests The Men of the […]
Heartland Men’s Chorus Presents “ABBA-Cadabra!”
February 12, 2018 in Press Release /by hmckc_adminPut On Your Disco Boots and Channel Your Inner Dancing Queen as HMC Celebrates One of the Greatest Bands in Pop Music History! Performances March 24 and 25, 2018 at The Folly Theater Featuring 17 of ABBA’s Most Iconic Hits! KANSAS CITY, MO (February 12, 2017) — Heartland Men’s Chorus (HMC), announced Monday their 32nd season […]
From the Heart – Tom Dillon
February 11, 2018 in Blog /by hmckc_adminMy name is Tom Dillon. I am in my third year as a Baritone with Heartland Men’s Chorus. Originally from Connecticut, I spent some time in Minnesota and South Carolina as well. I moved to Missouri in 1998 and settled my family here. In 2013, I began living as my authentic self after a 20-year marriage […]
From the Heart – Holden Kraus
February 1, 2018 in Blog /by hmckc_adminI am (now) an Upper Tenor 2 with HMC and joined the Chorus as a Lower 1st Tenor in January of 2015 in A Little Bit Wicked. I fell in love with the sound of the Chorus during KC Pride as I sat on a bench in the Power and Light District listening to the […]
Gift-wrapped
December 12, 2017 in Reviews /by hmckc_adminBy Sarah Young December 12, 2017 Heartland Men’s Chorus offered up one of its familiar zany and tender holiday programs in “Packages with Beaus” at Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College on Sunday. With guest performers Claybourne Elder and the UMKC Graduate String Quartet, as well as the chorus’s soloists and small group performers, Artistic Director […]
From the heart
November 14, 2017 in Reviews /by hmckc_adminBy Mike Alley November 14, 2017 In this roiling era of discrimination and intolerance, the messages of acceptance and humanity in the Heartland Men’s Chorus’s fall concert was truly a welcome reminder of the truth of Maya Angelou’s words, “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” Let me say right at the top: From the […]