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| Concerts of the Heartland Men’s Chorus | |||
| Code | Concert Title | Dates of Concert | Comments |
| 2019-2020 Season | |||
| Holiday | Making Spirits Bright | 12/7-8/19 | Shawn Cullen, Interim A.D. |
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| 2018-2019 Season | |||
| Holiday | Sleigh | 12/1,2,9/18 | |
| Extra | Common Threads | 2/26/2019 | Opening concert of ACDA national convention; Helzberg Hall Kauffman CPA w/Allegro Choirs, Isaac Cates & Ordained; Kantorei |
| Spring | Stonewall 50: All of Us | 3/23-24/19 | Premiere of “Quiet No More”; also performed at White Theatre JCC on 3/31/19 |
| Summer | Rock You | 6/8-9/18 | Music of Queen; Dustin Cates’ final concert |
| 2017-2018 Season | |||
| Holiday | Packages with Beaus | 12/2-3, 10/17 | Featuring “Well Strung” and “Claybourne Elder” |
| Spring | Abba-Cadabra! | 3/24-25/18 | Everything “Abba” |
| Summer | Indivisible | 6/9-10/18 | Joining National WW1 Memorial and Museum, Commissioned: “We, The Unknown” by Timothy Takach |
| 2016-2017 Season | |||
| Holiday | Kansas City Christmas, Classy, Brassy, Sassy | 12/3-4, 10/16 | Additional venue at Yardley Hall-JCCC in OPKS; “Winter Mantra” Commissioned |
| Spring | Identify | 3/25-26/17 | With Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus; “Tyler’s Suite” and Guests: Jane Clementi, Morgana Bailey, Michalis Koutsoupides, Nancy Nail |
| Summer | Show Tune Showdown | 6/10-11-17 | 100 Years of Broadway-Arr. Mac Huff, Holt McCarley, Guest Brian Ellison-Game Show Host |
| 2015-2016 Season———-30th Anniversary Season | |||
| Holiday | Kansas City Christmas | 12/4-6/15 | Processional with trumpets and “Personent Hodie”; five arrangements/four adaptations by Dustin Cates, Selections from “A Ceremony of Carols” |
| Spring | Perfect Pitch | 3/19-20/16 | Guests: KC A Cappella High School Ensemble/Director James Levy, Beatboxer Luke Harbur |
| Summer | I Rise | 6/11-12/16 | Featured the Poetry of Maya Angelou/Music by Mark Hayes, Guests: KC Friends of Alvin Ailey Dancers, Joe Nadeau, 30th Anniversary |
| 2014-2015 Season | |||
| Holiday | Kansas City Christmas | 12/5-7/14 | Dustin Cates’s First Concert, Local Composers, Featured Artists: Sarah Tannehill Anderson, De De DeVille, Mayor Sly James, Dustin Rapier, Genewa Stanwyck |
| Spring | Modern Families | 3/28-29/15 | Musical Documentary, Lawrence Children’s Choir, Narrators Brian Ellison and Gillian Power |
| Summer | A Little Bit Wicked | 6/13-14/15 | Music of Stephen Schwartz, Debut of “Spectrum” Ensemble (subsequently named “Chamber Ensemble” |
| 2013-2014 Season | |||
| Holiday | Baby, It’s Cold Outside | 12/6-8/13 | Joe Nadeau’s Final Concert |
| Spring | I Am Harvey Milk | 3/29-30/14 | At Columbia and St. Louis,Too, w/Dustin Cates as guest conductor. IAHM conducted by Dr. Tim Seelig |
| Summer | Vegas, Baby | 6/13-15/14 | First 3-Concert Summer Set; With Anthony T. Edwards, Martin Preston, Quixotic, Lance Rich/David Sandy |
| 2012-2013 Season | |||
| Holiday | Cool Yule | 11/30, 12/1-2/12 | With Marilyn Maye |
| Extra | Broadway Rocks | 1/24-26/13 | With KC Symphony, Helzberg Hall—KPAC |
| Spring | Falling in Love Again | 3/23-24/13 | Including “For a Look or a Touch” by Jake Heggie |
| Summer | Heart and Soul | 6/8-9/13 | |
| 2011-2012 Season | |||
| Extra | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Open House/ Grand Opening | 9/18/2011 | Four Selections |
| Holiday | Holiday Glee | 12/2-4/11 | |
| Spring | When I Knew | 3/24-25/12 | With Dan Savage; Oliver Button (Encore Performance) |
| Summer | All You Need Is Love | 6/16-17/12 | Music of the Beatles; Kauffman Theatre, KCPA |
| GALA | When I Knew | 7/7-11/12 | Denver, Colorado; With Dan Savage; Coffee Concert |
| 2010-2011Season———-25th Anniversary Season | |||
| Holiday | 12 Divas of Christmas | 12/3-5/10 | |
| Spring | Misbehavin’ | 3/26-27/11 | |
| Summer | Metro Retro | 6/11-12/11 | With PerformOUT KC |
| 2009-2010 Season | |||
| Holiday | Fruitcake | 12/4-6/09 | |
| Spring | British Invasion | 3/27-28/10 | |
| Summer | Go West, Young Man | 6/12-13/10 | With Portland Gay Men’s Chorus |
| 2008-2009 Season | |||
| Holiday | Bless My Family | 12/5-7/08 | |
| Spring | And Justice for All | 3/28-29/09 | Documentary about music of civil rights movements |
| Summer | Hearthrobs-Boy Bands | 6/13-14/09 | |
| 2007-2008 Season | |||
| Holiday | Christmas Down Home | 11/30, 12/1-2/07 | |
| Spring | Exile: The Journey Home | 3/29-30/08 | With Heart of America Chorus from Wichita. April 5-6, too. |
| Summer | Divas | 6/14-15/08 | Christopher Peterson |
| GALA | Miami, Florida | ||
| 2006-2007 Season | |||
| Extra | Friends-Celebrating the Heart and the Heartland | 10/8/2006 | Joint Concert with Turtle Creek Chorale in Dallas |
| Holiday | Everything’s Coming Up Christmas | 12/1-3/06 | First Additional Friday Concert |
| Spring | Global Destinations-Passports, A Non-Stop Flight | 3/24-25/07 | 2007 – Jeff of Studio V Began Recording Concerts |
| Summer | The Pink Carpet | 6/9-10/07 | Leslie Jordan |
| 2005-2006 Season———-20th Anniversary Season | |||
| Holiday | Holidays at Home-Favorites from the Last 20 Years | 12/3-4/05 | |
| Spring | No Place Like Home-The Songs of July Garland | 3/25-26/06 | |
| Summer | A Homecoming: Celebrating Two Decades of Music | 6/10-11/06 | 20th Anniversary |
| 2004-2005 Season | |||
| Holiday | With Bells On | 12/4-5/04 | |
| Spring | All God’s Children | 4/2-3/05 | With Rev. Dr. Mel White & The Shower of Stoles Project |
| Summer | Life Is a Cabaret | 6/11-12/05 | Music of John Kander |
| 2003-2004 Season | |||
| Holiday | Angels | 12/6-7/03 | |
| Spring | Jerry’s Boys | 4/3-4/04 | Music of Jerry Hermann. Also presented at NMSU, Maryville |
| Summer | Seductive Sounds | 6/26-27/04 | |
| GALA | Seductive Sounds | 7/19/2004 | (1) Washington, D.C. 7/15/04 (2) Montreal, Canada 7/19/04 |
| 2002-2003 Season | |||
| Holiday | Let Heaven and Nature Swing | 12/7-8/02 | Start of Study CD Recordings with Jeff of Studio V |
| Spring | The Few The Proud | 3/29-30/03 | First “Musical Documentary” w/Margarethe Cammermeyer |
| Summer | Double Your Pleasure | 6/14-15/03 | With Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus; Naked Man (Encore Performance) |
| Extra | Sing for the Cure | 7/19/2003 | HMC, Kansas City Women’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus of Dallas; Lyric Theatre |
| 2001-2002 Season | |||
| Holiday | Joyful and Triumphant | 12/1-2/01 | |
| Spring | Voices from the Heart | 3/23-24/02 | Two Flutes Playing |
| Summer | To Oz and Beyond | 6/15-16/02 | With Bukeka Shoals |
| Extra | European Tour | Jun-02 | Paris, London, Hamburg |
| 2000-2001 Season————15th Anniversary Season | |||
| Holiday | A Victorian Christmas | 12/2-3/00 | |
| Spring | The Follies | 3/31, 4/1/01 | Celebrating the Folly Theater centennial |
| Summer | Our Family Album | 6/16-17/01 | Oliver Button (Premier Performance) |
| 1999-2000 Season | |||
| Holiday | Ornaments | 12/5/1999 | With Kansas City Women’s Chorus |
| Spring | A Soulful Celebration | 4/1-2/00 | With St. Monica’s Catholic Church Gospel Choir |
| Summer | Legacy | 6/23-25/00 | White Recital Hall UMKC |
| GALA | GALA Festival 2000: Touching Hearts. Changing Lives | 7/22-29/00 | San Jose, California; CD Includes Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus |
| 1998-1999 Season | |||
| Holiday | The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | 12/5-6/98 | First concert conducted by Joseph P. Nadeau |
| Spring | Swing, Swing, Swing | 3/27-28/99 | with the Vince Bilardo Swing Orchestra |
| Summer | Proudly We Hail | 6/12/1999 | |
| 1997-1998 Season | |||
| Holiday | The Nutcracker “Men in Tights” | 12/13-14/97 | |
| Spring | With Love from the Heartland | 4/4/1998 | Reuben Reynolds’ final concert |
| Summer | Feelin’ Groovy | 6/27-28/98 | First summer concert to add a 2nd performance; conducted by J. Kent Barnhart |
| 1996-1997 Season | |||
| Holiday | Tis the Season | 12/14-15/96 | |
| Spring | Absolutely Gershwin | 4/5/1997 | |
| Summer | Side by Side | 7/12/1997 | Midwest premiere of “Naked Man” with Gateway Men’s Chorus |
| 1995-1996 Season———-10th Anniversary Season | |||
| Holiday | A Decade of Holiday Favorites | 12/16-17/95 | Holiday concert expands to two performances |
| DoN | “A Dinner of Note” | 3/8/1996 | The first DoN benefitting HMC was held on the stage of the Folly Theater |
| Spring | Night Passage | 3/22/1996 | Oscar Wilde opera by Robert Moran |
| Summer | Swellegant Elegance | 6/8/1996 | Music of Cole Porter |
| GALA | Tampa, Florida | ||
| 1994-1995 Season | |||
| Holiday | Hooray For Hollywood | 10/1/1994 | |
| Spring | Home for the Holidays | 12/11/1994 | |
| Summer | Hidden Legacies | 5/6/1995 | |
| 1993-1994 Season | |||
| Holiday | Up In Lights | 9/25/1993 | Folly Theater |
| Spring | In the Spirit | 12/12/1993 | Unity Temple on the Plaza |
| Summer | From the Heart | 4/23/1994 | The Folly Theater becomes HMC’s performing home |
| 1992-1993 Season | |||
| Xtra | Singing Together | 9/19/1992 | Joint concert with Gateway Men’s Chorus @ Folly Theater to benefit HARC-MART |
| Holiday | Celebrate the Season | 12/11,13/92 | |
| Spring | Benefit for SAVE, Inc. | 4/30/1993 | Folly Theater |
| Summer | Pride Concert | 6/19/1993 | w/Kansas City Womyn’s Chorus |
| 1991-1992 Season | |||
| Fall | On Broadway! | 9/7/1991 | Mabee Theater, Rockhurst College |
| Holiday | A Christmas Celebration of Carols | 12/15/1991 | |
| Spring | Brothers Sing On | 5/2/1992 | |
| GALA | Denver, Colorado | ||
| 1990-1991 Season———-5th Anniversary Season | |||
| Fall | A Pop Concert | 9/29/1990 | Penn Valley Community College, Little Theater; included the debut of the HMC wheat-stalk t-shirt, designed by Jim Costa |
| Holiday | Celebrate the Season | 12/16/1990 | |
| Spring | Brothers Sing On | 5/11/1991 | |
| 1989-1990 Season | |||
| Fall | Benefit of Love | 10/14/1989 | Benefit for Missouri Head Injury Assn w/KC Chorale and Sweet Adelines |
| Holiday | Celebrate the Season | 12/10/1989 | |
| Spring | Brothers Sing On | 4/28/1990 | |
| 1988-1989 Season | |||
| Fall | Concert of Giving | 11/28/1988 | AIDS benefit @ Folly Theater w/ KC Chorale, Santa Fe Trail Chorus of Sweet Adelines, Ida McBeth & Friends |
| Holiday | Celebrate the Season | 12/17/1988 | St. Mary’s Episcopal, conducted by David Dowler |
| Spring | Brothers Sing On | 6/24/1989 | featuring Ned Rorem’s “Whitman Cantata” @ St. Mark’s Lutheran; first concert conducted by Reuben M. Reynolds III |
| 1987-1988 Season | |||
| Fall | Concert of Giving | 11/21/1987 | AIDS benefit @ Music Hall w/Kansas City Chorale, KC Women’s Chorus, UMKC medical choruses |
| Holiday | Celebrate the Season | 12/18/1987 | G&HT Cathedral |
| Spring | Brothers Sing On | 5/12/1988 | featuring Cherubini’s “Requiem” @ St. Mark’s Lutheran |
| 1986-1987 Season | |||
| Holiday | Debut Concert | 12/14/1986 | Pierson Hall, UMKC; co-conducted by Randell M. Stewart & Stephen W. Johnson |
| Spring | Some Like It Hot | 6/7/1987 | w/River City Mixed Chorus @ Southwest HS; first concert conducted by Gina Scaggs |