White Recital Hall is located in the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center on UMKC's Volker Campus.
It is one of the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance's primary halls. White Recital Hall has a seating capacity of 620, and is typically used for the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance's large ensemble concerts, chamber and new music concerts, faculty and student recitals, and recording. At the end of the academic year, several departments hold commencement ceremonies in WRH.
04/18/2018
Barr Institute Laureate Dr. Jennifer Higdon returns to the Conservatory this week! You can hear her music Thursday 4/19 with Musica Nova (7:30 p.m. in White Recital Hall), Tuesday 4/24 with the Conservatory Wind Symphony at the Folly (7:30 p.m.) and Wednesday 4/25 with the Conservatory Wind Ensemble at the Folly (7:30 p.m.) UMKC KC Live Arts Barr Institute at UMKC UMKC Composers' Guild
10/27/2017
In addition to this year's exciting UMKC Conservatory Crescendo performance, we will be staging a free matinee for more than 1,440 metro area students! The concert is an exhilarating 60-minute prism concert with performances in multiple locations around Helzberg Hall. It’s one of the city’s most exciting performances.
Find out more: https://goo.gl/uyp1wZ
UMKC UMKC Conservatory Crescendo 2017! Gala UMKC Conservatory Crescendo Community Music and Dance Academy UMKC Alumni Association KCUR 89.3
02/01/2017
Get your tickets for tomorrow's Conservatory Artist Series performance with Frank Almond, violin! FREE for UMKC Faculty/Staff and all students with a valid ID. UMKC UMKC - White Recital Hall
01/25/2017
Attention all students! We are offering FREE tickets to all students with a valid ID to our next Conservatory Artist Series event featuring Frank Almond, violin on February 2nd at 7:30 p.m.! You MUST go to the Central Ticket Office Box Office in the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center during their hours of 10am-5pm to reserve your seat! Don't miss this amazing deal, and a chance to see Mr. Almond in recital with pianist Jeannie Yu next Thursday! UMKC
12/13/2016
Composer Zhou Long transcends cultural boundaries Recital at Phillips shows that musician clearly deserves growing accolades.
12/06/2016
10/13/2016
ATTN: STUDENTS! Are you still looking for a work study position? We have an opening in the Conservatory of Music and Dance! Apply at http://career.umkc.edu/, and join us!
10/13/2016
Buy one, get one free double bill of Puccini's one-act operas, Oct. 20-23 at White Recital Hall.
09/27/2016
Today we welcome Dr. Jennifer Higdon to the Conservatory! Dr. Higdon will be here through Friday, September 30th as a Barr Institute Laureate, meeting with students, speaking in classes, and attending rehearsals and concerts featuring her magnificent works! Welcome!
09/26/2016
Jennifer Higdon The Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia, and Minnesota Opera, in collaboration with North Carolina Opera, have commissioned Higdon to write an opera based upon the best-selling novel, "Cold Mountain", by Charles Frazier. Frazier won the National Book Award for "Cold Mountain". Higdon has partnered wi...
