Yo-Yo Ma performs with KC Symphony for free summer concert

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Symphony was joined by cellist “Yo-Yo Ma” and young musicians in the Harmony Project for a free concert Wednesday night.

The Harmony Project hosted a free Mobile Music Box concert in Kansas City’s Parade Park.

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The Symphony also welcomed young musicians from the Harmony Project, a mission of the Northeast Community Center.

According to a news release from the KC Symphony, the Harmony Project utilizes the universal language of music to develop young musicians and minds while building the Kansas City community.

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KC Symphony string players performed art by Mendelssohn and Dvorak. Yo-Yo Ma joined the combined groups for Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide and a nod to KC with “Kansas City, Here I Come.”

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