海角乱伦社区 International Center for Music Orchestra Concert to Feature Guest Conductor Jason Seber
March 17, 2026 鈥� The 海角乱伦社区 Orchestra will perform its annual spring concert on Friday, April 17, starting at 7:30 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University鈥檚 flagship Parkville Campus. Admission to the concert is free, but .
The concert will feature . Known for his inviting and engaging approach on and off the podium, Seber is a strong believer in the eclectic experiences which today鈥檚 symphony orchestras offer their communities, and he strives to make music of many genres and styles accessible, relevant and meaningful to diverse audiences across the country.
Seber has conducted many leading American orchestras, including the Kansas City Symphony, where he served as associate conductor from 2016-22. In that role, he led more than 300 performances on a variety of series, and also served as co-host for the Symphony鈥檚 podcast, 鈥淏eethoven Walks into a Bar.鈥� Prior to Kansas City, Seber was the education and outreach conductor at the Louisville (Ky.) Orchestra from 2013-16 and music director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra from 2005-16. A passionate advocate for music education, Seber has also led the Honors Performance Series Orchestra in performances at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House and Royal Festival Hall. He is a frequent guest conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra each summer and he has served as the All-State Orchestra conductor for Georgia, Kansas, Missouri and Pennsylvania.
This final ICM Orchestra concert of the International Center for Music鈥檚 2025-26 season will feature one work for strings and two works for full orchestra. The Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a concert favorite, with its high-speed exhilaration painting a musical picture of the hustle-and-bustle of Figaro鈥檚 approaching wedding day and of the various characters themselves. Giuseppe Tartini鈥檚 鈥淒evil鈥檚 Trill Sonata,鈥� with its intricate series of variations, will be heard in an arrangement for solo violin and string orchestra, and will feature violinist Mumin Turgunov, a 2025 Park ICM graduate who is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in violin performance under the guidance of . Concluding the concert will be a performance of 鈥淪ymphony No. 4鈥� by Ludwig van Beethoven, a remarkable work that has gained greater appreciation in recent times. Coming between the mighty 鈥淪ymphony No. 3鈥� and the dramatic 鈥淪ymphony No. 5,鈥� Beethoven鈥檚 fourth symphony was described by Robert Schumann as being 鈥溾�ike a slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants.鈥�
For more information about Seber, Turgunov and the concert, visit .
The next event in the ICM鈥檚 2025-26 concert season will be a performance by students from the International Center for Music鈥檚 string studios 鈥� 鈥檚 violin studio, 鈥� cello studio and 鈥檚 viola studio 鈥� on Friday, April 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kan. Tickets for the concert are $30 for the general public and $10 for students (not including fees), and are . For more information, visit .
The Park ICM鈥檚 2025-26 season will conclude on Friday, May 1, also at the 1900 Building, as world-renowned pianist and ICM Artist-in-Residence Behzod Abduraimov presents a concert at 7:30 p.m. , with more information at .