Music Therapist in the making. The University of Kansas. 

Why Hulloo there! 
Merit is studying voice performance and music education at UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. She would love to use her majors to become a choir teacher so that she can positively affect student's lives through music, and perform theatre and opera too. Finally, she hopes that you, person reading this, are having a fine and dandy day!

Aspiring symphony musician. UMKC Conservatory Class of 2018, BM Viola Performance.

Cellist and soprano from Kansas City, Missouri. 

My name is Montanna McDaniel. I'm from Kansas City Missouri. I currently attend UMKC where I serve as an Music Education Major. My principal instrument is the Trumpet. 

A cello performance major at the University of Missouri- Kansas City, Rob Simpson is passionate for God and for music.

Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas Dillon Worthington escaped... I mean came to Kansas City to study Piano performance at the University of Missouri at Kansas City's Conservatory of music and to make a living doing what he loves there. He has been doing solo concerts and performances since he was 13 and has since been working collaboratively with many other musicians in chamber concerts, new projects, and church performances. For questions or any other reasons you would want to contact, you can reach him at dworthington.music@gmail.com

Kansas City based composer/musician. (They/Them, Mx. prefix)

Aaryn S. Ricucci-Hill (b. 1992) hails from Troy, MO, currently based out of Kansas City, MO. With a focus on the queer experience, Ricucci-Hill writes with intentionality and care to craft bespoke musical environments engaging with the complexities and sometimes banalities of life through a variety of disparate, but engaging means.
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Ricucci-Hill has a passion for fruitful collaborations. Their journey has led them to work with a wide variety of ensembles, organizations, and musicians. Notable partnerships include Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Don-Paul Kahl (saxophone), Longy's Divergent Studio, the I Exist Project, The Troubled Euphs, Playground Ensemble, the Plaza Winds, and Musica Nova. Ricucci-Hill’s music has been featured at various conferences and festivals including Zodiac Music Festival (2016), Oregon Bach Festival (2018), CMS Northeastern Conference (2023), and the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) conference (2023). Additionally, their work has been recognized with honors from the Abundant Silence Composition Competition (2017, Forest Rituals) and in the ASCAP Morton Gould competition (2021, Colors of Pride (honorable mention)).

Beyond composition, they currently have the honor of serving as Vice President of the Festival for Creative Pianists and their publishing arm, Abundant Silence (2022-present). In addition, they have worked closely with No Divide KC on crafting their call-for-scores for the annual Come As You Are event since 2021. Formerly, they sat on the Board of Directors for the Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis for three seasons and is also an alum of Phi Mu Alpha-Pi Zeta chapter.

They graduated from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at UMKC with their B.M and M.M in Composition (2018, 22’).

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