Our mission is to bring the best of the performing arts—
to our Kansas City community.
NOW ENTERING ITS 44TH SEASON, the Harriman-Jewell Series continues to carve out an enviable legacy as a performing arts presenter of international importance.
Many
know that the Series presented tenor Luciano Pavarotti
in his professional recital debut in 1973, but the
story of discovery neither begins nor ends here. Discovery,
along with the co-tenets quality
and variety,
run the full length of the Series’ existence.
Few Kansas Citians had seen New York City Ballet’s
Patricia McBride and Edward Villella 
before—they
danced in the Series’ first performance in 1965.
Nor had the community heard violinist Itzhak Perlman
play, unless one counts Ed Sullivan Show
appearances that preceded his first local recital
in 1971.
More
than 800 performances have come to Kansas City by
way of the Harriman-Jewell Series, including
18 American recital debuts by
prominent artists.
Of the premiere recital by Armenian violinist Sergey
Khachatryan, the Kansas City Star’s
Paul Horsley wrote that “The audience at the
18-year-old’s U.S. recital debut felt like part
of history; accomplices in the furthering of this
amazing violinist’s advancement toward, who
knows, becoming the next Yehudi Menuhin.”
With the addition of its free educational events that allow interaction with musicians and dancers, and its free discovery concerts that eliminate a cost barrier, the Harriman-Jewell Series offers even more life-enriching opportunities for its community’s youth and life-long learners.
An enduring aspect of the Series, drafted by founders
Dr. Richard Harriman and Dr. Dean Dunham, Jr., is
the availability of the performing arts as an integral
part of a superior liberal arts college curriculum
for William Jewell College students. Among the oldest
colleges west of the Mississippi River, William Jewell
was named TIME Magazine's "Liberal Arts
College of the Year" for 2001-2002.
For more information about the College, please visit
www.jewell.edu.
Staff list with e-mail
links:
Tim
Ackerman, marketing manager
Melissa
Carter, bookkeeper and administrative assistant
Heather
Forbis, event manager and marketing associate
Richard
Harriman, artistic director and founder
Kimberly
Hinkle, director of development
Clark Morris, executive director
Ann Reed,
ticketing services manager
