Our mission is to bring the best of the performing arts—
to our Kansas City community.
NOW IN ITS 43RD 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
Peggy
Burr, business
manager and development
associate
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
