2025-2026 Season

Looking Forward, Looking Back

Concert 1: Perspectives

Saturday, September 13 at 8pm

Sunday, September 14 at 4pm

All Souls Unitarian

Concert 2: Wide Open Town

Saturday, November 8 at 8pm

Sunday, November 9 at 4pm

All Souls Unitarian

Concert 3: newEar, newYear

Saturday, March 7 at 8pm

Sunday, March 8 at 4pm

All Souls Unitarian

Concert 4: Estro Poetico-armonico III

May 2026, dates TBD

Location TBD

Concerts 1-3 will take place at All Souls Unitarian Church, 4501 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri

Tickets can be purchased here:

General Admission: $25

Student: $10

Season Ticket: $75

Entry to all 4 newEar concerts, both Saturday or Sunday showings.

newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble…

…is a professional chamber music ensemble featuring the music of living composers.

We program a wide range of composers, instrumentations, and styles— from a traditional piano trio or string quartet, to works for solo instrument and electronics, guzheng and woodwinds, or electric guitar and percussion.

Our concerts often blur the boundaries of classical art music, rock, jazz, world music, and the avant-garde. Other artistic disciplines are often part of newEar performances— you may see dance, visual arts, or theatre in the mix.

We strive to bring Kansas City the most eclectic and cutting-edge creative trends of the twenty-first century. You will see and hear some of the best musicians in our area interpreting music written in the last twenty years, never before heard in the region or sometimes anywhere in the world.

newEar has been the leading contemporary chamber ensemble in Kansas City since 1992. We invite you to join us, listen, and experience the music of our time.

Our Mission

newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble dedicates itself to commissioning and performing music of our time and providing listeners with unique and stimulating musical experiences that are rooted in artistic excellence and enhanced by educational opportunities.

Our Vision

newEar, through its performances and creative partnerships, seeks to establish Kansas City as a vital center for contemporary chamber music.