NOW ENTERING ITS 46TH 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 850 performances have come to Kansas City by way of the Harriman-Jewell Series, including 19 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 Richard Harriman and 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, director of marketing
Melissa Carter, bookkeeper and administrative assistant
Kimberly Hinkle, director of development
Clark Morris, executive director
Ann Reed, ticketing services manager