Music Making Minds

Engaging with music is a brilliantly effective workout for the mind - and the great thing about it is you don't have to be an expert instrumentalist to experience that. Just by listening, and mentally engaging with music, you get an intellectual workout which is proven to improve critical thinking, the capacity for imagination and empathy, and independent, outside-the-box thought - those we now call "innovators." Here Ashley Stanfield, our violist, speaks to this in a little more detail.

Making an impact for the better in our community is righ

Keith Stanfield, the Executive Director of The Friends of The Opus 76 Quartet, outlines what our outreach initiatives have achieved in Kansas City so far.

Outreach and Community Service isn't some of what we do. It's everything we do. Listen to our members talk about why Classical Music Matters, and why we believe in Music Making Minds.