The UMKC Conservatory community mourned with music in a memorial concert at Grant Hall on Friday, Oct. 18, in remembrance of pianist and graduate student Yuxi Wu.    Wu, who was struck by a car while near campus on Sept. 26, was remembered for her passion for music,...

  Yuxi Wu, a Conservatory pianist student, was killed on Thursday while riding her scooter across Troost Avenue and 51st Street.    The master's student was struck by a speeding red Ford Focus heading north around noon while crossing a crosswalk. Wu was pronounced dead...

Part of the design for the Black Lives Matter street mural at 18th and Vine included incorporating piano keys into the letters. Here a volunteer prepares their brush to work on the piano keys in the letter ‘E’ of the mural. Volunteers performed painted a significant...