The Star of Our Show

1927... a crowd eagerly waits as the Loews Midland Theatre opens to moviegoers in downtown Kansas City, Missouri! The lights dim and the crowd is quieted as the sounds of the majestic theatre pipe organ fill the hall.

The music explodes to the rafters as silver images dance across the movie screen. Rumbling bass, brilliant trumpets, soft flutes, drums and cymbals - all became part of the extravagant movie experience.

Enter the website of the Kansas City Theatre Pipe Organ, Inc. and enjoy the history, the sights and sounds of one of the Nation's finest Robert-Morton theatre pipe organs in existance today!

See some of the great entertainers and top-rated organists from around the country, who have performed on our magnificent instrument!

Join us today as we maintain and promote an 80 year-old icon the of theatre in Kansas City.

 

Great Concerts!

At our September 13, 2009 concert, the Music Hall was filled with the music of the Grand Tarantella, by Louis Moreau Gottschalk. It was originally scored for piano and orchestra, eventually reconstructed by Hershey Kay. This transcription for piano and theatre organ is performed as a duet by Kansas City's own, Gregory Foreman... playing both the piano and theatre organ parts himself.

The orchestra score was recorded on the Robert Morton Theatre Organ, housed at Kansas City's beautiful Music Hall a few months prior to the concert, while the piano score was performed live, for the enthusiastic, Kansas City Theatre Pipe Organ (KCTPO) audience. The audience wasn't expecting the organ to rise from the orchestra pit un-manned, adding to the uniqueness of the performance.

View the concert HERE...