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The Kansas City Metro Men’s Chorus (KCMMC)
was founded in the fall of 2001. After a short period of
recruitment, a choir of 80 men sang their first concert in February of
2002 to an audience of 800. An offering of $2,800.00 was given to three
area charities in fulfillment of the choir’s mission to praise God
through singing while giving the proceeds of an offering to local
charities in the metropolitan area. From the very beginning, the mission of the choir was
to praise God through their music and through service to those in need. After completing the
2008 Winter season, the men have raised over $110,000.00 that has been contributed to the poor while singing to
enthusiastic audiences numbering over 5000.
The choir is open, without audition,
to all men throughout the Kansas City Metro area who enjoy singing. Its membership includes
singers from Wellington (MO) to Overland Park (KS) and from Pleasant
Hill to Liberty in Missouri. The singers range in age from 18 to 85 and
come from a variety of vocations and musical experience. The group
rehearses on Sunday afternoons for six weeks and presents five concerts
during the fall and spring seasons. The singers pay all of
their expenses to allow all proceeds of their concerts go to those in
need.
Concerts during the spring of 2004
benefited a prison music ministry at Lansing State Prison (KS) and
provided assistance for an organization that creates stable home
environment for families in Independence.
The KCMMC truly lives up to its
mission and is an inspiration to the recipients of the gifts, the
audiences, and to the singers themselves. For those interested in
sponsoring a benefit concert or in forming a chorus similar to the KCMMC,
you may contact Noel Fulkerson, founding director, or print out,
complete and submit the form obtained by clicking
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