STORY + SOUND
Scheherazade Music Festival creates personal connections through narrative driven chamber music at the scenic Prairiewood Retreat & Preserve’s Blue Sage Barn. Experience live music in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
Our Story
One fateful brunch, three friends with a shared passion for chamber music and a vision to create an innovative and engaging music festival sowed the seeds that would grow into the Scheherazade Music Festival. With storytelling at its core, SMF programs exciting concerts that connect people to spellbinding narratives.
Set in Manhattan, Kansas amidst the picturesque Flint Hills, SMF brings live chamber music to the prairie heartland and local community.
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Meet the Founders
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Colleen White
ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Colleen, grant writer and destroyer of organizational obstacles, plays the flute.
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Paul Zaborac
ARTISTIC & MEDIA DIRECTOR
Paul plays the saxophone. Sometimes it’s jazz, sometimes it’s not.
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Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao
ARTISTIC & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Cecilia shreds the ivories. Her experience as a collaborative artist spans the globe.
