Andrew Mcmahon & Kansas City Symphony

Andrew Mcmahon & Kansas City Symphony at Helzberg Hall - Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Andrew McMahon has written songs you've sung to yourself for years. Maybe you discovered him through Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, or Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. Whatever chapter introduced you to his music, those songs have stayed with you, soundtracks to specific moments you still remember.

At Helzberg Hall this February, those familiar songs become something different. Strings Attached brings the Kansas City Symphony together with McMahon's catalog, reimagining his work through full orchestra arrangements. Songs associated with different chapters of McMahon's career take on new dimensions in these full-orchestra arrangements, giving listeners a fresh way into music they already know.

This isn't a tribute or a cover project. McMahon himself performs while the orchestra reshapes the textures around him, keeping the emotional core intact while expanding everything else. The appeal is in hearing McMahon's writing take a different shape without losing the voice that connects those chapters.

The reinvention matters because the songs already meant something to you. This performance doesn't erase the original recordings—it offers another way into music that's been part of your life. It's rare to watch an artist's catalog transform in real time, especially when an entire symphony helps carry it forward.

Find tickets for Andrew McMahon and the Kansas City Symphony's February 19 Strings Attached concert at Helzberg Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.