Egan, with wavy hair, a plaid shirt and close-cropped beard, wrote “The Serpent Rope” as his master’s thesis at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. As such, it might have been destined to rest eternally on paper. But on this recent Friday morning, thanks to an expanding partnership between the Symphony and the conservatory, Egan is getting a rare opportunity for a student. He is hearing a good chunk of the piece — its 15-minute closing part — played by seasoned musicians in all its challenging glory.
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