DMA Recital: Brian Nozny, percussion
, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

A recital of percussion chamber works.

It's a Grand Night for Singing!
Friday, June 08, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed

It's a Grand Night for Singing!
Saturday, June 09, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed

It's a Grand Night for Singing!
Sunday, June 10, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed

It's a Grand Night for Singing!
Friday, June 15, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed

It's a Grand Night for Singing!
Saturday, June 16, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed

It's a Grand Night for Singing
Sunday, June 17, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed

PianoFest Faculty Recital: Alan Hersh, Pianist
Monday, June 18, 7:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Professor Alan Hersh performs his annual PianoFest recital titled "The Pianist's Songbook: Kaleidoscope"

Pianofest 2007 Gala Concert
Friday, June 22, 7:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $10, $7 seniors and students, $5 under 12, under 2 free. Processing fees will apply.

DMA recital: Michael Aukofer, percussion
Sunday, August 05, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Guest Lecture-Recital: John Skeen, Composer/Artist
Thursday, September 06, 4:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Skeen is a composer and artist from West Virginia. He explores the relationship between his paintings and music, writing the music manuscript on the same surface as the painting.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Randy Wilson
Friday, September 07, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Randy Wilson’s remarkable Appalachian banjo performance marries the excitement of musical virtuosity with the informed perspective of cultural context. Randy traces the entire sweep of the banjo from the African grasslands to Southern plantations to the mountains of East Kentucky in a way that makes history sparkle with vitality.

Looking At: Jazz. The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, led by Chester Grundy
Tuesday, September 11, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

Faculty Recital: Tedrin Blair Lindsay with Special Guest Artists
Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

The multi-talented Lindsay will be playing piano, with a number of guest artists, both instrumentalists and singers in this, his Second Annual Birthday Recital Extravaganza.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Carolina Chocolate Drops
Friday, September 14, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

The Chocolate Drops are reviving the wondrous old Black string band tradition through their animated and informed performance. Living Blues said: “...more than 'revivalists,' they approach their art in a spirit of in-the-moment celebration, making it accessible to everyday listeners as well as folklorists and aficionados.”

Parent’s Day Concert featuring the UK Wind Ensemble & UK Symphony Band
Sunday, September 16, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Faculty Recital: Alan Hersh, piano
Monday, September 17, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Professor Hersh plays music by Schumann, Chopin and Brahms.

Looking At: Jazz. The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, led by Chester Grundy
Tuesday, September 18, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

Piano Recital: Jennifer Ku
Wednesday, September 19, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA candidate Jennifer Ku performs works by Bach-Busoni, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff, as well as Taiwanese songs arranged for piano by Che-Yi Li.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Dan and Amy Carwile
Friday, September 21, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Now residing in Lexington, the Carwiles are famous throughout the country, recognized for their award-winning “contest-style” old time fiddling.

DMA Lecture Recital: Miroslav Hristov, violin
Saturday, September 22, 2:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Bluegrass Choral Music Festival
Saturday, September 22, 4:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

The 15th anniversary for this outreach event which features 500-600 high school students from over 25 schools in Kentucky and surrounding states, as well as all six UK Choirs for a total of 700-800 participants, culminating in a free concert.

UK Chorale at Christ the King
Sunday, September 23, 2:30 PM
Cathedral of Christ the King, 299 Colony Blvd.
Contact venue for information.

A performance of Faure's "Requiem." The annual concert features our premiere mixed choir with a chamber orchestra in a performance of a choral masterwork at the Cathedral of Christ the King. This event is in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mason of Maysville, KY, longtime supporters of the UK Choirs.

Guest Recital: Kevin Ayesh, piano
Sunday, September 23, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

A native of Kansas and a graduate of the University of Maryland, Dr. Ayesh is Professor of Music and Head of the Music Department at Blue Ridge Community College in North Carolina. He has concertized extensively throughout the United States and is a frequent adjudicator and clinician through the Southeast.

Dr. Ayesh's program includes music of Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Chopin and the solo piano version of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

Looking At: Jazz. Concert: UK Jazz Combo, directed by Raleigh Dailey
Tuesday, September 25, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

UK Jazz Ensemble and UK Jazz Lab Band
Thursday, September 27, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Lee Sexton and Rich Kirby
Friday, September 28, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Sexton, a native of Letcher County, Ky., began playing the banjo at the age of eight, and is considered a master of both traditional banjo styles of eastern Kentucky – two-finger picking and "drop-thumb" or clawhammer. He is a past recipient of the Governor's Award in the Arts. Kirby learned traditional old-time music from his grandmother, ballad singer Addie Graham of Magoffin County, Ky. During the old-time music revival period of the 1970s, Kirby performed as a member of the band Wry Straw with John McCutcheon and Tom Bledsoe. He has long maintained a relationship with Appalshop and its radio station WMMT-FM.

UK Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert
Friday, September 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

The UKSO performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Also on the program is Michael Torke's 'Bright Blue Music' and the Flute Concerto bu Jacques Ibert performed by Seth Morris. John Nardolillo, Conductor and Music Director

A Moonlight Serenade
Saturday, September 29, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM
R.J. Corman's, US 27 By-Pass, Nicholasville
$150 per person

Experience an elegant evening filled with music, wine, and dance at the R.J. Corman aircraft hangar, a smoke-free facility in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Enjoy the beautiful big band sounds in a unique facility. The black tie dinner and dance will feature an exquisite food and wine pairing with catering by Dupree Catering and swinging music provided by Miles Osland and the UK Jazz Ensemble. Proceeds from the event support the University of Kentucky School of Music.

A World Music Education Concert
Saturday, September 29, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

A concert of world music presented in conjunction with the Symposium for World Music Education. Program (tentative) to incude Philippine tribal music, Thai long drum and khaen solo, Japanese koto, Chinese luogu ensemble, Chinese piano music, and Southeast Asian bamboo angklung. Performers include students, faculty, and special guest artists. Sponsored by the Asia Center and the UK School of Music with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Looking At: Jazz. The Swing Era, led by Dick Domek
Tuesday, October 02, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

Guest Recital: Dr. Eric Ruple, piano faculty, James Madison University
Wednesday, October 03, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public

Dr. Ruple enjoys an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. A frequent guest artist and masterclass clinician, Dr. Ruple has performed and presented at universities and festivals throughout the United States. For four weeks in 2005 he was a guest clinician in Hong Kong, China. In this recital, he will perform the "Diabelli" Variations by Beethoven.

PASATIERI: Opera Preview Luncheon
Tuesday, October 09, 12:00 PM
Portofino’s Restaurant, 249 East Main
$25 per person. By reservation only. Call 253-9300.

Excerpts from "Hotel Casablanca" performed by cast members, followed by a delicious 3-course lunch with dessert.

Looking At: Jazz. Jazz Vocalists, led by Alicia Massie-Legg
Tuesday, October 09, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

UK Octubafest I: Faculty Recital by Skip Gray
Tuesday, October 09, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Tuba professor Skip Gray performs his own compositions and arrangements.

UK Symphony Band
Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Guest Recital: Hunter Hensley and Gregory Partain
Friday, October 12, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Hunter Hensley, Professor of Voice at Eastern Kentucky University and Gregory Partain, Professor of Piano at Transylvania University are collaborating on a series of performances of Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die Shöne Müllerin (the Beautiful Miller’s Daughter). This remarkable series of lieder is based on Wilhelm Müller’s poetry inspired by German folksong.

UK Opera Theatre presents Hotel Casablanca
Friday, October 12, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

A new opera with music and libretto by Thomas Pasatieri. Hotel Casablanca is a comedy set in 1948 and is the story of a wealthy Texas couple and their attempts to “toughen up” their 25 year-old nephew visiting from New York. Based on the Feydeau play A Flea in Her Ear and set at the mythical Double-T Ranch and the seedy Hotel Casablanca. This opera is produced in conjunction with the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera.

PASATIERI: Public Master Class for Vocal Students
Saturday, October 13, 1:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 171 Market Street
Free and open to the public

Everyone is invited to observe the fascinating process of developing a fine singing voice as serious Central Kentucky singers receive feedback and coaching from Pasatieri.

UK Opera Theatre presents Hotel Casablanca
Saturday, October 13, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

A new opera with music and libretto by Thomas Pasatieri. Hotel Casablanca is a comedy set in 1948 and is the story of a wealthy Texas couple and their attempts to “toughen up” their 25 year-old nephew visiting from New York. Based on the Feydeau play A Flea in Her Ear and set at the mythical Double-T Ranch and the seedy Hotel Casablanca. This opera is produced in conjunction with the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera.

UK Band Spectacular
Sunday, October 14, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $5.00 Adults, $3.00 Children/Seniors/Faculty & Students

The University of Kentucky Band Spectacular features the music of the University Wind Ensemble director by Director of Bands John Cody Birdwell, the University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Director of Jazz Studies Miles Osland, the University Steel Drum Band, directed by Director of Percussion Studies James Campbell, and the Wildcat Marching Band, directed by Associate Director of Bands George R. Boulden.

UK Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, October 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Trevor and Travis Stuart with Martha Scanlan
Monday, October 15, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

The Stuart brothers are among the best of Western North Carolina's new generation of old-time music performers. Trevor plays fiddle and Travis plays banjo; They have performed together for over 20 years at dances, concerts, festivals and music camps. They have traveled throughout the US and to England, Germany, Ireland, and Russia, performing and sharing their style of traditional old time music and culture. Scanlan "is possessed of a voice of stirring but almost brittle calm and songs that plow and cultivate emotions in a sort of musical harvest," say Walter Tunis of the Lexington Herald-Leader.

PASATIERI: Songs of Thomas Pasatieri
Monday, October 15, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Aficionados of the genre consider art songs (when written by the right hands) to be among the highest forms of art, unsurpassed in sophistication, subtlety and dramatic truth. In line with tradition, UK Opera students will perform Pasatieri art songs with piano accompaniment.

PASATIERI: Meet the Artist and Barbecue
Tuesday, October 16, 5:00 PM
Historic Kentucky Theater
Tickets: $5 at the door

Thomas Pasatieri speaks about his career in the film industry, and answers questions from the audience. Afterward, walk across the street for a TEXAS-STYLE GOURMET BARBECUE! at Natasha’s Café, 112 Esplanade. $30, includes tax and tip. By reservation only. Call 259-2754.

Looking At: Jazz. Concert by UK Jazz Combo, directed by Raleigh Dailey
Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

Middle School Invitational Festival Concert
Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

An annual event featuring outstanding Middle School Bands from Kentucky. Each invited band performs a 20 minute program and has the opportunity to hear the UK Wind Ensemble in concert at the conclusion of the festival.

UK Wind Ensemble
Thursday, October 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Longyear Musicology Lecture: Margaret Murata, University of California, Irvine
Friday, October 19, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Margaret Murata, Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Irvine, is one of the top specialists in the Italian cantata. She has served as Vice President of the American Musicological Society and President of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music. She has published widely on music of seventeenth-century Italy. She will speak on "Other and Self in the Italian Cantata."

UK Opera Theatre presents Hotel Casablanca
Friday, October 19, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

A new opera with music and libretto by Thomas Pasatieri. Hotel Casablanca is a comedy set in 1948 and is the story of a wealthy Texas couple and their attempts to “toughen up” their 25 year-old nephew visiting from New York. Based on the Feydeau play A Flea in Her Ear and set at the mythical Double-T Ranch and the seedy Hotel Casablanca. This opera is produced in conjunction with the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera.

Guest Recital: Victor Santiago Asunción, piano
Friday, October 19, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Born and raised in the Philippines, Asunción is rapidly making his mark in classical music as a pianist of innate musical sensitivity and superb technique. As a recitalist and concerto soloist, he has appeared in major concert halls in several countries including Canada, Japan, Mexico and the Philippines. His program will include Four Sherzi and Four Ballades by F. Chopin.

UK Opera Theatre presents Hotel Casablanca
Saturday, October 20, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

A new opera with music and libretto by Thomas Pasatieri. Hotel Casablanca is a comedy set in 1948 and is the story of a wealthy Texas couple and their attempts to “toughen up” their 25 year-old nephew visiting from New York. Based on the Feydeau play A Flea in Her Ear and set at the mythical Double-T Ranch and the seedy Hotel Casablanca. This opera is produced in conjunction with the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera.

UK Choral Invitational
Monday, October 22, 9:00 AM to noon
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall

Looking At: Jazz. Jazz Innovators From Bebop to Hard Bop to Cool and More, led by Larry Nelson
Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Bobby Bridger
Wednesday, October 24, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Bridger has been an artist-in-residence at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY., the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT., the John G. Neihardt Center in Bancroft, NE. and Yellowstone National Park. Bridger starred in Dale Wasserman's groundbreaking musical, Shakespeare and The Indians and was featured with David Carradine and Will Sampon in the drama Black Elk Speaks. Full company productions of Bridger's Seekers of the Fleece ran for eight consecutive summer seasons in Wyoming. He is the author of the award-winning book, Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull: Inventing The Wild West, A Ballad of the West, and contributed essays to anthologies on western icons Frank Waters and John G. Neihardt as well as numerous magazine and newpaper features.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: David Long and Kevin Kehrberg
Friday, October 26, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Kevin Kehrberg, bassist extraordinaire, is a member of the Wildwood Valley Boys and the Red State Ramblers, and a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at UK. He joins with visiting virtuoso mandolinist David Long in a unique performance. David Long plays Monroe-style mandolin with the kind of determination and attack that would make the father of Bluegrass proud.

Student Recital: Charlie Olvera, percussion
Saturday, October 27, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Jim Geiger, saxophone
Sunday, October 28, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Octubafest II - UK Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
Sunday, October 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Dr. Skip Gray, director.

UK Concert Band
Monday, October 29, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Looking At: Jazz. Latin Jazz and Jazz as an International Music, led by Ron Pen
Tuesday, October 30, 7:00 PM
Lexington Public Library, 140 E. Main St.
Free and open to the public

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library.

UK Chorale and Choristers
Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Fall concert

Faculty Recital: A Short Concert for a Small Room
Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

A mix of instruments with styles from Handel to jazz. Peter Simpson, bassoon; Benjamin Karp, cello; Alan Hersh, piano; Scott Wright, clarinet; Nancy Clauter, oboe; David Elliot, horn; Merrilee Elliot, flute; Raleigh Dailey, piano.

UK Women's Choir Fall Concert
Thursday, November 01, 7:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Tickets: Tickets: $10.00 Adult/$5.00 Students

Pre-show by Paws and Listen and acoUstiKats begins at 7 PM with the Women's Choir program beginning at 7:30.

Arlo Guthrie in Concert with the UK Symphony Orchestra
Friday, November 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $25 to $45.

Arlo comes back to Lexington to reprise last year's sold-out concert with the UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, Music Director and Conductor. This will be a preview of the concert Arlo and the orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York, Thanksgiving weekend, November 24. It is also a celebration of the much anticipated release of the CD Arlo and the orchestra recorded here.

UK Trombone Day Concert
Saturday, November 03, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Featuring international soloist and chamber musician Scott Hartman, former member of Empire Brass Quintet and current member of Proteus 7 and the Millennium Brass Quintet. Scott plays solo recitals and gives master classes worldwide. Mr. Hartman teaches trombone and coaches chamber music at Yale University. He will perform on the evening concert accompanied by piano and the U.K. Trombone Choir.

Student Recital: Melissa McCollugh, horn
Sunday, November 04, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Featuring works by Telemann, Busser, Reinecke, Basler, and others.

Concerto Without Orchestra: Pianists Eun Hae Kim and Alan Hersh
Monday, November 05, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Pianist Eun Hae Kim performs Chopin's Concerto #1 in E minor with pianist Alan Hersh playing the orchestra parts on a second piano.

Guest Recital: Dr. Patricia Griffith, piano, Kentucky State University
Tuesday, November 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Professor Griffith teaches all courses in piano, minor applied organ, fundamental keyboard skills, accompanying, chamber ensemble (piano), piano literature, and piano pedagogy at KSU. She is a frequent performer of solo recitals and chamber music, having performed widely across the Southeastern U.S.

UK Jazz Lab Band
Thursday, November 08, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Sonny Houston
Friday, November 09, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Sonny Houston grew up in the East Kentucky coalfields of Letcher County, steeped in the traditional fiddle and church music of his homeplace. His swing-infused style was influenced by Marion Sumner “Fiddle King of the South.” Now residing in Atlanta, Sonny is recognized for the haunting power of his singing and his dexterity as an instrumentalist.

Flying Fingers! - Guitar concert
Friday, November 09, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Tickets are $15

Enjoy a fast paced, fun evening with Kentucky musicians Pat Kirtley and UK's Andrew Leonard (acoustic guitar), and the instrumental talents of Endless Road Strings. These performers will join together for a special concert featuring the sounds of guitar, fiddle, mandolin, and much more.

UK Men's Chorus Extravaganza
Friday, November 09, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Tickets: $20 Adults, $7 Student/Children, $35 VIP. UK Student Center Ticket Office at 859-257-8427, or any Ticketmaster location.

Our nationally-honored Men’s Chorus joins forces with one of the most popular ensembles on campus: the 16-member doo-wop group “acoUstiKats.” Add to the mix a new bluegrass group (the “GrassKats”) and special guest artists and you have one of the most entertaining evenings imaginable! The concert takes place in UK’s grand traditional-filled Memorial Hall.

Looking At: Jazz. Swing Dance, sponsored by the UK Swing Dance Club
Saturday, November 10, 7:00 PM
Student Center Grand Ballroom
Discounted tickets for Looking at Jazz attendees.

Part of the Looking At: Jazz film, discussion, and performance series presented jointly by the UK School of Music, UK Libraries and the Lexington Public Library. For more information, see the UK Swing Dance Club.

Reel World String Band 30th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, November 10, 8:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Tickets are $15 from the Singletary Center box office.

The Reel World String Band celebrates its 30th year of performing in this special event sponsored by UK's John Jacob Niles Center for American Music. Come share the love with these Central Kentucky music legends.

Student recital: Brian Archinal, percussion
Sunday, November 11, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Saxophone Ensembles
Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Lecture Recital:Rebecca C. Miller, voice
Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Featuring the melodies of Jacques Ibert and study and performers guide to Thirteen Songs for voice and Piano.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz
Friday, November 16, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Hawker and Schwarz have been singing together for 16 years. Their harmonies are hair-raising and representative of the finest American traditional music. Ginny and Tracy are from Tanner, West Virginia. For the past 15 years, Ginny and Tracy have appeared in concerts and festivals throughout the United States, Canada, and England. Every song they do means something special to them and will invite you to join them in the celebration of your heritage.

Colloquium: A Conversation with Nick Collins
Friday, November 16, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Nicolas Collins (b. 1954, New York City) is an experimental composer who is currently the chair of the Sound Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as the Editor in Chief of Leonardo Music Journal since 1998. He studied musical composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with David Tudor, and has collaborated with numerous soloists and ensembles around the world. As a composer he has helped pioneer the use of quirky hybrids of high and low technology in live performance. He has long been active as a curator of concerts and sound installations. Through his teacher Lucier he met and worked with John Cage, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, Robert Ashley and Gordon Mumma. Co-sponsored by the Department of Art.

Metropolitan Opera District Auditions
Saturday, November 17, 1:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public

Competition in the Kentucky District round of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The top three competitors advance to the Tri-State Regional Auditions at UK on Jan. 19. Judges include Met singers Charles Anthony (who holds the record for the number of performances at the Met) and soprano Ashley Putnam. Both Anthony and Putnam will give master classes while they are here for the competition.

UK Jazz Combos, directed by Raleigh Daley
Sunday, November 18, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Laura Boosinger and Josh Goforth
Sunday, November 18, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
$10.00 adults and $8.00 student tickets

Laura is a remarkable singer/performer of her native traditional Appalachian music as well as the Celtic music that is at the roots of her mountain heritage. Laura has won glowing reviews wherever she appears and is blessed with an ‘essence of the mountains’ spirit that can take you back to the good old days when folks used to huddle around the radio. Long established as one of the classier performers on the Appalachian old-time circuit, she has developed a faithful following in Europe since first touring there in 2004. Last year, it was standing room only again everywhere she appeared , thanks to a stage presence, sweet voice and playing style, whether on clawhammer banjo, autoharp or guitar, that few can match.

UK Symphony Band
Sunday, November 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Wind Ensemble: Exotic Winds! with guest composer Michael Colgrass
Monday, November 19, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass joins the UKWE, Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Conductor, and Lane Weaver, Guest Conductor. Works to include "La Procession du Rocio," by Joaquin Turina; "Dance of the New World," by Dana Wilson; "La Fiesta Mexicana, by H. Owen Reed; and "Winds of Nagual," by Michael Colgrass.

DMA Recital: Brandon Craswell, trumpet
Monday, November 19, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public

Faculty Recital: Noemi Lugo, soprano
Tuesday, November 20, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Arlo Guthrie in Concert with the UK Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, November 24, 8:00 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York
Ticketed

Arlo reprises last year's sold-out concert with the UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, Music Director and Conductor, at Carnegie Hall in New York, Thanksgiving weekend. It is also a celebration of the much anticipated release of the CD Arlo and the orchestra recorded here.

UK Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Leah Hagel, cello
Thursday, November 29, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Guitar Ensemble Concert
Thursday, November 29, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

This semester's guitar performance includes Guitar Trios & Solos from the Renaissance, Brazil and Dream Theater.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Rayna Gellert and Jeff Keith
Friday, November 30, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Jeff is a Ph.D. candidate in History at UK, and a member of Kentucky Wild Horse and the Red State Ramblers. Rayna is a fiddle virtuoso and member of Uncle Earl. She has toured in Europe with dancer Ira Bernstein, in Chile with David Holt & Friends, in the U.S. and Sweden as a member of the Freight Hoppers, and has recently released the acclaimed Uncle Earl CD Waterloo, TN produced by John Paul Jones (formerly of Led Zeppelin fame).

Student Recital: David Hutter, percussion
Saturday, December 01, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Collage
Saturday, December 01, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $17.00/adults and seniors, $10.00/students and children.

Our Holiday Collage concerts have become one of the biggest annual events in School of Music history! Featuring all 200 UK Choir singers, the Lexington Singers Children’s Choir (75 singers), and a host of guest ensembles and soloists, Collage is the highlight of the Christmas season for many in our community. Fast-paced and visually stimulating, Collage is not to be missed!

Collage
Sunday, December 02, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $17.00/adults and seniors, $10.00/students and children.

Our Holiday Collage concerts have become one of the biggest annual events in School of Music history! Featuring all 200 UK Choir singers, the Lexington Singers Children’s Choir (75 singers), and a host of guest ensembles and soloists, Collage is the highlight of the Christmas season for many in our community. Fast-paced and visually stimulating, Collage is not to be missed!

Student Recital: Craig Potter, Tuba
Sunday, December 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Niles String Quartet Recital
Wednesday, December 05, 6:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Featuring works by Ghastera and Beethoven.

Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Red State Ramblers
Friday, December 07, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

The music of the Red State Ramblers features native and adopted Kentuckians playing Kentucky tunes and songs that resonate with the truth of life lived close to the font from which this music springs.

Alltech Old-Fashioned Holiday Sing-Along
Saturday, December 15, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Victorian Square - Main and Broadway
Free, but tickets may be required for evening performance

UK Opera Theatre and guests provide a joyous musical ambiance to your holiday season. Festivities begin at 6:00 p.m. at Triangle Park on Main with a fanfare celebration by the Victorian Square Drum & Bugle Corps and Brass Quintet, The Lexington Singers Children’s Choir and a multitude of holiday singers. At 6:30, the holiday celebration continues inside the inviting warmth of the Victorian Square Atrium for an Evening of Song, featuring UK Opera Theatre vocalists and the Victorian Square Orchestra with selections from Handel’s Messiah and a community sing-along of holiday favorites.

DMA Recital: Bradley Williard, voice
Friday, January 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions
Saturday, January 19, 1:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Male Chorus Day
Saturday, January 19, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
4PM Concert open to the public

This annual outreach event features the UK Men’s Chorus, acoUstiKats, and 150-200 high school and middle school male students from all over Kentucky. The one-day workshop includes peer teaching by the UK singers and culminates in a free concert in the Singletary Center.

Faculty Recital: Dennis Bender, bass, and Brian Osborne, piano
Thursday, January 24, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK voice professor Dennis Bender and Brian Osborne, a professor of collaborative piano at the University of Mississippi, will perform two modern song cycles on Renaissance texts: Ned Rorem's "Flight for Heaven," with text by Robert Herrick, and Dmitri Shostakovich's "Suite on the Words of Michelangelo."

Longyear Musicology Lecture: Tom Riis, University of Colorado, Boulder
Friday, January 25, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Behind the Scenes with Frank Loesser: The Business of Broadway in the Golden Age

UK Symphony Orchestra
Friday, January 25, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Featuring the winners of the annual UKSO Concerto Competition. Seunghee Lee performs the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 and David Sinclair will play the Concerto for Marimba and Strings by contemporary composer Eric Ewazen. The orchestra will also play the Suite from “Rosenkavalier” by Richard Strauss. John Nardolillo, Conductor and Music Director.

Student recital: Phil Robbs, percussion
Saturday, January 26, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Orff Schulwerk Workshop
Saturday, January 26, 9:30 AM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Rehearsal Room

Student Recital: Dannica Burson, voice
Sunday, January 27, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

University of Kentucky Conner Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
Monday, January 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

The UK Conner Ensemble will preview its upcoming concert performance at the United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Washington, DC. Under the direction of Dr. Skip Gray, the Conner Ensemble is an elite, eight-member group comprised of the very top students in the UK tuba-euphonium studio. It is named after Rex Conner who taught at the University of Kentucky from 1960 to 1980, becoming the first full-time professor of tuba at any university in world. This will be the third time that the UK Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble has performed on the U.S. Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference under the direction of Dr. Gray.

UK Symphony Band
Tuesday, January 29, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

UK School of Music Auditions
Friday, February 01, All Day

UK School of Music Auditions
Saturday, February 02, All Day

Student Recital: Will Keith, percussion
Sunday, February 03, 2:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Guest Lecture/Performance: “Music in Medieval Spain’s Three Cultures: Christian, Jewish, Muslim"
Sunday, February 03, 7:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Judith R. Cohen is a performer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Judeo-Spanish ("Ladino") Sephardic songs, as well as in medieval and traditional music, including Balkan, Portuguese, Yiddish, and French Canadian, pan-European balladry, and songs from Crypto-Jewish regions of the Portuguese-Spanish border. She is the General Editor for the Spain series of the Alan Lomax project, carried out with the Association for Cultural Equity and Rounder Records. Dr. Cohen is on the faculty of York University (Toronto). Co-sponsored by the Division of Musicology (Rey M. Longyear Fund), the Department of History, the Department of Hispanic Studies, and the Judaic Studies Program.

Student Recital: Tim Wilburn, percussion
Sunday, February 03, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Guest Lecture/Performance: "Women and Music in the Sephardic Tradition"
Monday, February 04, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Judith R. Cohen is a performer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Judeo-Spanish ("Ladino") Sephardic songs, as well as in medieval and traditional music, including Balkan, Portuguese, Yiddish, and French Canadian, pan-European balladry, and songs from Crypto-Jewish regions of the Portuguese-Spanish border. She is the General Editor for the Spain series of the Alan Lomax project, carried out with the Association for Cultural Equity and Rounder Records. Dr. Cohen is on the faculty of York University (Toronto). Co-sponsored by the Division of Musicology (Rey M. Longyear Fund), the Department of History, the Department of Hispanic Studies, and the Judaic Studies Program.

Guest Lecture: Chiung-Chi Chen
Tuesday, February 05, 3:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

"Sounding the Unsung Voices: Performance Practice of Ritual Opera in Contemporary Taiwan." Chiung-Chi Chen is a recent recipient of the Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from U.C.L.A., and currently holds a post-doctoral fellowship at U.C. Santa Cruz.

Student recital: Aaron Graham, percussion
Wednesday, February 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Longyear Musicology Lecture: Kyle Gann, Bard College
Friday, February 08, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Author of "The Music of Conlon Nancarrow" (Cambridge University Press, 1995), "American Music in the 20th Century" (Schirmer Books, 1997), and "Music Downtown: Writings from the Village Voice" (University of California Press, 2006).

Our Lincoln
Sunday, February 10, 7:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: Adult $25.00, Student $12.00, Faculty/Staff $20.00, Senior $20.00

The Kentucky Humanities Council presents a major showcase for the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial in Lexington. This multi-faceted presentation will be both entertaining and informative, one in which the audience will learn about Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln, while experiencing artistic illustration of the ideas and themes that make Lincoln Kentucky's own. Nick Clooney will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Performers include: American Spiritual Ensemble, UK Opera Theatre, Lexington Singers, Lexington Philharmonic, Vintage Dancers, Kentucky Repertory Theatre, Nathan Cole and Akiko Tarumoto, Kentucky Chautauqua Performers, and Jane Gentry Vance.

Guest Lecture: Donna Kwan
Tuesday, February 12, 3:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

“Korean Expressive Folk Culture in Transmission: Cultivating a Communal Way-of-Being in the Madang.” Donna Kwan is a recent recipient of the Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from U.C. Berkeley, and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at Lawrence University.

Paws and Kats After Dark
Thursday, February 14, 7:00 PM
Worsham Theater - UK Student Center
Tickets are $5 single and $8 for couples

A Valentine's Day evening of romantic ballads, pop hits, and Broadway favorites featuring UK's a cappella pop ensembles, the acoUstiKats and Paws & Listen.

A Jazzy Valentine
Thursday, February 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

With UK Jazz Ensemble and UK Lab Band. Bring a date to a romantic evening of great music. This annual Valentine concert by UK's award-winning jazz musicians has become a local tradition for more than 15 years.

Cellist Lynn Harrell with the UK Symphony Orchestra
Friday, February 15, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $32. Discounts for students, seniors, UK facults and staff. Processing fees will apply.

World renowned cellist, Lynn Harrell, comes to Lexington and is joined by the University of Kentucky's Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, Music Director and Conductor. Lynn Harrell plays Elgar Cello Concerto with Orchestra. The program also features Brahms's Symphony No. 2 and the Egmont Overture of Beethoven. A consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor and teacher, Mr. Harrell's work in America, Europe and Asia has placed him in the highest echelon of today's performing artists.

UK Highschool Honors Wind Ensemble
Sunday, February 17, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

An annual event that features outstanding high school musicians from across Kentucky and the surrounding states. An elite group of 60-70 musicians is selected through application and taped audition, and are guests of the university. During this special weekend students have the opportunity to meet members of the UK music faculty, attend master classes, hear faculty/student ensembles, and perform with other outstanding high school musicians and the University Wind Ensemble. The UK High School Honors Wind Ensemble is conducted by Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Director of Bands, and George R. Boulden, Associate Director of Bands.

Student Recital: Jeremy Chapman, percussion
Sunday, February 17, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Guest Lecture: Julia Byl
Thursday, February 21, 3:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

“Retreating Borders: Musical Islam in an Unconverted Land.” Julia Byl is a recent recipient of the Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan.

UK Wind Ensemble
Sunday, February 24, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

The program will include: Igor Stravinsky, Octet; Donald Grantham, "J’ai ete` au bal;" Karel Husa, "Music for Prague 1968;" Peter Graham, "Harrison’s Dream;" Leonard Bernstein, Candide Suite.

UK Thoroughbred Brass Quintet
Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

The Quintet is comprised of the principal players (section leaders) in the UK Symphony Orchestra. This is the first principals' brass quintet in the School of Music's 90-year history. The concert features works by 20th-century composers Ingolf Dahl, Malcolm Arnold, Claude Debussy and Victor Ewald.

Student recital: Ryan Nestor, percussion
Thursday, February 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Guitar Program Guest Artist: Daniel Corr
Thursday, February 28, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Tickets:$10 general/$5 students at the door

Daniel Corr is active as a performing classical guitarist across North America and beyond. Recent appearances include performances of guitar concertos by Giuliani with the American Classical Orchestra, Villa-Lobos at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Creative Orchestra, and Rodrigo with the Auburn (WA) Symphony under conductor Stewart Kershaw. Corr serves as a Lecturer of Music and Artistic Director of the Gateway International Guitar Series at Gateway Community College in New Haven, CT.

UK Opera Theatre presents Hansel and Gretel
Friday, February 29, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. (Processing fees will apply.)

Humperdinck's fairy tale opera based on the beloved story by the Brothers Grimm. Lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel come upon the house of a witch who bakes children into gingerbread! A timeless story in a production for all ages.

DMA Recital: Dennis McElroy
Friday, February 29, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Works of Brahms, Saint-Saens, Bassi, and Tower.

UK School of Music Auditions
Friday, February 29, All Day

Student Recital: Melissa DeCarlo, flute and Sabrina Baker, clarinet
Saturday, March 01, 6:00 PM
Center Theatre, Student Center
Free and open to the public

Featuring works of Telemann, Bolling and Bassett.

UK Opera Theatre presents Hansel and Gretel
Saturday, March 01, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

Humperdinck's fairy tale opera based on the beloved story by the Brothers Grimm. Lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel come upon the house of a witch who bakes children into gingerbread! A timeless story in a production for all ages.

UK School of Music Auditions
Saturday, March 01, All Day

UK Trumpet Day
Saturday, March 01, All Day
Singletary Center for the Arts
Registration required

Featuring international trumpeter Charles Lazarus. Clinics and master classes.

Alltech Opera Scholarship Competition
Sunday, March 02, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

See the elite new group of prospective UK Opera students as they compete for the highly prestigious scholarship awards.

University of Kentucky Women's and Men's Choir Concert
Sunday, March 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts -Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Percussion Chamber Recital
Monday, March 03, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Byran Winningham, Percussion
Tuesday, March 04, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Recital: Nikolasa Tejero, clarinet
Wednesday, March 05, 8:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Faculty Recital: Andrew Leonard, solo guitar
Thursday, March 06, 7:00 PM
Rohs Opera House, Cynthiana, Kentucky
Tickets: $10. Info: (859) 913-3174

UK Percussion Ensemble
Thursday, March 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Opera Theatre presents Hansel and Gretel
Friday, March 07, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. (Processing fees will apply.)

Humperdinck's fairy tale opera based on the beloved story by the Brothers Grimm. Lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel come upon the house of a witch who bakes children into gingerbread! A timeless story in a production for all ages.

Kentucky Day of Percussion
Saturday, March 08, 10:00 AM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Open to the public

UK Opera Theatre presents Hansel and Gretel
Saturday, March 08, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. (Processing fees will apply.)

Humperdinck's fairy tale opera based on the beloved story by the Brothers Grimm. Lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel come upon the house of a witch who bakes children into gingerbread! A timeless story in a production for all ages.

Guest Lecture and Performance: Gail Zappa and A Zappa Tribute Concert
Friday, March 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

The South-Central Chapter of the American Musicological Society, the University of Kentucky School of Music, and the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music present an evening devoted to the music of Frank Zappa. His widow, Gail Zappa will present a talk, “Some Composers Do Not Enjoy Water Sports . . .” The lecture will be followed by "A Zappa Tribute: Inspirations and Music of American Composer Frank Zappa,” performed by the University of Kentucky Chamber Winds, Michael Yonchak conductor.

Student Recital: John Allnutt, percussion
Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Josh Wharton, Percussion
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Recital: Darla Diltz, voice
Monday, March 24, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Senior Recital: Angie Ortega, sax and voice
Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Angie Ortega is one of the stars of the UK Jazz Studies program. A talented artist in both saxophone and jazz vocals.

Guest Recital: Agnes Wan, piano
Friday, March 28, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Music by Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Schubert.

Longyear Musicology Lecture: Steven Huebner, McGill University
Friday, March 28, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

"Ravel's Politics." Huebner is the author of "The Operas of Charles Gounod" (Clarendon, 1990) and "French Opera at the Fin de siècle: Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style" (Oxford, 1999; winner of the Prix Opus 2000).

Student Recital: Sarah Klopfenstein, voice
Friday, March 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Featuring the music of Handel, Rossini, Brahms, Bizet, Vaughan Williams, and Weill.

Senior Recital: Becca Stofer, violin
Saturday, March 29, 5:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Duo Pegasus: Scott Wright, clarinet, and Linda Halloin, piano.
Saturday, March 29, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Duo Pegasus performs a variety of works by Leo Sowerby, Paquito D’Rivera, John Ireland, Mike Mower and others.

Student recital: Logan Wells, percussion
Sunday, March 30, 1:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Saxophone Ensembles
Tuesday, April 01, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Lecture Recital: Tim Hendrickson, choral conducting
Wednesday, April 02, 4:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Kinesthetic, Aural, and Visual Techniques to Facilitate Vowel Production in Choral Singing.

UK Concert Band
Wednesday, April 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Stacy Kennedy, flute, and Josh Hall, oboe
Wednesday, April 02, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

UK Opera Theatre presents: How Opera is Made
Thursday, April 03, 12:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

A rare glimpse into the creation of an original opera by Kentucky artists. Join composer Joseph Baber and librettist James Rogers in a conversation about the new Lincoln opera, "River of Time." There will be singers performing segments of the work in progress, discussion of the process of collaboration, and a feedback session.

Student Recital: Susan Rahmsdorff, voice
Friday, April 04, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Senior Recital: Scott Crum with UK Horn Coil
Friday, April 04, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public

Works include the Fantasy for solo horn and piano by former UK professor Gordon J. Kinney. The Horn Coil horn ensemble will play the "Farewell to Red Castle" for horn octet, by Kerry Turner.

Student Chamber Music Recital: Clint Davis, percussion
Friday, April 04, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

'Sound/Vision' is a performance of chamber works by contemporary American composers John Luther Adams, Steve Reich, and George Crumb, accompanied by original video from local artist Jason Corder.

Student Recital: Matt Proffitt, Euphonium
Saturday, April 05, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Recital: Natalie Lehr, clarinet
Saturday, April 05, 2:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Senior Recital: Nicholas Covault, voice
Saturday, April 05, 6:00 PM
Student Center Theater
Free and open to the public

Featuring Tedrin Blair Lindset, piano, and Rachel Farrar, soprano. Works by Mendelsohn, Holst, Ravel and others.

UK Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, April 06, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Recital: Yuell (Chuck) Chandler, tenor, with Emily Leather, piano
Sunday, April 06, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Chandler will sing the Schubert song cycle, "Die schöne Müllerin."

UK Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, April 08, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Chorale and Choristers
Thursday, April 10, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Spring Concert

Student Recital: Brian Ewalt, Tuba
Thursday, April 10, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Caroline Quinio, piano
Friday, April 11, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Music by Haydn, Schubert and Ravel.

UK Opera Theatre presents: How Opera is Made
Friday, April 11, 7:00 PM
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
Free and open to the public

A rare glimpse into the creation of an original opera by Kentucky artists. Join composer Joseph Baber and librettist James Rogers in a conversation about the new Lincoln opera, "River of Time." There will be singers performing segments of the work in progress, discussion of the process of collaboration, and a feedback session.

Student Recital: Andrea Childress, voice
Friday, April 11, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Recital: Natalie Lehr, clarinet
Saturday, April 12, 1:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Beth McDonald, Tuba
Saturday, April 12, 5:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Battle of the Big Band Orchestras: Students vs. Faculty
Saturday, April 12, 7:30 PM
Student Center Grand Ballroom
Ticketed

The Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra vs the UK Jazz Ensemble. You’re in for real musical treat at this Battle of the Big Band Orchestras, sponsored by the UK Swing Dance Club. Come dance and listen to the great music; then vote for your favorite band. Your vote will count, the winning band receives a bonus payment! Reduced admission price for School of Music students, faculty and staff. For more information, see the UK Swing Dance Club web site.

A Concert of World Music and Dance
Sunday, April 13, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Dr. K.H. Han presents the final Concert of World Music and Dance in his visiting professorship at UK. Featured will be UK and guest artists and ensemble with a diverse array of entertainments from around the world, including a Celtic harp ensemble, UK Gamelan, UK Chinese Ensemble, an unusual new type of Chinese harp, and the Afrikania Drum Ensemble from Ghana.

Student Recital: Mark A. Kano, voice
Sunday, April 13, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Doctoral lecture recital: Alexandre Lopes
Sunday, April 13, 7:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

Lopes will discuss the orchestral works of Ernani Aguiar, a contemporary Brazilian composer.

UK Symphony Band
Sunday, April 13, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Faculty Recital: Nancy Clauter, oboe
Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

"Mother Earth. Father Oboe." An environmental celebration through music, poems, and pictures.

UK Jazz Lab Band
Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Jazz Combos, directed by Raleigh Daley
Wednesday, April 16, 5:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Senior Recital: Rachel Farrar, voice
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 PM
Kentucky Theater. 214 East Man St.
Free and open to the public

Songs by Bach, Bellini, R. Strauss, Britten, Poulenc, and Bernstein. Accompanied by Stephen Penn and featuring guest artists Ned Farrar, Byron Farrar, and Nicholas Covault.

Lecture Recital: Erica Rumbley, piano
Friday, April 18, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public

"The Blue, the Gray, and the Ivory: American Pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Concert Tours During the Civil War." Gottschalk criss-crossed the country giving concerts during a time of great upheaval. In this recital, Erica, dressed in period costume, performs Gottschalk’s most popular concert pieces, and provides commentary on the compositions and their place in Gottschalk’s wartime concerts.

To Russia with Love: UK School of Music Scholarship Benefit Concert
Friday, April 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets are $20.00 Regular, $14.00 UK Fac/Staff, $16.00 Senior, $5.00 Student

Join us for the fifth annual Benefit Concert Gala featuring the UK Symphony Orchestra, UK Choruses, and soloists for an inspiring ALL RUSSIAN PROGRAM. Performance to include Tchaikovsy's Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin," Russian choral music, and Prokofiev’s "Alexander Nevsky."

Student Recital: Tim Dailey, trumpet
Saturday, April 19, 4:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Wind Ensemble
Sunday, April 20, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Faculty Recital: Andrew Leonard, solo guitar
Monday, April 21, 2:00 PM
Tates Creek Library, Lexington, Kentucky
Free (reservations required). Call (859) 231-5580.

DMA Recital: Andrew M. Bliss, percussion
Monday, April 21, 8:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Featuring works of contemporary percussion literature including the world premiere of "This River," a commissioned work by John Supko.

DMA Recital:Erin Walker, percussion
Monday, April 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Niles String Quartet
Saturday, May 03, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK's elite graduate string quartet performs.

DMA Recital: Lubitza Braikova, viola
Tuesday, May 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts -Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Featuring works by Bach, Hindemith, and Brahms

Piano Preparatory Program Class Piano Recital
Wednesday, May 07, 6:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Student Recital: Brandy Lynn Hawkins, voice
Saturday, May 10, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Anita Baker Mother's Day Concert
Sunday, May 11, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

DMA Recital: Paula Galama, piano
Monday, May 12, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Works of Bach, Rachmaninoff, Villa-Lobos, and others.

DMA Recital: Darla Diltz, voice
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Works for voice and piano by Lorenzo Palomo, Samuel Barber, Claude Debussy, Andre Previn, and Joseph Marx.

Big Band Showcase
Friday, May 23, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

UK Opera Theatre presents It's A Grand Night for Singing
Friday, June 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

Join us for our 16th year of great block-buster hits from Hollywood and Broadway!

UK Opera Theatre presents It's A Grand Night for Singing
Saturday, June 07, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

Join us for our 16th year of great block-buster hits from Hollywood and Broadway!

UK Opera Theatre presents It's A Grand Night for Singing
Sunday, June 08, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public

Join us for our 16th year of great block-buster hits from Hollywood and Broadway!

UK Opera Theatre presents It's A Grand Night for Singing
Friday, June 13, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. Processing fees will apply.

Join us for our 16th year of great block-buster hits from Hollywood and Broadway!

UK Opera Theatre presents It's A Grand Night for Singing
Saturday, June 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. (Processing fees will apply.)

Join us for our 16th year of great block-buster hits from Hollywood and Broadway!

UK Opera Theatre presents It's A Grand Night for Singing
Sunday, June 15, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Tickets: $34 adults, $27 UK Faculty/Staff, $30 Seniors, $12 students, $10 Children. (Processing fees will apply.)

Join us for our 16th year of great block-buster hits from Hollywood and Broadway!

Senior Recital: Logan Wells, percussion
Sunday, November 16, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

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