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DMA Recital: David Bellamy Baker, voice
Tuesday, April 22, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
DMA Recital: Lee K. Blakeman, trombone
Tuesday, September 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Faculty Recital: Tedrin Blair Lindsay's Annual Birthday Extravaganza
Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
With guest artists Skip Gray, Lisa Osland, and Heidi Skok from the UK Music Faculty, and others.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Lee Sexton with Rich Kirby
Friday, September 12, 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 East Kentucky – two-finger picking and "drop-thumb" or clawhammer. He is a past recipient of a Governor's Award in the Arts. Kirby learned traditional or old-time music from his grandmother, ballad singer Addie Graham of Magoffin County, Ky. He has long maintained a relationship with Appalshop and its radio station WMMT-FM, located in Whitesburg, Ky. Along with an encyclopedic knowledge of old-time mountain music genre, Kirby is recognized for his scholarship regarding popular music of developing nations, especially music from Africa.
Guest Recital: William Cooper, piano
Saturday, September 13, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Bands Parents Day Concert
Sunday, September 14, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Parents Day Concert, featuring the UK Wind Ensemble and UK Symphony Band.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Kentucky Wild Horse
Friday, September 19, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Kentucky Wild Horse draws on the transitional era in the 1930s and ‘40s when the older traditional music was beginning to develop in a new direction that would later come to be known as bluegrass. Members of the band have family and community connections to Kentucky music. They try to preserve these older traditions in their approach to the music and welcome the opportunity to share what may rightly be regarded as Kentucky's greatest gift to American culture. John Harrod is an expert collector and scholar of Kentucky’s old time fiddle and string band traditions. He was the recipient of the Governor’s Folk Heritage Award in 2004. Paul David Smith, fiddler, is a master musician from Pike County who played alongside legendary fiddler Owen “Snake” Chapman for many a year.
Bluegrass Choral Music Festival Concert
Saturday, September 20, 4:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public
Moonlight at Gainesway: A Benefit Gala for the UK School of Music
Saturday, September 20, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Gainesway Farm
Ticketed
The Friends of the University of Kentucky School of Music invite you to experience an elegant evening filled with music, food, wine, and dance at historic Gainesway Farm on Paris Pike in Lexington. Enjoy the elegant big band sounds of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie in a unique facility. The black tie dinner and dance will feature an exquisite food and wine pairing and swinging music provided by Miles Osland and the UK Jazz Ensemble. Proceeds from the event will support the UK School of Music.
UK Jazz Ensemble and UK Jazz Lab Band
Thursday, September 25, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University, The Bluegrass Band.
Friday, September 26, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
The Kentucky Center for Traditional Music is actively involved in preserving and presenting the rich musical culture of the Commonwealth. Jesse Wells is Education Coordinator and Adjunct Professor at Morehead’s Kentucky Center for Traditional Music, and a remarkable fiddler and banjo player himself. He will be bringing student ensembles from KCTM to discuss and showcase the development of bluegrass music instruction at collegiate institutions.
Student Recital: John-Morgan Bush, horn
Sunday, September 28, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Works by Reinhold Gliere, W.A. Mozart, George Rochberg, David Pinkham.
UK Faculty Recital: The UK Jazztet with special guests Soundfoundry
Thursday, October 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
The UK Jazztet features UK jazz faculty members Miles Osland, woodwinds, Raleigh Dailey, piano, and John Willmarth, drums, with Danny Cecil on bass. Soundfoundry is UK's graduate jazz combo, with Joe Carucci, woodwinds, Ross Whitaker, guitar, Danny Cecil, bass & Paul Deatherage, drums.
UK Symphony Orchestra
Friday, October 03, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UKSO with UK Choirs John Nardolillo and Jefferson Johnson, conductors. Wagner Prelude and Finale from 'Die Meistersinger,' Mozart 'Coronation' Mass, K.317, Sibelius 'Valse Triste,' Ravel 'Daphnis et Chloe, Fragments Symphoniques, 2e.'
Guest Recital: Nancy and Vernon Cherrix, piano duo
Sunday, October 05, 4:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Nancy and Vernon Cherrix are from the University of Louisville. They will perform works by Mozart/Liszt, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Fretwork
Monday, October 06, 8:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Fretwork is the premier British consort of viols, specializing in renaissance and baroque music, as well as new music commissioned for the ensemble. This concert will highlight the music of Jewish musicians at the English court in the early 17th century. Co-sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program and the UK School of Music.
UK Symphony Band 3rd Annual College Band Invitational Concert
Wednesday, October 08, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Beverly Smith and Carl Jones
Friday, October 10, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
For Years Carl Jones and Beverly Smith have appeared on the traditional music scene, at festivals, on record, at contests and dances, in various bands and formations, playing just about anything with strings or tossing in vocal harmonies wherever there was the opportunity. In their recordings they bring those years of experience to the art of the duet—songs and tunes, old and new, done simply and with love.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Music of Coal with Ron Short
Monday, October 13, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Music of Coal is a compilation of coal mining songs compiled to accompany a book by Paul Kuczko of historical photos from Lee and Wise counties in Virginia. Ron Short, a native of the Appalachian Mountains of Dickenson County, Virginia, has worked at Roadside Theater for the past 26 years as a playwright, musician, composer, actor, and director. He scripted and wrote music for 15 musical plays and helped script three others, all currently in Roadside's touring repertoire. He performs in all of the company's touring productions.
U. S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus
Wednesday, October 15, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts
Tickets are free, but limited. For information, call the Singletary Center box office at 859-257-4929.
From Boston to Bombay, Tokyo to Toronto, The U.S. Army Field Band has been thrilling audiences for more than half a century, keeping the will of the American people behind the members of the armed forces and supporting diplomatic efforts around the world. The 29-member Soldiers' Chorus is the vocal complement of the Field Band, including three alums of the UK Opera Theatre: Mario Garcia, Mark Huseth and Charis Strange! Performances often include Broadway, opera, barbershop quartet, and Americana in addition to selections from the choral repertoire.
Guest Recital: Steven Glaser, piano
Thursday, October 16, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Steven Glaser is a professor of Piano at the Ohio State University. He will perform works by Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Paul Ben-Haim, and S. Liapunow. Professor Glaser will also present a master class for piano students on October 17 at 10:00 AM in the Recital Hall. Both events are open to the public.
UK Master Class: Steven Glaser, piano
Friday, October 17, 10:00 AM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Professor Glaser teaches Piano at the Ohio State University.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Dr. Tim Lake and the Tim Lake Trio
Friday, October 17, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Dr. Tim Lake is a singer-songwriter, composer, performer, and teacher who was born in Manhattan, New York, and was raised in Lexington, Kentucky. Playing banjo and guitar, Tim has been a professional musician for over 20 years, has released ten albums of original songs, and has performed internationally and across the United States with his group "The Little Big Band." Tim received a doctorate in music in 1991 from the University of Kentucky. In 1993, he performed and recorded the world premiere of his doctoral work, An American Concerto For 5-String Banjo and Orchestra, with the Atlanta-Emory Orchestra in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1995, his concerto was awarded Kentucky’s prestigious Al Smith Fellowship for music composition. He also received recognition as a composer from ASCAP’s Standard and Popular Awards panel from 1994 through 2006.
UK Opera Theatre presents "La Bohème"
Friday, October 17, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
Perhaps the world’s favorite opera, culminating in two of opera's greatest arias, this is the piece that inspired the Broadway hit Rent and moved motion picture audiences to laughter and tears in Moonstruck. Come see, hear and feel this poignant tale of love, friendship and heartbreak.
Celebrate Music with UK's acoUstiKats and Paws & Listen
Friday, October 17, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Ticketed
UK Opera Theatre presents "La Bohème"
Saturday, October 18, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
Perhaps the world’s favorite opera, culminating in two of opera's greatest arias, this is the piece that inspired the Broadway hit Rent and moved motion picture audiences to laughter and tears in Moonstruck. Come see, hear and feel this poignant tale of love, friendship and heartbreak.
UK Wind Ensemble
Sunday, October 19, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring Natalie Lehr, clarinet, winner of the UK Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition.
Octubafest 2008 - I. Upper Division and Graduate Tuba-Euphonium Students in Recital
Monday, October 20, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Choral Invitational
Monday, October 20, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Octubafest 2008 -II. Lower Division Tuba-Euphonium Students in Recital
Tuesday, October 21, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Octubafest 2008 - III. University of Kentucky Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Dr. Skip Gray, director.
Groundbreaking Ceremony, Schmidt Vocal Arts Center
Friday, October 24, 12:00 PM
Koinonia House, home of UK Opera Theatre
Free and open to the public
Thanks to the continuing support of UK and a generous gift from William and Casiana Schmidt, UKOT’s home base will undergo a major renovation, more than doubling our available space! Please join us for this long-awaited celebration, held at the newly named William E. and Casiana Schmidt Vocal Arts Center, at the corner of Rose Street and Rose Lane.
Men’s Chorus Fall Extravaganza
Friday, October 24, 7:15 PM
Memorial Hall
Tickets: call 859-257-8427 or any Ticketmaster location.
Featuring the nationally-renown UK Men’s Chorus, the popular a cappella group acoUstiKats, and the recently formed GrassKats, the Fall Extravaganza is a unique and entertaining evening of all-male voices! Pre-show begins at 7:15, with the concert beginning at 7:30.
Senior Recital: Beth McDonald, tuba
Saturday, October 25, 2:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Opera Theatre presents "La Bohème"
Saturday, October 25, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
Perhaps the world’s favorite opera, culminating in two of opera's greatest arias, this is the piece that inspired the Broadway hit Rent and moved motion picture audiences to laughter and tears in Moonstruck. Come see, hear and feel this poignant tale of love, friendship and heartbreak.
Schmidt Youth Vocal Competition
Saturday, October 25, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
With the aim of nurturing and encouraging young vocal artists, this competition for high school students offers cash awards to the best of the best, provided by William and Casiana Schmidt and the William E. Schmidt Foundation.
UK Opera Theatre presents "La Bohème"
Sunday, October 26, 2:00 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
Perhaps the world’s favorite opera, culminating in two of opera's greatest arias, this is the piece that inspired the Broadway hit Rent and moved motion picture audiences to laughter and tears in Moonstruck. Come see, hear and feel this poignant tale of love, friendship and heartbreak.
UK Concert Band Fall Concert
Tuesday, October 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Tribute to Nathaniel Patch
Thursday, October 30, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Professor Emeritus Nathaniel Patch taught piano at the University of Kentucky from 1949 until his retirement in 1982. He held degrees from the Eastman School of Music and was familiar to generations of Kentuckians as an active concert pianist and teacher. He performed throughout the United States as a pianist and chamber musician and appeared as piano soloist with, among others, the Lexington Philharmonic, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. Among his many awards were the UK Great Teacher Award and the Kentucky Music Teachers' Teacher of the Year Award. This tribute will include performances by UK's faculty members and piano students as well as faculty members from the University of Louisville, Transylvania University and Kentucky State University.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Gloria Belle
Friday, October 31, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Gloria Belle launched her musical career in the foothills of East Tennessee where bluegrass roots run deep. She made her first appearances on WBIR Television in Knoxville in the early 1960's. In 1999 she became one of the few women to ever be presented the Distinguished Achievement Award by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), represents a lifetime of dedication and contributions to bluegrass music. In 2001 the IBMA awarded Gloria the Recorded Event of the Year award for her participation in 'Follow Me Back to the Fold: A Tribute to Women in Bluegrass.'
DMA Recital: Eun Hae Kim, piano
Friday, October 31, 12:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Music by Schoenberg, Schumann, J. S. Bach and Liszt.
Longyear Musicology Lecture: Robert Winter, UCLA
Friday, October 31, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Operas, Symphonies, Concertos: Mozart Piano Concertos in Context
UK Symphony Orchestra
Friday, October 31, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
John Nardolillo, conductor, with Skip Gray, tuba. Wienberger Polka and Fugue from 'Schwanda the Bagpiper,' Rahm 'Legend of Heimdall,' Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4.
Kentucky - ACDA Fall Convocation Concert
Saturday, November 01, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, November 02, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Middle School Concert Band Invitational
Wednesday, November 05, 6:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Three middle school bands and the UK Wind Ensemble.
UK Master Class: Michael Davis, trombone
Thursday, November 06, 12:30 PM
Location TBA
Free and open to the public
A class on jazz improvisation and professional playing.
UK Jazz Ensemble and UK Trombone Choir with Special Guest Artists
Thursday, November 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring Michael Davis, trombone, and Brazilian Saxophonist Roberto Sion.
UK Women's Choir Fall Concert
Friday, November 07, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Ticketed
Pre-show beginning at 7:00.
UK Opera - ON TOUR : Puccini’s "La Bohème", concert version
Saturday, November 08, 7:30 PM
Owensboro’s RiverPark Center
Ticketed
Last year’s visit to the RiverPark Center was such a rousing success, we have been invited to return, and gladly do so! The Owensboro Symphony has made quite a name for itself, under the leadership of Maestro Nicholas Palmer, bringing together the best in instrumental musicians in western Kentucky and southern Indiana for a lively evening of opera in concert in their sparkling new state of the art performance center overlooking the Ohio River. If you have friends or relatives in the Daviess County area, invite them to meet you in Owensboro!
Kentucky New Music Festival
Sunday, November 09, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring the UK jazz combo Sound Foundry.
Kentucky New Music Festival: Music of the 21st Century
Monday, November 10, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring works written after the year 2000 by living composers. It will include live performances as well as electronic music and DVDs with music. Works for this concert were selected from a pool of about 175 compositions submitted by composers from around the world.
KY New Music Festival: Modern Classics Concert
Tuesday, November 11, 6:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Featuring works by well known composers of the 20th-Century performed by students and faculty of the UK School of Music.
UK Chorale and Choristers
Tuesday, November 11, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Ticketed
KY New Music Festival: 60x60 Electronic Music Concert
Thursday, November 13, 6:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
This concerts consists of 60 one-minute electronic compositions by 60 different composers played back to back for a one-hour concert. In addition to the electronic music playback, there will be three screens projecting a media player visualization in sync to the music, the composer biography and program notes for each piece, and a clock.
UK Jazz Lab Band
Thursday, November 13, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Directed by Raleigh Daley with guest artist, saxophonist Ron Jones.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: GrassKats
Friday, November 14, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
The University of Kentucky’s very own bluegrass band featuring a weave of incredibly tight vocal harmonies punctuated by the counterpoint of some fine fretwork. With Adam French (Music major in violin) on fiddle, Tanner Jones (vocal music major) on banjo, Dr. Jefferson Johnson (Director of Choral Activities) on mandolin, John Johnson plays bass, and Chris Weiss is the guitarist.
KY New Music Festival: Guest Performer Andrea Ceccomori, flute
Friday, November 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Andrea Ceccomori earned a degree in flute performance at the Morlacchi Music Conservatory in Perugia, Italy. He has appeared at national and international festivals such as Spazio Musica, Cagliari, Italy; Nuova Consonanza and Musica Verticale, Rome, Italy; and Biennale of Contemporary Music, Zagreb, Croatia. Other appearances include Darmstadt; Paris; Stockholm; Prague; Sophia; the Logos Foundation, Gent, Belgium; the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland; Concert for Peace, Vatican City; as well as tours of Germany, Spain, Africa and Brazil. In the United States Mr. Ceccomori has appeared as guest performer at universities in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Colorado, Georgia, and Mississippi. In addition to performing classical music, Mr. Ceccomori is a great supporter of contemporary music. This concert will feature works by: Berio, Scelsi, Maderna, Ceccomori, Hollos, Rudow, Alon, Griffin, Dorff, Coluccino, and Campogrande.
Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Big Band Swing Dance with the Hepcats Swing Dance Club
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 PM
Student Center Grand Ballroom
Ticketed
Hepcats Swing Dance Club
UK Band Spectacular
Sunday, November 16, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed
The annual celebration sampler of UK bands, including the UK Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Steel Band, and Wildcat Marching Band.
UK Senior Recital: Logan Wells, percussion
Sunday, November 16, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
20th century percussion music by Bartok, Debussy, Manoury, and Globolcar.
UK Saxophone Ensembles
Tuesday, November 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Guest Recital: Hope Koehler, Songs of John Jacob Niles
Tuesday, November 18, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
UK Voice alumna Hope Koehler has released a new CD of music by Kentucky legend John Jacob Niles on Albany Records. Ms. Koehler returns to UK to perform songs from the CD, titled "The Lass from the Low Countree," in a special concert in the gallery of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music. She will be accompanied by pianist James Douglass.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Hog Operation
Friday, November 21, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
The Hog Operation is an ensemble that is steeped in Kentucky's rich music tradition. This group gives high-energy performances created by the cross-pollination of many American roots music styles including Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Country and Rock. Hog Operation plays a style of supercharged Bluegrass music using traditional instrumentation - guitar, banjo, bass, fiddle and mandolin - that accompany silky smooth three-part harmony vocals. The players are Steve Cooley, Screamin' John Hawkins, Larry Raley and Chubby Spud (a.k.a. Mike Schroeder). This Louisville-based band has released two CDs New Litter featuring all original music and Nice Ham Bites, covering a variety of Bluegrass and Country standards.
Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions
Saturday, November 22, 1:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions are designed to discover promising young opera singers. District winners progress to the Regional Auditions and compete for a chance to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.
UK Master Class: Metropolitan Opera
Sunday, November 23, 1:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
In the classical voice tradition, the master class is a lesson between a singer and master teacher, often observed by others, offering a peek into the process of training an operatic voice.
UK Symphony Band Fall Concert
Sunday, November 23, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
A Celebration of the Life and Music of Gail Robinson
Sunday, November 23, 3:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 171 Market Street
Free and open to the public
Family and friends of Gail Robinson will celebrate her life and career with a musical tribute at First Presbyterian Church, 171 Market Street, in Lexington. Gail Robinson, who won the MONC auditions at age 19 and had an extraordinary international career, including 215 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, served many years as Executive Director of both the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, before she joined the University of Kentucky faculty in 1999 as Professor of Voice and Distinguished Artist in Music with an Endowed Chair for Vocal Performance. Gail Robinson died on October 19, 2008 in Lexington.
UK Wind Ensemble
Monday, November 24, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring guest composer David Maslanka. Regional premiere of Symphony No. 8 (Maslanka), and guest soloist Kyle Forsthoff (marimba), UK Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition runner-up.
UK Student Percussion Quartet Recital
Monday, December 01, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Ryan Nestor
UK Jazz Combos, directed by Raleigh Daley
Tuesday, December 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Guitar Ensemble: An evening a solos and duos
Wednesday, December 03, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Guitarists Matt Cook & Vince Urbin perform a half hour set of solos and duos by Vivaldi, Bach, Tom Petty, Dowland, Villa-Lobos and Carcassi.
UK Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, December 04, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
John Nardolillo, conductor, with a Kennedy Center Preview and UK Concerto Competition Winners. Copland 'Fanfare for the Common Man,' Copland 'Lincoln Portrait.' Concertos (TBA). R. Strauss 'Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.'
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: J. D. Crowe
Friday, December 05, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Banjoist J.D. Crowe is simply one of the most influential musicians of the developmental period of Bluegrass. After the founding generation of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers had defined the style, bluegrass needed an infusion of new ideas, styles, and repertoire to continue to grow and spread. J. D. Crowe of Lexington, KY was right there with all the innovative and progressive ideas. His New South Band with legendary pickers including Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas, changed the face of Bluegrass while retaining ties with the enduring features of the “old school.”
Longyear Musicology Lecture: Mary Ann Smart, University of California – Berkeley
Friday, December 05, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Prof. Smart will speak about the music and culture of the Parisian salon c. 1835, reflecting on images of Italy in songs by Gioachino Rossini and Saverio Mercadante and viewing them as symbols of national consciousness -- in relationship to the community of Italian political exiles in Paris and to the libretti written by the exiles Agostino Ruffini and Carlo Pepoli for three operas premiered at the Théâtre-Italien.
DMA Chamber Recital: Paula Galama, piano, with Antonio Marcos Cardoso, trumpet
Saturday, December 06, 7:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
Brazilian music for trumpet and piano.
UK Collage
Saturday, December 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed
Join the UK combined choruses, soloists, and special guests for this annual holiday tradition.
UK Collage
Sunday, December 07, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed
Join the UK combined choruses, soloists, and special guests for this annual holiday tradition.
MUS174 Recorder Ensemble Performance
Thursday, December 11, 2:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
MUS174 is a fundamentals of music course offerd by the University of Kentucky School of Music. As part of the course, which teaches the basics of music theory to non-music majors, the students learn to play the recorder. For some of the students, this is their first musical experience and their first time in a performing ensemble. In this 30 minute recital, the class of 27 students will perform works such as Merrily We Roll Along, Ode To Joy, Lightly Row, Red River Valley, and several Christmas Carols.
Bluegrass in the Bluegrass: Red State Ramblers
Friday, December 12, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Music that is bound to the earth has the greatest power to affect us. That music which maintains the sacred bond uniting people and place has a vitality and passion that stirs our souls and imaginations. 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. Will Bacon and Jeff Keith grew up in the Bluegrass State, while Nikos Pappas and Kevin Kehrberg were inevitably drawn to the Commonwealth several years ago.
Alltech Celebration of Song: An Old Fashioned Holiday Sing-Along
Sunday, December 14, 5:00 PM
Victorian Square - Main and Broadway
Free and open to the public
This sing-along may be the most elegant you will ever attend, showcased by the gorgeous architectural features of Victorian Square, accompanied by professional singers and orchestra. Everett McCorvey, Music Director.
Lecture Recital: A Night in Vienna, Erica Rumbley
Monday, December 15, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Erica Rumbley will present a lecture/performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K488. The orchestra reduction will be played by pianist William Adams.
A Jazzy Holiday Concert
Wednesday, December 17, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
The Bluegrass Area Jazz Ambassadors invites the public to have a swingin' holiday season at "A Jazzy Holiday Concert." This concert also will be taped by local television station WTVQ and broadcast on Christmas in an edited version at 11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, on WTVQ 36 (Insight Cable Channel 10).
UK Opera – ON TOUR: Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, concert version
Friday, January 09, tba
Greaves Concert Hall, NKU Campus (Covington)
Ticketed
In this production with the Northern Kentucky Symphony, UKOT’s singers travel first to Covington, with a subsequent performance in Lexington. Verdi’s 16th opera, Rigoletto, tells a story of the darker motivations of the human condition: lust, betrayal, and vengeance.
UK Opera – ON TOUR: Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, concert version
Sunday, January 11, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed
In this production with the Northern Kentucky Symphony, UKOT’s singers travel first to Covington, with a subsequent performance in Lexington. Verdi’s 16th opera, Rigoletto, tells a story of the darker motivations of the human condition: lust, betrayal, and vengeance.
DMA Chamber Music Recital: Jorge Davi Salas, tuba
Saturday, January 17, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
Assisted by faculty members from Stephen F. Austin University
DMA Recital: Seunghee Lee, piano
Thursday, January 22, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Works by Edvard Grieg, J.S. Bach, and R. Muczynsky.
UK Male Chorus Day
Saturday, January 24, 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public
All day clinic and performance
DMA Recital: Lee K. Blakeman, trombone
Sunday, January 25, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
DMA Recital: David Baker, voice
Monday, January 26, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Jazz Ensemble, Big Band Swing Dance with the Hepcats Swing Dance Club
Saturday, January 31, 7:30 PM
Student Center Grand Ballroom
Ticketed
Our Lincoln
Monday, February 02, 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Ticketed. Call 800-444-1324
Kentucky's Gift to Our Nation - Abraham Lincoln. A cast of over 375 performers tells the story of our 16th president when the Kentucky Humanities Council and the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre present Our Lincoln, a musical-historical grand celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. Much more than a concert, this event includes performances by the American Spiritual Ensemble, directed by Dr. Everett McCorvey and joined by Metropolitan Opera artists Gregory Turay and Angela Brown; the UK Chorale, directed by Dr. Jefferson Johnson; violinist Mark O'Connor; a cameo presentation by Kentucky Repertory Theatre; Kentucky's poet laureate Jane Gentry reading her newly commissioned poems about Lincoln's humble beginnings and his legacy; and brief segments from Kentucky Chautauqua dramas that weave together the stories of contemporaries who had a unique view of Lincoln. In addition, soloists from the University of Kentucky's Opera Theatre program, and the famous 125-voice Lexington Singers will perform selections from River of Time, an original new folk opera about Lincoln as a young man. The program also includes conductor John Nardolillo leading the University of Kentucky's Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait," narrated by radio and television personality Nick Clooney.
UK Opera presents: Lincoln the Decision Maker: A Black History Month Event
Thursday, February 12, 12:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Opera Theatre singers perform excerpts from "River of Time" (the new Lincoln opera in progress), African American and historical perspectives on Lincoln’s relationships with Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth, events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation, and the enlistment of African-Americans in the Union Army.
Paws and Kats After Dark
Thursday, February 12, 7:00 PM
Worsham Theater - UK Student Center
Ticketed
UK's annual Valentine's Day concert, features two a cappella singing groups made up of UK School of Music students, the acoUstiKats and Paws and Listen.
UK Jazz Ensemble and UK Jazz Lab Band
Thursday, February 12, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Opera presents: Lincoln the Decision Maker: A Black History Month Event
Friday, February 13, 7:00 PM
Wesley United Methodist Church, 1825 Russell Cave Road
Free and open to the public
UK Opera Theatre singers perform excerpts from "River of Time" (the new Lincoln opera in progress), African American and historical perspectives on Lincoln’s relationships with Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth, events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation, and the enlistment of African-Americans in the Union Army.
Gil Shaham, Alltech Festival Event
Saturday, February 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed
UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductor, joins famed violinist Gil Shaham. Mendelssohn 'Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream,' Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Elgar 'Enigma Variations.'
DMA Recital: Irailda Silva, voice
Tuesday, February 17, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Guest Recital: Third Coast Percussion
Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Third Coast Percussion has established a reputation for their commitment to the highest standards in the performance of today’s music. The quartet is passionately dedicated to new American music, having commissioned, premiered and performed pieces by many of today’s preeminent emerging composers. Originally formed in 2004, members of Third Coast Percussion hold degrees in music performance from Northwestern University, the Yale School of Music, the New England Conservatory, and Rutgers University.
UK Wind Ensemble Concert
Saturday, February 21, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring Carter Pann (composer / pianist), performing the regional premiere of his Concerto No. 2, “Concerto Logic,” for Solo Piano and Wind Ensemble.
Masters Recital: Hannah Smith, voice
Monday, February 23, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Symphony Band Winter Concert
Wednesday, February 25, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
DMA Recital: Vincent Davis, voice
Thursday, February 26, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
'Collaborazioni Sacre,' a recital of sacred music.
Night on Broadway, featuring the UK Choristers
Thursday, February 26, 7:30 PM
Student Center Grand Ballroom
Tickets are $8 to $20 from the Student Center Box Office
A musical review accompanied by a medley of desserts. Pre-concert desserts in cooperation with UK Catering and the Student Center Director's Office.
Student Recital: Chris Strange, saxophone
Friday, February 27, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Grandmothers: Two Remarkable Kentucky Women and Their Music
Friday, February 27, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
This concert celebrates the release of a new recording on June Appal Records (Appalshop) featuring the music of Kentucky ballad singer Addie Graham (b.1890) and the original "Banjo Picking Girl" Lily May Ledford (b.1917). Their lives and music encapsulate the traditional heritage of the region, the social and economic changes of the 20th Century, and the emergence of traditional mountain music into the American musical mainstream. Lily May's granddaughter Cari Norris will join Addie's grandson Rich Kirby in a program presenting their grandmothers' lives and music.
DMA Recital: Chad Floyd, percussion
Tuesday, March 03, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Faculty Jazz Quartet with guest artist Howard Levy, harmonica
Tuesday, March 03, 8:00 PM
Natasha's Bistro, 112 Esplanade, Downtown Lexington
Cover charge
The legendary Howard Levy is a master musician of many genres who has focused his amazing talents on the lowly diatonic harmonica. Howard has created unique techniques for extracting more notes from this simple harp than anyone else could have imagined was even possible. Best known as a founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Levy has performed with the top jazz, classical, latin, folk, and world music artists around the world. He joins Miles Osland and the UK Faculty Jazz Quartet for an unforgettable evening of music at Natasha's Bistro.
Guest Recital: Howard Levy, harmonica
Wednesday, March 04, 12:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
The genius of the diatonic harp performs a rare solo concert in the intimate Gallery of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music. Howard Levy is renowned as a founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, but he has been performing professionally on harmonica, piano, and numerous other instruments for 40 years. He counts among his influences jazz, latin, Balkan, Arabic, blues, folk, gospel, classical, and world musics of all kinds.
Guest Recital: Dr. Patricia Griffith, piano
Wednesday, March 04, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Dr. Griffith is a professor of piano at Kentucky State University.
UK Master Class: Chris Lamb, percussion
Thursday, March 05, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Mr. Lamb has been Principal Percussionist with the New York Philharmonic since 1985.
UK Master Class: Alan Baer, tuba
Thursday, March 05, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - President's Room
Free and open to the public
Alan Baer joined the New York Philharmonic on June 21, 2004, as Principal Tuba. He was formerly principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His other performing credits include recordings with The Cleveland Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy, performances with the Peninsula Music Festival of Wisconsin, New Orleans Symphony, Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Ojai Festival Orchestra (California), Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as a featured soloist, touring several countries in Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France.
Red State Ramblers (UK Old Time String Band) CD Release
Friday, March 06, 10:00 PM
Al's Bar, 601 N. Limestone
$5 cover
Come celebrate the release of the Red State Ramblers' second CD, 'Oldtime with Attitude,' featuring traditional string band music all from Kentucky.
Longyear Musicology Lecture: Dale Cockrell, Vanderbilt University
Friday, March 06, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
This is My Story, This is My Song
UK Opera Theatre presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Friday, March 06, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
A Celebration of the Professional Career of Gail Robinson (1946-2008). In honor of the late Endowed Chair in Opera, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents the opera for which Robinson was best known, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Accompanied by the UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductor. Gail Robinson, celebrated soprano, venerated star of the Metropolitan Opera and UK professor of Voice, made inestimable contributions to the opera world, and to her many vocal students at UK.
DMA Lecture Recital: Joseph Carucci, saxophone
Friday, March 06, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
'The Contribution of Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band to Jazz Tradition'
UK Opera Theatre presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Saturday, March 07, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
A Celebration of the Professional Career of Gail Robinson (1946-2008). In honor of the late Endowed Chair in Opera, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents the opera for which Robinson was best known, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Accompanied by the UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductor. Gail Robinson, celebrated soprano, venerated star of the Metropolitan Opera and UK professor of Voice, made inestimable contributions to the opera world, and to her many vocal students at UK.
UK Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition
Sunday, March 08, 2:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public
Big Robot Ensemble
Thursday, March 12, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Big Robot creates original artistic works that interweave aesthetic expression with computer interactivity and information technology in a medium known as telematic art. Telematic art synthesizes live music, dance, drama, and visual arts with Internet-based interactive media and performance content. Big Robot stands among the early groups to embrace the Internet as a platform for performance. Big Robot performs in live venues, and also in the Telematic Studio at the Donald Tavel Arts Technology Research Center at Indiana University. The core group is comprised of percussionists Scott Deal and Jordan Munson (University of Kentucky alumnus), as well as composer Michael Drews. Each of the musicians perform on computers as well as acoustic instruments.
UK Opera Theatre presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Friday, March 13, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
A Celebration of the Professional Career of Gail Robinson (1946-2008). In honor of the late Endowed Chair in Opera, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents the opera for which Robinson was best known, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Accompanied by the UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductor. Gail Robinson, celebrated soprano, venerated star of the Metropolitan Opera and UK professor of Voice, made inestimable contributions to the opera world, and to her many vocal students at UK.
UK Opera Theatre presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Saturday, March 14, 7:30 PM
Lexington Opera House
Ticketed
A Celebration of the Professional Career of Gail Robinson (1946-2008). In honor of the late Endowed Chair in Opera, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents the opera for which Robinson was best known, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Accompanied by the UK Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductor. Gail Robinson, celebrated soprano, venerated star of the Metropolitan Opera and UK professor of Voice, made inestimable contributions to the opera world, and to her many vocal students at UK.
UK Day of Percussion
Saturday, March 14, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts
Conference fee
Senior Recital: Allison O'Bryan
Saturday, March 21, 3:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
DMA Recital: Kyle Forsthoff, percussion
Sunday, March 22, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Guest Recital: Rodney Ackerman, bassoon
Wednesday, March 25, 5:15 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Rodney Ackmann is a professor of bassoon at the University of Missouri.
DMA Recital, Evan Duke, trumpet
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
Word Music Concert
Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
A concert event celebrating world music that can be found in our own backyard, highlighting local Lexington and UK musicians performing the music of Cuba, Scotland, Korea, China, Japan, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
UK Men's Chorus and Women's Choir
Thursday, March 26, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - RecitalHall
Ticketed
Spring concert.
DMA Lecture Recital: Sarah Downs, voice
Friday, March 27, 6:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
"Beverly, Music Misses You." A Lecture dedicated to the career of American mezzo-soprano, Beverly Wolff.
Senior Recital: Julianna Nitz, clarinet
Saturday, March 28, 1:00 PM
Central Christian Church, 205 E Short St.
Free and open to the public
Master's Recital: Meg Stohlmann, voice
Saturday, March 28, 3:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 171 Market Street
Free and open to the public
Big Band Blast #6
Saturday, March 28, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
A concert with featured middle and/or high school jazz bands, University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble, and Bluegrass Area Jazz Ambassadors.
Student Ensemble: Up Top! Clarinet Quartet
Saturday, March 28, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
Joint Junior Vocal Recital
Saturday, March 28, 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, 171 Market Street
Free and open to the public
Solo and ensemble performances by Mary-Holli Hundley, Luther Lewis, Philip Bullock, and Jai-Kristin Smedley.
DMA Lecture Recital: Eun Hae Kim, piano
Monday, March 30, 1:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Bartok and Nature: An Imaginative Reading of Representation in Selected Piano Pieces.
Graduate Conducting Recital: Dee Ann Gray and Kristen Reynolds
Tuesday, March 31, 8:00 PM
Centenary United Methodist Church, 2800 Tates Creek Rd.
Free and open to the public
An evening of choral music featuring Haydn's 'Missa Sancti Nicolai', with string quartet, organ, and members of the Blue Note a capella group.
Student Recital: Lauren Nelson, viola
Wednesday, April 01, 7:30 PM
EVENT CANCELLED
UK Chorale and Choristers
Thursday, April 02, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Spring concert. NOTE: This concert was originally listed as a ticketed event. It has been changed to a free event.
Longyear Musicology Lecture: Francesco Izzo and Valeria Luca
Friday, April 03, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Professor Izzo is a lecturer in Musicology at the University of Southhampton, England,
and Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Chicago. His lecture is
"Of Texts and Other Demons: An Opéra Comique Goes to Italy." Dr. De Luca, a recent graduate of Princeton University, will speak on "The Story of a Seventeenth-Century Libretto: Giovanni Filippo Apolloni’s Alcasta between Rome, Vienna and Venice." The event is co-Sponsored by the Rey M. Longyear Fund of the Division of Musicology
and the Ralph and Ann Mason Visiting Artist Fund of the UK Opera Theatre.
Student Recital: Kevin Morris, tuba
Friday, April 03, 7:30 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
Kevin will perform a variety of styles, from Bach to modern. This concert also features the premiere performance of the Coliseum Brass Quintet.
UK Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, April 05, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Senior Recital: Chase Clark, trombone
Sunday, April 05, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring works of Larsson, Sulek, Childs, and Pryor.
AUDITIONS: It’s A Grand Night for Singing!
Sunday, April 05, 3:00 PM
Schmidt Vocal Arts Center (Rose St. & Rose Ln.)
UK Opera Theatre will hold auditions for the 2009 season of It’s a Grand Night for Singing on Sunday, April 5, from 3pm until 6pm and April 6 from 7pm until 10pm at the Schmidt Vocal Arts Center on the UK Campus (Corner of Rose Street and Rose Lane).
Master's Recital: Manuel Castillo, voice
Sunday, April 05, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
AUDITIONS: It’s A Grand Night for Singing!
Monday, April 06, 7:00 PM
Schmidt Vocal Arts Center (Rose St. & Rose Ln.)
UK Opera Theatre will hold auditions for the 2009 season of It’s a Grand Night for Singing on Sunday, April 5, from 3pm until 6pm and April 6 from 7pm until 10pm at the Schmidt Vocal Arts Center on the UK Campus (Corner of Rose Street and Rose Lane).
UK Concert Band Spring Concert
Tuesday, April 07, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Skok Studio Recital
Tuesday, April 07, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
An evening of song featuring the students of Heidi Skok, with Stephen Penn, piano. Works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Berg, Mahler, Niles, and others.
UK Saxophone Ensembles
Wednesday, April 08, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Student Recital: Byron McChord, jazz piano
Thursday, April 09, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Solo and ensemble pieces for jazz piano.
Sound/Vision
Thursday, April 09, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
A showcase of contemporary arts through the use of new music, poetry, and video.
Graduate Recital: Jihee Kang, violin
Friday, April 10, 6:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Works by Brahms, Sarasate, Ravel, and Kroll.
DMA Recital: Dennis McElroy, clarinet
Monday, April 13, 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Mill Street
Free and open to the public
Music of Weber, Ireland, Manday, McAlllister, and a Klezmer trio by Michael Kibbe. Natalie Lehr and Gunnar Hirthe assisting on clarinet, Ryan Sherer, piano.
UK Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Longyear Musicology Lecture: Jessie Ann Owens, University of California – Davis
Friday, April 17, 3:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
"You Can Tell a Book by its Cover: Reflections on Format in Early Modern Music Treatises." Owens is Professor of Music and Dean of the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies in the College of Letters and Science, University of California – Davis.
Masters Recital: Michael Lawton, clarinet
Saturday, April 18, 1:00 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Music of Bohuslav Martinu, Joan Tower, Louise Farrenc, others.
Student Recital: Colby Norton, bass trombone
Saturday, April 18, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Featuring 20th century works by Brubeck, White, Rzewski, Ibert, Smith.
UK Symphony Band Spring Concert
Sunday, April 19, 3:00 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Jazz Combos, directed by Raleigh Daley
Sunday, April 19, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
UK Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
Sunday, April 19, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Free and open to the public
Student Recital: Taylor Eldred, voice
Sunday, April 19, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Bellefonte Drive
Free and open to the public
A selection of French, German, and Spanish song, as well as concert and operatic arias. Taylor will be joined by Julian Kaplan, trumpet, and Nan McSwain, piano.
UK Jazz Lab Band
Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Guest Recital: Austin Moorhead, classical guitarist
Wednesday, April 22, 7:30 PM
Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Tickets at the door: $10 general/ $5 students & children/ $3 with UK ID
Austin Moorhead performs music of the Renaissance, pieces by Bach and Mozart, and Spanish pieces. At age 23, Moorehead is a graduate student on full scholarship at Yale University. He has won or placed in virtually every competition he has entered and has performed as a soloist and with orchestras throughout the country.
Sixth Annual UK School of Music Scholarship Benefit Concert: Beethoven's Ninth
Friday, April 24, 7:30 PM
Singletary Center for the Arts - Concert Hall
Ticketed
UKSO with UK Choirs and soloists, John Nardolillo, conductor. This concert begins a complete cycle of performances of all nine Beethoven symphonies with the composer's first and last. Proceeds benefit UK School of Music scholarships.
Piano Recital: Nathaniel Patch Competition Winners
Saturday, April 25, 5:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Free and open to the public
Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Big Band Swing Dance with the Hepcats Swing Dance Club
Saturday, April 25, 7:30 PM
Student Center Grand Ballroom
Ticketed
Hepcats Swing Dance Club
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