Keyboards, Voice, and Strings Division

The Keyboards, Voice, and Strings Division constitutes the activities of all the non-Band performance areas. Each sub-section of this division is really a separate program. UK offers degree programs in performance from the bachelor's through doctoral levels.

• Keyboards
• Voice
• Strings

Keyboards

The Keyboards Department includes instruction in piano, organ, harpsichord, and jazz piano.

Keyboard Faculty

Raleigh Dailey - Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
859-257-6413
rdail2@uky.edu

Alan Hersh - Professor of Piano
859-257-8169
ahersh@uky.edu

Vicki McVay - Director of the Piano Preparatory Program, Coordinator of Class Piano
859-257-2863
vmcva00@uky.edu

Schuyler Robinson - Professor of Organ and Sacred Music
859-257-1724
swrobin@uky.edu

Irina Voro - Associate Professor of Piano
859-257-8170
irinavo@uky.edu

Voice

The Voice programs at UK include choral singing, opera, and choral conducting.

See Choral Ensembles

See UK Opera Theatre

Voice Faculty

Elizabeth Arnold - Assistant Professor of Voice
859-257-9331
Elizabeth.Arnold@uky.edu

Dennis Bender - Assistant Professor of Voice
859-257-2287
dennis.bender@uky.edu

Angelique Clay - Assistant Professor of Voice
859-257-2661
angelique.clay@uky.edu

Lori Hetzel - Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choirs/Choral Music Education
859-257-8202
lhetzel@uky.edu

Cliff Jackson - Associate Professor of Voice, Vocal Coach
859-257-2130
cjack2@uky.edu

Jefferson Johnson - Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities
859-257-5897
jeff.johnson@uky.edu

Cynthia Lawrence - Cynthia Lawrence, Professor, Endowed Chair in Music (Voice)
859-257-8597
cynthia.lawrence@uky.edu

Tedrin Blair Lindsay - Lecturer, vocal coach
859-257-9331
tedrinlindsay@aol.com

Noemi Lugo - Professor of Voice
859-257-2865
nglugo00@uky.edu

Everett McCorvey - Director of Opera, Lexington Opera Society Endowed Chair in Opera Studies
859-257-9331
mccorvey@uky.edu

Strings

UK's string program includes instruction in violin, viola, 'cello, and bass, as well as guitar and lute.

See UK Symphony Orchestra

String Faculty

Dieter Hennings - Instructor in Guitar
585-284-7769
dieterhennings@gmail.com

Benjamin Karp - Associate Professor of Violoncello, Coordinator - Division of Voice, Keyboard and Strings
859-257-8167
bckarp00@uky.edu

Margaret Karp - Instructor in Viola and Violin, Coordinator of Strings
859-257-3575
mjbk2001@yahoo.com

Deborah Lander - Assistant Professor of Viola
859-323-0676
debviola@gmail.com

Daniel Mason - Associate Professor of Violin
859-257-3575
dmason@uky.edu

John Nardolillo - Director of Orchestras
859-257-2477
nardolillo@prodigy.net

Karl Olsen - Instructor in Double Bass
502-558-5538
btonbass@yahoo.com