The 5th Annual Benefit Gala
for the
Friends of the UK School of Music

Experience an elegant evening filled with music, food, wine, and dancing at the legendary CastlePost, a premiere luxury tourist inn. The fifth annual gala will feature exquisite food, wine, and musical performances by the award-winning UK School of Music students and faculty. Black tie optional.

Friday, October 2, 2009
6:30PM - 11:00PM
Tickets are $150 per person.
R.S.V.P by 23 September 2009
For reservations, send a check to:

Moonlight at CastlePost
UK School of Music
105 Fine Arts Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0022

For information about corporate sponsorships, click here or call: 859-257-4900.

You’ve seen it out Versailles Road for decades and wondered what was behind those mysterious castle walls.  Now is your chance to find out. The CastlePost will be the setting for the Fifth Annual Moonlight Gala fundraiser presented by the Friends of the University of Kentucky School of Music, Friday, October 2 beginning at 6:30PM. While the CastlePost itself promises to be a major draw, there is no shortage of star power scheduled for the evening of food, wine, and dancing. The honored guests for the evening include UK President and Mrs. Lee T. Todd, Jr., UK Basketball coach John Calipari, and legendary former coach Joe B. Hall. The black-tie-optional gala celebrates the award winning tradition of the UK School of Music. Student and faculty music groups will be playing in different spaces throughout this amazing venue, culminating in an evening of dancing to the music of Miles Osland leading the UK Jazz Ensemble. Individual tickets for the event are $150. For information, call 859-257-4900.

Located near Keeneland and the Airport, CastlePost features 16 stately guest rooms, an elegant ballroom, billiard room, tennis court, basketball court, swimming pool, and their own executive chef, with the stated aim of being Kentucky's premier luxury tourist inn.

The Friends of the UK School of Music is a community based volunteer organization whose goal is to support the students, faculty, and programs of the school. The annual Moonlight galas have been held at some of the most interesting and beautiful venues in the Bluegrass.

UK Athletics has a growing relationship with the UK School of Music, which trains and manages the UK Wildcat Marching Band, Drumline, Guard, and Pep Band. In April of this year, UK Football coach Rich Brooks took the baton from UK Symphony Orchestra director John Nardolillo to conduct a rousing rendition of “Stars and Stripes Forever” in the School of Music’s annual Scholarship Benefit Gala. Coach Brooks also signed a limited edition of Wildcat blue Maker’s Mark bourbon bottles, the proceeds from which are expected to generate over $1 million in additional funding to help the School of Music’s  outreach program to bring the UK Symphony Orchestra and students from the school into public schools and communities throughout Kentucky.  The additional support of Coach Calipari and former coach Hall brings even more visibility to the positive impact of the UK School of Music on the cultural life of the university, the community, and the world, through its outstanding training of future professional musicians and educators.