Events

Feb 20 2025 | 7:30 - 9pm
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Fri, Feb 21 2025, 3:30 - 4:30pm

Rey M. Longyear Lecture
Lessons in Music, Life and Leaving Academia

with Katherine In-Young Lee, PhD
Founder of Rise with Clarity

Presented by the Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology within the School of Music

John Jacob Niles Gallery
Free
Fri, Feb 21 2025, 7:30 - 8:30pm
UK Trumpet Studio & Trumpet Ensembles RecitalFriday, Feb. 21, 20257:30 pmSingletary Recital Hall
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Fri, Feb 21 2025, 7:30pm
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen 
A STAGED READING 
February 21 and 22, 2025 | Briggs Theatre Post-show discussion February 22
 In this staged reading of Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful masterwork, a small-town doctor, who considers himself a proud and upstanding member of his close-knit community, discovers a looming catastrophe that endangers the lives of everyone in town. As he…
Briggs Theatre
GENERAL ADMISSION: $8.23
Sat, Feb 22 2025, 9:30am - 5:30pm

Registration closes on February 18.

Agenda

9:30-9:55 am: Check-in (West Lobby of SCFA)10 am-12 pm: Rehearsal (Concert Hall)12-1:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)1:30-2 pm: Rehearsal2-2:30 pm: Clinic with acoUstiKats2:30-3:15 pm: Beatboxing, Q&A, clinic with acoUstiKats (1 student per school)3:15-4 pm: Final rehearsal4:30 pm *CONCERT (Concert Hall) by UK Men’s Chorus, acoUstiKats, and Male Chorus Day choir- FREE! 

*Participating…

Singletary Concert Hall
$12 per student
Sat, Feb 22 2025, 2pm
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen 
A STAGED READING 
February 21 and 22, 2025 | Briggs Theatre Post-show discussion February 22
 In this staged reading of Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful masterwork, a small-town doctor, who considers himself a proud and upstanding member of his close-knit community, discovers a looming catastrophe that endangers the lives of everyone in town. As he…
Briggs Theatre
GENERAL ADMISSION: $8.23
Sat, Feb 22 2025, 7 - 10pm

Presented by the UK Art Museum

We are thrilled to gather for a fundraiser honoring two men who have made profound contributions to the arts, historic preservation, LGBTQ+ legacies, and social services in Lexington. Together and separately, Jonathan Coleman and Robert Morgan have made Kentucky a more informed, empathetic, and exciting place to live.  

Coleman was a James Still Fellow at the University of Kentucky where he…

Harper Hall
177 N Upper St, Lexington, KY 40507
$125
Mon, Feb 24 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Symphony BandDr. Shayna Stahl, ConductorAdam Miller, Graduate Conductor Concert BandBrian Froedge, ConductorJalen Allred, Graduate Conductor Featuring works by Yagisawa, Giroux, Ticheli, Stamp and more
Singletary Concert Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional fees may apply online)
Wed, Feb 26 2025, 11am - 1pm

Join Dr. Everett McCorvey for a SNEAK PEEK of the upcoming spring production of Sanctuary Road and hear the students of the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre program perform as you enjoy a delicious lunch, all on the stage of the Concert Hall at the Singletary Center!

World-class entertainment | Delicious food | Reserved Parking is available at no extra cost

$49 per ticket (online processing fees apply)

Singletary Concert Hall
$49 per person (additional fees apply online)
Thu, Feb 27 - Wed, Mar 5 2025, All day
SCRAP show – members of the SA/VS Sculpture area student group will exhibit recent work MFA in Art Studio Fatemeh Tajaddod thesis exhibition Reception Thursday, February 27, 4:30-7 pm
Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Thu, Feb 27 2025, 7:30pm
University of Kentucky Philharmonia, with SCAPA StringsNicoletta Moss, conductorSara Francis, conductorSingletary Recital HallFree/open to public
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Fri, Feb 28 2025, 6:30 - 8pm

Campus community and members of the public are invited to explore our new second-floor exhibitions, including curator Rachel Hooper’s inaugural installations at the UK Art Museum.

IMAGE: Carrie Mae Weems, Mayflowers from the series May Days Long Forgotten, 2002, chromogenic print. Collection of the UK Art Museum, purchase: The Robert C. May Photography Fund. 

UK Art Museum
Free
Sat, Mar 1 2025, 9:30am - 4pm
Discover the joy of the viola at this exciting event featuring:Guest masterclasses and performancesViola ensemblesViola Day Virtual Competition for pre-college and undergraduate levelsSpecial Guests:Lauren Burns Hodges: Associate Professor of Viola, University of FloridaHannah Levinson: Assistant Professor of Viola, Bowling Green State UniversityRegistration Details:Open to all student participants$30 registration feeLunch not…
Singletary Center
$30, Registration Required
Sat, Mar 1 2025, 3pm
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Sat, Mar 1 2025, 7:30pm

This program of all French music will encapsulate and translate the beauty and grace of the French impressionist painters to a sonic landscape depicted by the orchestra and choir.  

Louise Farrenc’s Overture No. 2 followed by Claude Debussy’s La mer, meaning The Sea. Preferring painted seascapes, The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai is featured on the Debussy first edition. Following intermission, LexPhil and Music…

Singletary Concert Hall
$28-$78 adults; $11 youth & students