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Upcoming Events

Oct 11 - 12 2024
American Eurhythmics Society National Conference
Join us for the 2024 American Eurhythmics Society National Conference! Dalcroze Eurhythmics is a playful, experiential approach to teaching and learning music through movement. It is a process for…
Fine Arts Building
Oct 11 2024 | 12 - 1pm
Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Mash Grass
Part of the Appalachia in the Bluegrass Series
Mash Grass is a 6-piece American Bluegrass Band from Versailles, KY. The band formed in 2022 from a collection of music loving folks who met…
John Jacob Niles Gallery

Oct 13 2024 | 3pm
UK Jazz Studies presents Jazz Spectacular XV
Singletary Recital Hall
Oct 16 2024 | 7:30 - 8:30pm
An American in Paris: Works for Horn by American and French Composers
Faculty Recital: Melanie Kjellsen, horn“An American In Paris: Works for Horn by American and French Composers”withDr. Jacob Coleman, piano, and Dr. Matthew Geiger, percussion Wednesday, October…
Singletary Recital Hall

Oct 18 2024 | 12 - 1pm
Appalachia in the Bluegrass: Rose and Vine
Appalachia in the Bluegrass Concert Series, sponsored by The John Jacob Niles Center for American Music and the UK College of Fine Arts
Rose and Vine, the duo of Andy Duckworth and…
John Jacob Niles Gallery
Oct 18 2024 | 3:30 - 4:30pm
Inner Mongolian Throatsinging and Music Demonstration and Workshop with Tuvergen Band
Rey M. Longyear Colloquium Series
Sponsored and organized by FOCUS and the UK Musicology and Ethnomusicology Division
John Jacob Niles Gallery

Oct 18 2024 | 7:30 - 10:30pm, Oct 19 2024 | 2 - 5pm, Oct 19 2024 | 7:30 - 10:30pm, Oct 20 2024 | 2 - 5pm
The Marriage of Figaro
Presented by the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
UK Opera Theatre proudly…
Lexington Opera House
Oct 19 2024
Vocal Competition for Young Singers 2024
The primary mission of this competition is to encourage and support exceptionally gifted high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors who currently display potential for success in solo classical…
Schmidt Vocal Arts Center

News and Stories

UK's top barbershop quartet places in international barbershop contest

Three University of Kentucky School of Music students earned international recognition at the 2024 International Varsity Quartet Contest in Cleveland, Ohio, this summer.
Striking a chord: UK professor assembles Kentucky’s 1st all-state elementary modern band

Martina Vasil, associate professor of music education and director of graduate studies, helped coordinate the first all-state elementary modern band performance at the 2024 KMEA conference.

UK hosts Contemplative Practices for High Education Conference

The 11th Annual Conference on Contemplative Practices in Higher Education will take place at UK from February 29-March 2 on the UK Campus.
School of Music's Dailey and Osland perform world premiere at World Sax Congress

Two University of Kentucky School of Music faculty premiered a new composition in the Canary Islands this December at the 19th World Saxophone Congress.

Music Ed grad works to address traumatic stress among educators, students

One University of Kentucky's December graduate will use her Ph.D. to help a group of professionals whose experienced trauma may often go unrecognized.
UK composer Juan Trigos awarded Azrieli Commission for International Music

The University of Kentucky’s very own Juan Trigos was awarded with the 2024 Azrieli Commission for International Music. Trigos, in his first year at UK School of Music, is a composer, conductor and assistant professor of music theory and composition.

School of Music DMA Student Elevating Opportunities for Composers Through New Initiative

Juan Saldivar, Jr., DMA student in the University of Kentucky School of Music, is elevating opportunities for Mexican and Mexican American composers through a new initiative. Through Border Bones, Saldivar and Velarde aim to increase trombone duet repertoire from rising marginalized and underrepresented composers.
Music Alum Wins Gold Stevie Award in 2024 International Business Awards

UK School of Music Alum Renee Collins Cobb, M.Ed. of Room 17 Productions, Inc wins two Stevie® Awards in a ceremony held in New York City on November 10, 2023.

School of Music Faculty Travel to Corfu, Greece

From Oct. 16 – 20, 2023, eight faculty members from the University of Kentucky School of Music traveled to Ionian University in Corfu, Greece, to participate in the first full exchange as part of a new bilateral relationship between UK and Ionian University.
UK Mega-Sax smelling success of new ‘Stink, Stank, FUNK!’ CD

UK Mega-Sax has released their latest album, "Stink, Stank, FUNK - 4.0," the follow up album to the "Stinkin'" series featuring UK students.

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