Events

Dec 15 2024 | 2:30 - 3:30pm

Featuring the UK Opera Theatre and Friends

We invite you to help make the 2024 Celebration of Song, presented by Alltech and friends, the most magical one yet.

Alltech’s annual holiday gift to the community since 2006, Celebration of Song features the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and winners of the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition. The event is complimentary and open to the public, showcasing the sounds of the season…

Alltech Arena
Kentucky Horse Park
Free
Sun, Dec 15 2024, 5 - 6pm

Featuring the UK Opera Theatre and Friends

We invite you to help make the 2024 Celebration of Song, presented by Alltech and friends, the most magical one yet.

Alltech’s annual holiday gift to the community since 2006, Celebration of Song features the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and winners of the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition. The event is complimentary and open to the public, showcasing the sounds of the season…

Alltech Arena
Kentucky Horse Park
Free
Mon, Dec 16 2024, 8 - 9:30pm

Performance by the UK Jazz Ensemble, recently invited to participate in the 2024 Midwest Clinic in Chicago.

Singletary Recital Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional fees may apply online)
Fri, Jan 17 2025, 7:30pm
Windborne Productions presents The Music of Pink Floyd with the Lexington Philharmonic. Experience the kaleidoscopic fusion of live orchestra and progressive rock with the Music of Pink Floyd featuring the Dark Side of the Moon album and other highlights.
 Mélisse Brunet, conductor
Singletary Center for the Arts
Singletary Concert Hall
$28-$78 adults; $11 youth & students
Tue, Jan 28 2025, 7:30 - 8:30pm
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Fri, Jan 31 - Sun, Feb 2 2025, All day

George R. Boulden Honor Band Weekend features two fantastic bands and lots of opportunities to learn, grow, and share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience with giants of the wind band world and other band students.

Entrance into the Honors Concert Band is based on high school director recommendation and all names must be submitted by director and not by student.

Entrance into the Honors Wind Ensemble will be based on a personal…

Singletary Center
Audition/Nomination Required, $75 per selected performer
Sat, Feb 1 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

Dr. John Cody Birdwell, conductor

Dr. Frank Ticheli, guest conductor

Dr. Scott Wright, clarinet 

Singletary Concert Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional fees may apply online)
Sun, Feb 2 2025, 2pm
Singletary Concert Hall
Free
Sat, Feb 8 2025, 10am

The Singletary Center presents the inaugural Visual Music Festival in the SCFA Recital Hall.  Join us for a day of dynamic expressions of abstract art featuring a curated program of multimedia works from an international collection of contemporary artists. Experience the harmonies of light and sound as we explore what goes on in the mind while listening to music!

The Visual Music Festival program begins at 10:00am and will play…

Singletary Center
FREE ADMISSION
Sat, Feb 8 2025, 7pm

"Koyaanisqatsi" is a groundbreaking 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, features a score composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.

The title, derived from the Hopi word meaning "life out of balance," encapsulates the film's central theme: the growing disconnect between humanity and the natural world. Through a powerful juxtaposition of breathtaking natural…

Singletary Recital Hall
FREE, but ticket required for entry
Fri, Feb 14 2025, 7:30 - 9pm
University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductorCaleb Weber, BA & BM’25, piano Pre-concert lecture presented by the UK School of Music on the Concert Hall stage at 7:00 PM

Lecturer, Mary Margaret Zrull

· Debussy: Prélude à “L’après-midi d’un faune”

· Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

· Prokofiev: Suite from Cinderella

· R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Singletary Concert Hall
$20 Adults/ $10 Students
Sat, Feb 15 2025, 7:30pm

"Thirst" is a trailblazing live electronic performance that redefines the boundaries of audiovisual art. Utilizing multi-projection techniques, the show seamlessly merges the aesthetics of road movies, American iconography, and hyper-saturated 3D visuals to create a vibrant, immersive experience.

Exploring profound themes of desire, freedom, and societal transformation, "Thirst" invites viewers to reflect on the evolving nature…
Singletary Concert Hall
FREE for UK Students, $23 Adults/$10 Students
Thu, Feb 20 2025, 7:30 - 9pm
Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Sat, Feb 22 2025, 5pm
Singletary Concert Hall
Free
Mon, Feb 24 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm
UK Symphony Band 
Dr. Shayna Stahl, Conductor
Singletary Concert Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional fees may apply online)