- 9-9:30am - Check-in
- 9:30-10:15am - Rehearsal #1
- SATB - Singletary Center Concert Hall
- SSA - Singletary Center Recital Hall
- 10:15-11:30am - Sectionals
- SATB - Singletary Center Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building Rooms 2, 6, 107
- SSA - Singletary Center Recital Hall, Rehearsal Room, Presidents Room
- 11:30am-12:30pm - Rehearsal #2
- SATB - Singletary Center Concert Hall
- SSA - Singletary Center Recital Hall
- 12:30-2pm - Lunch Break (taken on your own, lots of choices on campus)
- 2-3pm - Rehearsal #3
- SSA - Singletary Center Concert Hall
- SATB - Singletary Center Recital Hall
- HS Directors PD - Singletary Center Presidents Room
- 3-3:45pm
- SSA - Dress Rehearsal, Singletary Center Concert Hall Stage
- SATB - UK a cappella groups perform, Singletary Center Recital Hall
- 3:45-4:30pm
- SATB - Dress Rehearsal, Singletary Center Concert Hall Stage
- SSA - UK a cappella groups perform, Singletary Center Recital Hall
- 4:30pm - House Opens
- 5-6pm - CONCERT (Free!)
2026 Bluegrass Choral Music Festival
Annually, UK Choirs hosts over 400 high school singers for the Bluegrass Choral Music Festival. Participants should dress in a high school Choir t-shirt (or other school shirt) with jeans.
The event is Sat. 9/19 9am-6pm and culminates in a FREE Concert in the Singletary Concert Hall.
Registration Deadline: 6pm September 16th, 2026.
SSA CONDUCTOR: Dr. Beth Wilson
SSA CHOIR REPERTOIRE
Music to be ordered by HS Choral Director
"Gloria," Noah Reese, BriLee
"Oh, Think of Me," Elaine Hagenberg, G. Schirmer
"Take This Gift," Tracy Wong, Oxford
SATB CONDUCTOR: Dr. Ryan Beeken
SATB CHOIR REPERTOIRE
Music to be ordered by HS Choral Director
"Hold Fast to Dreams," Susan LaBarr, Santa Barbara
Music provided by UK
"Io mi son giovinetta," Domenico Maria Ferrabosco (KMEA All-State audition piece)
"Fiela," arr. Matlakala Bopape (sent following registration / taught by rote)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS: Dr. Lori Hetzel
PD MUSIC: High School Choral Directors, bring a favorite from your library (30 copies)!
Event Poster
