Events

Jun 4 - 6 2025

Unfortunately the 2025 Conducting Symposium has been canceled. We hope to see you next year.

The UK Conducting Symposium is designed for instrumental conductors and music educators of all experience levels. Conducting participants will receive quality podium time conducting outstanding literature in front of a live ensemble while receiving immediate/interactive feedback from the featured clinician. Each conducting participant will…

CANCELED
Thu, Jun 5 2025, 8am - 5pm

A camp tailored for Middle School trumpet players.

Classes will be geared toward younger players, with an emphasis on sound production, breathing, reading, ensemble playing, and other fundamental skills.

Youth Camp Director: Julia Stowell

Highlights

Warm-up classesFundamentals ClassesSight-reading strategiesTrumpet ensemble sessionsRecreational activities and games

Faculty

Caleb Hudson, University of…
Holmes Hall - Creative Arts Living Learning Program
$250 Institute Tuition + $25 Summer Operating Fee, $125 Optional Room and Board, Online Registration Required
Thu, Jun 5 2025, 8am - 5pm

Returning for the 9th year, the UK Trumpet Institute offers the chance to work with highly acclaimed guest artists from around the United States, daily master classes, performance opportunities, topical classes, and concerts for High School,  College, and Adult trumpet students.

Highlights

Daily master classes, concerts, and performance opportunitiesSpecialized classes in solo performance, orchestral excerpts, Baroque…
Holmes Hall - Creative Arts Living Learning Program
$250 Institute Tuition + $25 Summer Operating Fee, $125 Optional Lodging, Online Registration Required
Thu, Jun 5 2025, 7:40pm

An ART ON SCREEN Film

ENO

Presented by The Kentucky Theatre and
the Singletary Center for the Arts

Guest Speaker to be Announced

"There’s a pure joy to this documentary, a sense that creativity is miraculous and we ought to be grateful that we get to participate in it."
—New York Times

Musician, producer, and visual artist Brian Eno is an icon of the contemporary creative community. Known equally well as the "…
The Kentucky Theatre
214 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507
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$11 Adults, $9.25 Seniors
Fri, Jun 13 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sat, Jun 14 2025, 2 - 4pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sun, Jun 15 2025, 6 - 8pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Fri, Jun 20 2025, 7:30 - 9:30pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sat, Jun 21 2025, 2 - 4pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sun, Jun 22 2025, 2 - 4pm

UK Opera Theatre's annual It's a Grand Night for Singing! is a popular musical revue featuring the best of Broadway's past and present, starring more than 100 UK Opera Theatre and community performers. In 2017, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Grand Night and won an Emmy for the KET broadcast of the production.

What can you expect from Grand Night? A little of everything! From large dance numbers to…

Singletary Concert Hall
Ticketed
Sat, Aug 30 2025, 1 - 11:30pm

Join the Sound of the Wildcats, the largest and most visible student experience at the University of Kentucky, for our annual WMB Honor Band Day! The event is open to all students in 9th - 12th grades. Registration may be submitted on an individual basis by the student, by their parent/guardian, or by the teacher on behalf of the student.

The day will include:

Opportunity to learn from UK Faculty and StaffRehearsal with the Wildcat…
$35 advanced registration to participate
Sat, Sep 13 2025, 7:30pm

Mary Halvorson (guitar), Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums)

Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been described as “a singular talent” (Lloyd Sachs, JazzTimes), ”NYC’s least-predictable improviser” (Howard Mandel, City Arts), “one of the most original jazz guitarists of our time” (Peter Margasak, Bandcamp Daily), and “one of today’s…

Singletary Recital Hall
$29 Adults / $13 Students, FREE for UK Students