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Through a service learning project, music education students in the UK School of Music bring fun music lessons to regional elementary students.

UK freshman music education major Adrianna Dick received the International Trumpet Guild’s Young Artist Award.

Angel Gómez Ramos, a master’s degree student in composition studying under School of Music's Juan Trigos, was awarded with the ARTZenter Composer’s Grant Program of the ARTZenter Institute in collaboration with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.

Three University of Kentucky School of Music students earned international recognition at the 2024 International Varsity Quartet Contest in Cleveland, Ohio, this summer.

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.

The 11th Annual Conference on Contemplative Practices in Higher Education will take place at UK from February 29-March 2 on the UK Campus.

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

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.

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.

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.