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Upcoming Events

Mar 13 2025 | 7 - 9pm
UK Opera Theatre presents "A Nation of Others"
A NATION OF OTHERS, by Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell, premiered in 2022, this powerful work follows the individual stories of immigrants as they pass through Ellis Island on a single day in 1921:…
Singletary Recital Hall
Mar 13 2025 | 7:30 - 8:30pm
Faculty Chamber Music Recital : The Maribo Trio
UK Faculty Recital Featuring:
The Maribo Trio
ToniMarie Marchioni, oboe
Scott Wright, clarinet
Allison Nicotera, bassoon
Works by Canteloube, Schickele, and Spisak, alongside a…
Singletary Concert Hall

Mar 14 2025 | 7:30 - 8:30pm
UK New Music Ensemble
Join us for an exciting evening with UK New Music Ensemble! Get ready to experience a showcase of new music performed by talented musicians at the Singletary Center for the Arts, Recital Hall.…
Singletary Recital Hall
Mar 28 2025 | 7:30 - 9pm
UK Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Winner and Mahler 5
University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
John Nardolillo, conductor
Nicoletta Moss, DMA’26, conductor
March 28, 2025 | 7:30 PM | SCFA Concert Hall
Join us in…
Singletary Concert Hall

Mar 29 2025 | 3 - 5pm, Mar 29 2025 | 7:30 - 9:30pm
NIGHT ON BROADWAY featuring the UK Choristers "Heroes and Villains"
UK Choristers presents "Heroes and Villains" in the Singletary Center Recital Hall.
Singletary Recital Hall
Mar 29 2025 | 3 - 5pm, Mar 29 2025 | 7:30 - 9:30pm
NIGHT ON BROADWAY featuring the UK Choristers "Heroes and Villains"
UK Choristers presents "Heroes and Villains" in the Singletary Center Recital Hall.
Singletary Recital Hall

Apr 1 2025 | 7:30 - 9pm
UK Men's Choir Spring Concert
UK Men's Chorus and acoUstiKats

Maxwell Presbyterian Church
Apr 5 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm
UK Treble Choir 30th Anniversary Celebration of Dr. Lori Hetzel
30th Anniversary celebration of Dr. Lori Hetzel featuring Paws and Listen and alumnae of UK Treble Choir
Singletary Center Concert Hall. Reserved Seating.
Can't…
Singletary Concert Hall

Apr 5 2025 | 7:30pm
UK Jazz Studies presents Big Band Blast XVI
UK Jazz Studies presents Big Band Blast XVI
With guest artist: Rex Richardson, trumpet
UK Students can receive ONE (1) free ticket with their student ID, available exclusively in-…
Singletary Recital Hall
Apr 6 2025 | 3 - 4:30pm
Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert
Singletary Concert Hall

News and Stories

Donna Kwon publishes works on K-Pop, Korean Drumming and Dance

Associate Professor Donna Kwon published the chapter "K-pop and the Racialization of Asian American Popular Musicians" in the book "Korean Pop Culture Beyond Asia," University of Washington Press.
Teaching workshop builds confidence in music education

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

Freshman music major earns Young Artist Award

UK freshman music education major Adrianna Dick received the International Trumpet Guild’s Young Artist Award.
UK composition student Angel Gómez Ramos awarded by San Francisco ARTZenter Institute

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.

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.

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