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Dailey and Osland playing music at piano and saxophone on stage
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.
Department of Theatre and Dance Production Manager and Technical Director, Zack Stribling, joins students around a set piece onstage at the Guignol Theatre.
Department of Theatre and Dance Moves Towards Sustainability
The Department of Theatre and Dance is focused on a sustainable future, was recently awarded a matching Improvement Grant from the Office of the Vice President of Research to upgrade the lighting system in the Guignol Theatre.
UK's Yuha Jung (left) with Drexel University's Neville Vakharia (right), her coeditor, at the summer book launch party in Lexington. Photo by Mary Rollins Mathews, Rollins Studio.
Jung is lead editor of 1st Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management
Dr. Yuha Jung is the editor of the first-ever Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management.
Abigail Van Klompenberg in a black blazer and red shirt, wearing glasses.
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.
two students in front of kiln
UK Kiln Finds New Home, New Opportunities
Through collaborative efforts across multiple colleges, the University of Kentucky kiln was deconstructed and successfully rebuilt on a new site in 2023.
Juan Trigos sitting outside
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.
Brianna Armstrong on staircase
SA/VS alumna gives back to students
Art studio alumna Brianna Armstrong (BFA '20) recently established the Alumni Award for Achievement (Big Steppa Award), in recognition of her School of Art and Visual Studies experience, in the spirit of giving back to others, and to help encourage current students.
Image of Juan Saldivar, Jr. and Alex Lopez Velarde playing trombones
School of Music DMA Student Elevating Opportunities for Composers Through New Initiative
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.
Image of Renee Cobb holding her Stevie Award, wearing a blue suit
Music Alum Wins 2023 Stevie Awards for Women In Business
UK School of Music Alum Renee Collins Cobb, M.Ed. of Room 17 Productions, Inc wins two Stevie® Awards in a ceremony held in New York City on November 10, 2023.
Image of Paul Rodgers' cat JoJo sitting on his SideCat invention
UK Innovate's Launch Blue Highlights SAVS' Paul Rodgers in Tech Showcase
Launch Blue, under the Office of Technology Commercialization in UK Innovate, supports promising technology startup founders and university innovators in Kentucky and beyond. Launch Blue is creating Tech Showcases to highlight Launch Blue innovators, founders and teams. Paul Rodgers is one of the UK Innovators that has been spotlighted.