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Campbell Named a KMEA Teacher of the Year
The award recognizes Campbell's service and contributions to music education in Kentucky at the university level.
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Update from the 2023 KMEA Conference
Every year, the University of Kentucky School of Music shines with outstanding presenters and performers representing all aspects of our award-winning programs.
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2023 Great Teacher Award winners: School of Music's Martina Vasil
The Great Teacher Award, launched in 1961, is the longest-running UK award that recognizes teaching.
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Alum making dreams come true at helm of Singletary Center for the Arts
Arts administration alumnus Matt Gibson took on the director position at Singletary Center for the Arts last fall.
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Americans for the Arts welcomes CFA alum Theo Edmonds to Board of Directors
Theo Edmonds received his MFA in Art Studio in 2013 from UK and is originally from Jackson, KY.
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Dr. ToniMarie Marchioni releases first commercial album
Dr. Marchioni recorded 10 French works for oboe and piano with Kevin Murphy, many of which have never been professionally recorded.
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UK Arts Administration, The Lyric team up on lessons in event management
A University of Kentucky arts administration partnership with The Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center is giving students experience in event planning and management. 
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UK Art Museum launches 'Nitelite,' UK Appalachian alum's new comic book
Treyton Blackburn's work follows the life of an aimless park ranger turned superhero who loses a grandparent and must protect the family's land.
Bob Rauschenberg "Urban Bourbon"
Rauschenberg gifts to CI alum lead to traveling exhibition, UK Art Museum donation
At the conclusion of the traveling exhibition, UK Art Museum will receive the painting “Shore Hole (Urban Bourbon)” in honor of Jeffries.
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DownBeat names UK’s Miles Osland nation’s best jazz educator
Osland is recognized for his work as a jazz educator in the November issue of DownBeat magazine.