On Saturday, September 14, UK Choirs will proudly host the annual Bluegrass Choral Music Festival! This event is historically one of the largest high school choral festivals in the southeastern US with over 500 singers from schools throughout the region participating; Featuring acoUstiKats, Paws and Listen, Blue Note and various High School Choirs.
A free concert will take place at 5pm to cap off the day!
To register, singers…
Singer Festival Attendance - $10, Registration Required, Concert Attendance - Free and Open to the Public
Sun, Sep 22 2024, 3 - 4:30pm
UK Wind Symphony Dr. Shayna Stahl, Conductor Adam Miller, Guest ConductorUK Symphony Band Brian Froedge, ConductorJalen Allred, Guest Conductor
Mon, Sep 23 2024, 7 - 8pm
PROGRAM:
Larsen: Trio in Four Movements (2005)Yuchun Hu: The Remnant Souls (2024, world premiere)Zhou Tian: Hidden Grace (2023)Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas Wind (1992)Debussy: Sonata (1915)Formosa Trio
Formed in 2012 at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, the Formosa Trio brings together three musicians who were born and raised in Taiwan: Tze-Ying Wu (viola), Chen-Yu Huang (harp), and Pei-San Chiu (flute). The name "…Free and Open to the Public
aja monet's poetry delves into themes of Black resistance, liberation, love, and joy, characterized by raw emotion, vivid imagery, and powerful language. Influenced by revolutionary poets like Audre Lorde and Amiri Baraka, her work captures the essence of the human experience with depth and complexity. The surrealist blues poet fuses her message with live jazz accompaniment to create emotionally compelling narratives about personal exploration…
$29 Adults / $15 Student (UK Students FREE)
Fri, Sep 27 2024, 7:30 - 9pm
University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, John Nardolillo, conductorSibelius: FinlandiaShubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”Anna Clyne: MasqueradeMussorsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Tue, Oct 1 2024, 7:30 - 8:30pm
Free and Open to the Public
Opening Night for LexPhil’s 2024/25 Season is a Titan of orchestral forces.
The season breaks daylight with the sweet and playful D’un matin de printemps (Of A Spring Morning) by Lili Boulanger, the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome for composition at only nineteen years old. Followed by The Oak by Florence Price, who was the first African-American woman to have a symphonic work performed by a major American orchestra.…
$28-$78 adults; $11 youth & students
In Deconstructing Dark Side of the Moon, Musicologist Scott Freiman celebrates the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking album with his first non-Beatles “deconstruction.” Scott will take you on a track-by-track journey through this Pink Floyd masterpiece, explaining the inspiration for the songs and their evolution in the studio.
Dark Side of the Moon is a concept album that explores themes of life, death, time, and the human…
FREE for UK Students, $29 Adults / $12 Non-UK Student
Mongolian/American folk-fusion trio Tuvergen Band will transport listeners to the vast steppes of Mongolia with their powerful use of traditional instruments such as the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) and throat singing, intertwined with contemporary melodies and rhythms to play what they call “modern nomadic music”—an exhilarating sound indebted to Mongolian and Tuvan traditions but inflected with bluegrass sensibilities, blues instrumental…
FREE for UK Students, $23 Adults / $10 Non-UK Students
Sun, Oct 20 2024, 11am - 12pm
Performance given by students in the UK String Project.
featuring Marcellus Brown, ConductorBrian Froedge, Guest Conductor
Tue, Oct 22 2024, 7 - 8:30pm
UK Choristers with Blue Note, featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Chamber Choir, guest ensemble
UK Symphony Band Dr. Shayna Stahl, ConductorAdam Miller, Guest ConductorUK Concert Band Brian Froedge & Adam Miller, Conductors
