Events

University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
John Nardolillo, conductor
ToniMarie Marchioni, oboe

Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1

1-1:15pm: Check In
1:15-5pm: Sectionals; Read Through

Join the College of Fine Arts and the Creative Arts LLP to provide support to the Maui community after the devastating wildfires in Lāhainā last month. Enjoy an evening of performances from CFA students, faculty, and community artists - including Hawaiian music and hula!

Tickets are free, but donations can be taken at the door to Maui nonprofit, Ignite A Life Foundation. Please help us Mele for Maui (sing for Maui) on September…

OperaLex Fall Opera Preview Luncheon
Singletary Center Concert Hall Stage
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
11:00AM - 1:00PM

Join Dr. Everett McCorvey for a SNEAK PEEK of the upcoming fall production of Susannah and hear the students of the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre program perform as you enjoy a delicious lunch, all on the stage of the Concert Hall at the Singletary Center!

World-class…

The first concert of the season for UK Jazz Ensemble (Miles Osland, director) and UK Lab Band (Raleigh Dailey, director).

Sparking his career at the age of 12, Nick Carter quickly became an international pop superstar as the youngest member of the iconic boy band, Backstreet Boys. With his boyish good looks and heartthrob status, Carter's 30-year entertainment journey has extended far beyond sold-out arenas, encompassing a diverse range of projects in television, film, philanthropy, and publishing.

The Backstreet Boys hold the distinction of being the…

Dorian Gordon senior recital

Makaya McCraven is a prolific drummer, composer, and producer who believes that the word “jazz” is “insufficient, at best, to describe the phenomenon we’re dealing with.” The artist, who has been aptly called a “cultural synthesizer,” has a unique gift for collapsing space, destroying borders and blending past, present, and future into poly-textural arrangements of post-genre, jazz-rooted 21st century folk music. Profiled in Vice, Rolling…

Featuring UK Jazz ensembles including UK Sax-Cats, UK Mega-Sax, UK Lab Band, and the UK Jazz Ensemble.

University of Kentucky Bands presents
ROSA PARKS BOULEVARD

University of Kentucky Wind Symphony
Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Conductor
Brian Froedge, Graduate Conductor
Vladislav Petrachev, Kamilo Davila, Juan Saldivar, Trombone Soloists

Program:

Anton Dvorak “Carnival Overture”
Luis Serrano Alarcon “La Lira de Pozuelo”
Kathryn Salfelder “Cathedrals”
Michael…

Repertoire Featuring Composers: John Williams, Michael Markowski, Dwayne S. Milburn, Randal Standridge, John Zdechlik, and John Philip Sousa

SPLENDOR in Song, Dance, and Love 
Program:

Chamber Music Society of Central Kentucky presents the Ariel String Quartet
Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 3PM on the SCFA Concert Hall Stage

Distinguished by its virtuosity, probing musical insight, and impassioned, fiery performances, the Ariel Quartet has garnered critical praise worldwide for more than twenty years. Formed when the members were just teenagers studying at the Jerusalem Academy Middle School of Music…