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2009: The year in Central Kentucky arts
New Year’s Day 2009, I assumed by New Year’s Eve I would have written about at least one Lexington arts group closing its doors. The economy was buried nose-first in the ground and theaters and other arts organizations were closing … Continue reading
Posted in Actors Guild of Lexington, Arts administration, Balagula Theatre, ballet, Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, Current Affairs, dance, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Opera House, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Singers, LexPhil conductor search, Music, Opera, Singletary Center for the Arts, Studio Players, Theater, UK, Visual arts, Woodford County Theatre
Tagged A Bluegrass Tapestry, Actors Guild of Lexington, Always Patsy Cline, Balagula Theatre, Bob Edwards, Heather Parrish, James Archambeault, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kentucky Humanities Council, Kim Shaw, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Children's Theatre, Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Lexington Singers, Long Time Travelling, Lorne Dechtenberg, Luis Dominguez, Norton Center for the Arts, Our Lincoln, Paragon Musisc Theatre, Richard St. Peter, Robyn Peterman-Zahn, Scott Terrell, Studio Players, The Christmas Presence, The Infamous Ephraim, The Koln Concert, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, The Magical Tales of Beatrix Potter, The Woodford Theatre, Token of Affection, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
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Mark O’Connor and the UK Symphony
It’s a typical rehearsal two days before a concert. The University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra is on the stage in the Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall with conductor John Nardolillo stopping occasionally to tweak parts, but mostly letting … Continue reading
Posted in Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, Music, Singletary Center for the Arts, UK
Tagged Geoffrey Hershberger, Jessica Miskelly, John Nardolillo, Mark O'Connor, Our Lincoln, University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
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Lexington is a great place for artsy kids
When I moved to Lexington in 1998, one thing that immediately struck me about the local arts scene was the prominence of children and organizations geared toward children. The Lexington Children’s Theatre’s shows rated the same sort of attention as … Continue reading
Posted in Actors Guild of Lexington, Arts administration, ballet, Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, dance, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Children's Theatre, Lexington Philharmonic, Music, Musicals, Paragon Music Theatre, Theater, UK, Visual arts
Tagged Actors Guild of Lexington, Ben Sollee, Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, Children's Health magazine, Explorium, Kayoko Dan, Kentucky Ballet Theatre, Larry Snipes, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Children's Theatre, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Singers' Children's Chorus, Living Arts and Science Center, Nathan Cole, Our Lincoln, Paragon Music Theatre, School for Creative and Performing Arts, Scott Terrell, University of Kentucky, Vivian Snipes
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Video review: Our Lincoln
The presentation of Our Lincoln at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., in February was undeniably a big deal for Kentucky arts and humanities. Artists who live and work here were presented on one … Continue reading
Posted in Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, dance, Music, Opera, Reviews, Theater, UK
Tagged Aaron Copland, Alan Gershwin, American Spiritual Ensemble, Angela Brown, Angelique Clay, Everett McCorvey, Gregory Turay, Jane Gentry Vance, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jonathan Palmer, Kentucky Chautauqua, Kentucky Humanities Council, Lexington Singers, Lexington Vintage Dance Society, Margaret Garner, Mark O'Connor, Michael Breeding, Nick Clooney, Our Lincoln, Peter Thomas, Richard Danielpour, River of Time, UK Chorale, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
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Review: UK Opera Theatre’s River of Time
Note: Space is finite in newspapers, really more finite than ever. This being a new opera, I wrote a bit longer than a usual review, and a little bit longer than the printed page in Saturday’s paper will hold. This … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Music, Lexington Opera House, Music, Opera, Reviews
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Amanda Balltrip, Christopher Baker, Dione Johnson, Everett McCorvey, Henry Layton, Jim Rodgers, Joe Baber, Julie LaDouceur, Kentucky Humanities Council, Mark Elliott Golson II, Megan McCauley, Nick Provenzale, Nick Vannoy, Our Lincoln, River of Time, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
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Low overhead helps community arts groups weather recession
It’s been a good season for Studio Players. The first three shows at the Carriage House Theatre on Bell Court – Don’t Dress for Dinner, A Tuna Christmas and The Last of Mrs. Lincoln – were hits for the community … Continue reading
Posted in Arts administration, Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, Current Affairs, LexArts, Music, Theater, Uncategorized
Tagged Bob Singleton, Jim Clark, Lee Patrick, LexArts, Lexington Concert Band, Lexington Singers, Lexington Community Orchestra, Nick Nickl, Our Lincoln, Pam Hammonds, recession, Studio Players
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American Spiritual Ensemble on Friday’s Bob Edwards Show
The American Spiritual Ensemble, based in Lexington and directed by University of Kentucky voice professor Everett McCorvey, will be on The Bob Edwards Show Friday morning on XM and Sirius satellite radio. Edwards, a Louisville native, invited the ensemble to … Continue reading
Posted in Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, Music, radio, UK
Tagged American Spiritual Ensemble, Bob Edwards, Everett McCorvey, Our Lincoln
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American Spiritual Ensemble in concert on Wednesday
By any measure, the Lexington-based American Spiritual Ensemble has had a pretty good winter tour. During the 22-city journey, the ensemble has played the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Our Lincoln performance, sung … Continue reading
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Tagged American Spiritual Ensemble, Bob Edwards, Everett McCorvey, Our Lincoln
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‘Our Lincoln’ trailer
A video production of Our Lincoln is still up in the air, but Lexington filmmaker Michael Breeding has posted a short preview on his website that gives you an idea what the show looked like. Breeding oversaw a video crew … Continue reading
Posted in Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, Music, Opera, Theater, UK
Tagged Kentucky Humanities Council, Michael Breeding, Our Lincoln, UK Opera Thetare, video
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