From masks and socially distanced recorded performances to TikTok, University of Kentucky School of Music’s popular a cappella group the acoUstiKats, like many performing artists, had to relearn what it meant to make music during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK Mega-Sax, Jazz Students Score 8 Awards at Elmhurst Festival uky.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uky.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dan Collins talks with Dr. Stan Pelkey, Director of UK s School of Music.
UK s School of Music has been named a Yamaha Institution of Excellence for providing unique and challenging experiences to music students through diversity of thought and curriculum. This week we talk about the achievement with the Director of the School of Music, Dr. Stan Pelkey.
You can watch performances of UK s Classroom Concert Series on the School of Music website.
Tags:
Performances from UK School of Music s Classroom Concert Series are broadcast each Tuesday from 8-10 p.m. on WRFL.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 16, 2021) Last fall music returned to the Singletary Center for the Arts and the University of Kentucky campus after six months of silence brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For a venue used to annually presenting around 200 recitals and concerts featuring UK School of Music’s talented students, chamber groups, ensembles and faculty, it was an emotional return as arts administrators and musicians alike were able to practice their passion once again albeit in a different way.
To meet the demand of critical educational and performance needs of UK’s music students and fill the souls of arts patrons in a safe environment, UK School of Music and Singletary Center launched the Classroom Concert Series. Ensembles were filmed without audiences and performed physically distanced from one another and masked appropriately for their instrument or