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The partnership between the University of Kentucky Wind Symphony and the Louisville Youth Performing Arts School Wind Ensemble is a showcase of the diverse musical talent present within the Lexington community and beyond. The concert program will include works by composers John Mackey, Scott McAllister, James David, Alfred Reed, Luis Serrano Alarcon and David Maslanka, to name just a few.
A 26-year-old in the University of Kentucky Wind Symphony knows the meaning of music. Almost a year ago, April 10 to be exact, the then-25-year-old suffered a series of strokes.
The 2023 George Boulden Honor Band Festival Weekend will feature a public performance from the UK Wind Symphony, presenting John Mackey’s Wine-Dark Sea Symphony for Band, the following evening at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Singletary Center for the Arts. The annual Honor Band Weekend showcases the region's best young talent in two ensemble bands the audition-only Wind Ensemble and the Concert Band which is open to freshmen and sophomore high school students by director recommendation.
On Sunday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m., the University of Kentucky Wind Symphony and Symphony Band will present a concert in memory of the late Professor George R. Boulden III (1961-2022), associate director of Bands at UK and former director of the UK Wildcat Marching Band, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall.