University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

04/28/2026

Please accept our gratitude for another incredible season finale, featuring our University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, joined by the University of Kentucky Choirs, and Lexington Singers. It was a night of beautiful music and we were so glad to see all of you there!

04/24/2026

If you are unable to join us in person, please consider tuning in from home!
Click here for the livestream: https://vimeo.com/event/5882901

04/24/2026

TONIGHT! Friends of Music Scholarship Benefit Concert
Featuring the UK Symphony Orchestra, UK Choirs, and Lexington Singers
7:30 PM | Singletary Center Concert Hall
The UK Symphony Orchestra presents Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, and the UK Choirs along with the Lexington Singers join them in Brahms’ Requiem, one of the great masterworks of the choral-orchestral repertoire. Dr. Jeff Johnson will conduct this performance, marking the final concert of a distinguished 30+ year career with the UK School of Music.
Tickets here: https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-symphony-orchestra-season-finale-brahms-requiem-uk-choirs-and-lexington-singers
Livestream here: https://vimeo.com/event/5882901

04/22/2026

There are still tickets remaining for the last concert of the year! Join the UKSO, Lexington Singers, and UK Choirs this Friday at 7:30PM for Brahms and more! Find tickets here: https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-symphony-orchestra-season-finale-brahms-requiem-uk-choirs-and-lexington-singers

04/20/2026

Join the UKSO, Lexington Singers, and UK Choirs this Friday, April 24th for a special concert featuring Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Brahms Requiem. Jeff Johnson will be conducting the Requiem for his final performance as Director of UK Choirs. We would love to have you present for the final concert of this academic year! Find tickets here: https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-symphony-orchestra-season-finale-brahms-requiem-uk-choirs-and-lexington-singers

03/27/2026

Don't miss out on tonight's concert! Livestream link here: https://vimeo.com/event/5828351

03/26/2026

We are excited for tomorrow's concert! Featuring one of our own top students and a Kentucky premiere, this is sure to be a fantastic night of music! Please join us in person or virtually! Find tickets here: https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-symphony-orchestra-concerto-competition-winner-clockworking-and-sibelius-symphony

03/24/2026

The University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra presents:
CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNER
CLOCKWORKING
and SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 2

Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Singletary Center for the Arts

University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
John Nardolillo, conductor
Dominic Luthje, BM '26, oboe
Stephan Gomez, DMA '28, conductor

PROGRAM:
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Clockworking (Kentucky premiere)
R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Find Tickets Here: https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-symphony-orchestra-concerto-competition-winner-clockworking-and-sibelius-symphony

03/23/2026

This Friday, March 27th, consider joining the UKSO for their Richard Strauss’ Oboe Concerto, performed by Concerto Competition winner Dominic Luthje. Read more about the concert on UKNOW!

The University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will present its March 27 spring concert at the Singletary Center for the Arts, featuring the Kentucky premiere of Maria Sigfúsdóttir’s ‘Clockworking,’ a performance by concerto competition winner Dominic Luthje, and Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No...

02/13/2026

FREE EXHIBITION!
February 13th and 14th 10:00AM-8:00PM
Singletary Presidents Room
Violins of Hope is a rare collection of restored violins played by Jewish musicians who both survived and perished during the Holocaust. Each instrument carries its own unique and haunting story of survival, hope, and human resilience.

More than 40 instruments will be on display along with their individual stories. More than 20 of these instruments will be played by University of Kentucky students in an extraordinary concert on February 14. The concert is ticketed.
https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-symphony-orchestra-violins-hope-blue-cathedral-and-mahler-symphony-no-4