Paws and Listen Gives Virtual Performance of Kentucky's State Song
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 8, 2020) — Members of University of Kentucky's Paws and Listen, finishing their studies at home for the spring semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, found time to video a performance of Kentucky's state song, "My Old Kentucky Home."
Paws and Listen is the premiere a cappella ensemble auditioned from the nationally renowned UK Women's Choir. This highly esteemed group performs pop and contemporary music while serving as ambassadors on behalf of University of Kentucky Choirs at numerous prestigious events throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The ensemble is coached by undergraduate music education majors and advised by Beth Wilson, lecturer, and Lori Hetzel, associate director of UK School of Music.
Watch the video above or on the UK College of Fine Arts YouTube channel.
Paws and Listen is part of the School of Music at the UK College of Fine Arts. The school has garnered a national reputation for high-caliber education in opera, choral and instrumental music performance, as well as music education, music therapy, composition, and theory and music history.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.