A Masterful Concert Opens UK Chorale Season
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 24, 2014) — The 2014 University of Kentucky Chorale will make its fall debut at the Cathedral of Christ the King as part of the "Cathedral Concert Series." The chorale, under the direction of Jefferson Johnson, UK School of Music director of Choral Activities, will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. The concert is free and open to the public.
UK Chorale's concert program will feature a performance of Franz Schubert’s Mass in G. Additionally, the program will consist of "Ave verum corpus" by Wolfgang Mozart; "Jubilate Deo" by Benjamin Britten: "In paradisum" by Gregory Partain; and "Great God Almighty" arranged by Stacey V. Gibbs. The Chorale will be accompanied by Michael Rintamaa and assistant conducted by doctoral candidate, J.D. Frizzell.
The UK Chorale is the premier mixed choral ensemble at UK. It consists mostly of upperclassmen and graduate students. While the majority of singers are music majors, there are a number of other academic disciplines represented within the ensemble. The Chorale prides itself in performing a wide variety of choral literature from Renaissance to 21st Century.
The "Cathedral Concert Series" is presented by the Cathedral of Christ the King Music Ministry in cooperation with the UK School of Music. It is funded by the Cathedral of Christ the King endowment fund. Christ the King is located at 299 Colony Boulevard in Lexington.
For more information on this concert or the UK Chorale, contact Evan Pulliam,
administrative assistant for UK Choirs, at evan.pulliam@uky.edu.
The UK School of Music at UK College of Fine Arts has garnered a national reputation for high-caliber education in opera, choral and instrumental music performance, as well as music education, composition, and theory and music history.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu