Sing Along With UK Opera, Alltech at 'Celebration of Song'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 12, 2014) — Alltech and University of Kentucky Opera Theatre invite you to the ninth annual "Celebration of Song" beginning at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the The Square (previously the Victorian Square Shoppes Atrium), located at the corner of West Main Street and North Broadway in downtown Lexington. Both concerts are free and open to the public.
Director of UK Opera Theatre Everett McCorvey leads the orchestra and award-winning vocalists from UK Opera Theatre in this sing-along holiday concert. Join the vocalists in a selection of beloved carols to get you in the spirit of the season. Endowed Chair, Professor of Voice Cynthia Lawrence; UK artist-in-residence Gregory Turay; UK Blue Steel; and the Lexington Singers’ Children’s Choir join the celebration for a fourth year. New to "Celebration of Song" is Zeb Harrison and Sounds of Praise, a foot-stomping, hand-clapping trombone ensemble from Charlotte, North Carolina.
UK Opera Theatre is part of the UK School of Music at the UK College of Fine Arts. The School of Music has garnered national recognition for high-caliber education in opera, choral and instrumental music performance, as well as music education, composition, and theory and music history.
For more information on “Celebration of Song” visit www.celebrationofsong.org or contact UK Opera Theatre at 859-257-9331.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu