TGIF Means Free Musical Performances at the UK Chandler Hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 26, 2014) — Musicians will ring in the weekends this fall with free Friday performances during the lunch hour at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital.
The UK Arts in HealthCare program and the UK School of Music have partnered to debut the TGIF Fall Performance Series, a series of musical performances held every Friday at noon in the atrium lobby of Pavilion A.
To open the series today, the UK Opera Theatre program will perform a special preview of its much-anticipated showing of the dark musical Sweeney Todd. The performances will feature UK faculty and students in the School of Music and the genres will range from opera to classical guitar to pop hits by The Beatles. The schedule of performances includes:
- Sept. 26 - UK Opera Theatre - A Preview of Sweeney Todd
- Oct. 3 - Guitarist Jeremy Bass
- Oct. 10 - The UK Oboe Studio - Selections from Telemann and Mozart to Billy Joel and the Beatles
- Oct. 17 - Flutist Andria McElroy - Traditional Irish Folk Tunes
- Oct. 24 - Guitarist Ricardo Saeb Velenzuela - Concierto de Arajuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
- Oct. 31 - The UK Faculty Brass Quintet - Jason Dovel and Steve Siegel (trumpet); Brad Kearns (trombone); David Elliot (horn); and Skip Gray (tuba)
Employees of UK and UK HealthCare, as well as patients and members of the general public, are encouraged to enjoy their lunch while listening to the live music in the Atrium Lobby. Performances will last no longer than one hour. The series will run through December and additional performances will be announced as more musicians are scheduled.
To learn more about the UK Arts in HealthCare program, click here.