Arts & Culture

UK Choristers to Perform at First Presbyterian

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2014) — The 2014 University of Kentucky Choristers will make their fall debut at First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 171 Market St. The concert is free and open to the public.

Under the direction of doctoral candidate Adam Beeken, of Cleveland, Tennessee, the concert will feature a performance of Joseph Haydn’s "Missa brevis in F." Additionally, the program will consist of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Paul Basler, as well as traditional folk songs. The UK Choristers will be accompanied by Karina Johnson and assistant directed by graduate student Cooper Schrimsher, of Hunstville, Alabama.

UK Choristers is the oldest performing organization at UK. Filled with underclassmen and representing a wide variety of majors, the group frequently performs on and off of campus. This 55-voice mixed choir specializes in choral repertoire of all periods and styles, both a cappella and accompanied, and also performs a major work each year with the UK Symphony Orchestra as well as hosting a successful music theater cabaret, "Night on Broadway." The Choristers tour frequently throughout the region.

For more information on the concert or the UK Choristers, contact Evan Pulliam, administrative assistant for UK Choirs, at evan.pulliam@uky.edu.   

UK Choristers are housed at the UK School of Music at 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, composition, and theory and music history.

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu