UK HealthCare bringing cheer to patients with live holiday performances
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2023) — It’s time to spread holiday cheer as UK HealthCare is welcoming live musicians and singers back to its facilities this holiday season.
Throughout the month of December, there will be 55 performances supported by the UK Hospital Auxiliary for the Arts in HealthCare Program. The performances will be taking place in the Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A Atrium, Markey Cancer Center Whitney-Hendrickson lobby and Roach lobby and various floors in Good Samaritan Hospital.
All performances are free and open to the public.
- Friday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m.-noon.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, third floor
- Friday, Dec. 1, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Good Samaritan Hospital, fourth floor
- Friday, Dec. 1, noon-1 p.m.
- Harold Sherman, jazz pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 1, noon-1 p.m.
- Elaine Cook, harpist and part-time UK instructor, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 1, 4-5 p.m.
- Conner Finney, pianist, Whitney-Hendrickson Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 4, noon-1 p.m.
- Harold Sherman, jazz pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 4, noon-1 p.m.
- Alan Ohkubo, cellist, Whitney-Hendrickson Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 4, 4-5 p.m.
- Conner Finney, pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 5, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
- UK Chorale, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 5, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2-3:15 p.m.
- UK Treble Choir, Whitney-Hendrickson Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 5, 4-5 p.m.
- Conner Finney, pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-noon
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 6, noon-1 p.m.
- Maggie Lander, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 6, 5-5:30 p.m.
- Lexington Seventh-Day Adventist Church Choir, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Thursday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-noon
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, fifth floor
- Thursday, Dec. 7, noon-1 p.m.
- Lexington Philharmonic String Quartet, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Thursday, Dec. 7, 4-5 p.m.
- Conner Finney, pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-noon
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, sixth floor
- Friday, Dec. 8, noon-1 p.m.
- Seth Murphy, cellist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 8, noon-1 p.m.
- Elaine Cook, harpist, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 8, 4-5 p.m.
- Conner Finney, pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Saturday, Dec. 9, 11 a.m.-noon
- The Yuletime Ensemble, strings, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 11, noon-1 p.m.
- Elaine Cook, harpist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-noon
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 12, noon-1 p.m.
- Seth Murphy, cellist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 12, noon-1 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 13, noon-1 p.m.
- Maggie Lander, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Thursday, Dec. 14, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Good Samaritan Hospital, seventh floor
- Thursday, Dec. 14, noon-1 p.m.
- Maggie Lander, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 15, 11 a.m.-noon
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Whitney-Hendrickson, Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 15, noon-1 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 15, noon-1 p.m.
- Seth Murphy, cellist, Good Samaritan Hospital, third floor
- Monday, Dec. 18, noon-1 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 18, 1-2 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 19, 11 a.m.-noon
- The Employee Lab Band, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 19, noon-1 p.m.
- Maggie Lander, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 20, noon-1 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Thursday, Dec. 21, 11 a.m.-noon
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, fourth floor
- Thursday, Dec. 21, noon-1 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, fifth floor
- Thursday, Dec. 21, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 22, noon-1 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 22, 1-2 p.m.
- University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers, Whitney-Hendrickson, Lobby
- Sunday, Dec. 24, 9-10 a.m.
- Holiday Tunes with Abby & Austin, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 25, 9-10 a.m.
- Holiday Tunes with Abby & Austin, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Monday, Dec. 25, noon-1 p.m.
- Harold Sherman, jazz pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Tuesday, Dec. 26, noon-1 p.m.
- Elaine Cook, harpist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 27, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Wednesday, Dec. 27, noon-1 p.m.
- Seth Murphy, cellist, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Thursday, Dec. 28, noon-1 p.m.
- Harold Sherman, jazz pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Thursday, Dec. 28, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Good Samaritan Hospital, sixth floor
- Friday, Dec. 29, noon-1 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 29, noon-1 p.m.
- Elaine Cook, harpist, Whitney-Hendrickson, Lobby
- Friday, Dec. 29, noon-1 p.m.
- Seth Murphy, cellist, Good Samaritan Hospital, seventh floor
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