UK Fine Arts Cultivating Community by Broadcasting Past Events
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 17, 2020) — The University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts is hoping to cultivate a sense of community and normalcy by sharing pre-recorded past performances for the community to enjoy during this difficult time.
The college has released video of the March 2019 concert featuring UK Symphony Orchestra with the Alumni Orchestra. The event can now be streamed at the viewer’s convenience anytime on YouTube.
UK Symphony Orchestra’s performance, under the direction of Maestro John Nardolillo, also includes appearances by guest conductors and alumni Michelle Di Russo and Daniel Chetel. A doctoral student at Arizona State University (ASU), Di Russo is currently serving as assistant conductor of the Phoenix Youth Symphony and as assistant conductor for ASU’s Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia and Lyric Opera Theatre. Chetel is currently director of Orchestral Activities and assistant professor of music at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he directs the Augustana Symphony Orchestra and the Augustana Chamber Orchestra.
Intended to provide joy to viewers as they socially distance at home, this is the first concert that has been released by the college. There are plans to release more past performances in the coming weeks.
UK Symphony Orchestra is part of the School of Music at the 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, music therapy, composition, and theory and music history.
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