UK Wind Symphony presents Corfu Festival Concert with Ionian University guest conductor
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2026) — The University of Kentucky Wind Symphony will present Corfu Festival, a vibrant concert celebrating international collaboration and contemporary wind band music 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall.
The performance will feature Sokratis Anthis, professor at Ionian University in Corfu, Greece, as guest conductor. Anthis’s weeklong residency is part of the UK School of Music ongoing bilateral relationship with Ionian University and builds on a growing artistic partnership between the institutions. Anthis, a featured Yamaha Artist, previously visited campus in Spring 2024, when he performed at Singletary and presented a trumpet master class for UK students.
Since 2023, Anthis has collaborated with Jason Dovel, UK associate professor of trumpet, as co-host of the Corfu Trumpet Festival, an international program that brings American and Greek students together for a week of performances, master classes and cultural exchange with the historic Mantzaros Philharmonic. UK students will return to Corfu, Greece, again this summer, with additional guest conducting by Cody Birdwell.
The Corfu Festival brings together energetic staples of the wind band repertoire with works inspired directly by the Greek island. The program includes Overture to “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, Percy Grainger’s “Children’s March: Over the Hills and Far Away,” James M. Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2 titled “Voices” and two pieces by Jason Dovel, “Corfiot Sea Scenes,” and “A Corfu Festival.”
Tickets are $14 for adults and $7 for students and may be purchased through Etix.com. Additional online processing fees may apply. Free tickets for UK students are available exclusively through the SCFA Ticket Office with a valid UK Student ID (limit one ticket per student). Visit https://finearts.uky.edu/music/events/uk-wind-symphony-corfu-festival for more information.
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