UK HealthCare

Music Arrives With the Holiday Season at UK HealthCare Locations

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 2, 2015) — A variety of musical performers will enliven UK HealthCare facilities with holiday tunes throughout the month of December.

Soloists, UK Opera Theatre carolers, ensembles, regional bands and local children’s choirs are among the groups performing holiday concerts at various UK HealthCare locations, including the Pavilion A of the UK Chandler Hospital, Pavilion H of the UK Chandler Hospital, the Good Samaritan Hospital and the Kentucky Clinic. Free musical performances will take place throughout the month of December, with opportunities to listen during the lunch hour Monday through Friday. Tentative performance schedules for each location are listed below.  

UK Chandler Hospital Pavilion A

Dec. 1

Warren Byrom (singer/songwriter) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 2

Elaine Cook (harp) from Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 3

SCAPA from Noon to 12:45 p.m.

Dec. 4

I.C. Howes (singer/songwriter) from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

UK Viola Ensemble from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 7

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 11 a.m. to Noon

TDH4 (jazz/regional band music) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 8

Seth Murphy (Cello) from Noon to 1 p.m.

UK Women’s Choir from 2 to 3:15 p.m.

Lexington Children’s Choir from 5 to 6 p.m.

UK Orthodox Christian Fellowship Carolers from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 9

4-H Performing Troupe from 10 to 10:45 a.m.

No Tools Loaned (Bluegrass) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 10

Deep Springs Elementary Choir from 11-11:45 a.m.

Tiny Chen from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 11

Dr. Kevin Holm-Hudson (piano) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 14

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 11 a.m. to Noon

Hong Shao from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 15

Art Mize and Diane Timmons (Celtic) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 16

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 11 a.m. to Noon

Na Skylark (Irish, harp/dulcimer) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 17

Julie Gutana and Friends (woodwinds and piano) from 11-11:45a.m.

Kyle Meadows (hammered dulcimer) from Noon to 2 p.m.

Dec. 18

Elaine Cook (harp) from Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 21

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 11 a.m. to Noon

Will Solomon (local singer/songwriter) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 22

Cats Eclectic (UK employee cover band) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 23

Warren Byrom (singer/songwriter) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 25

Austin Robinson and Friends (90s cover band) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 28

Seth Murphy (cello) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 29

CatsEclectic (UK employee cover band) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 30

Bear Medicine (alternative band) from Noon to 1 p.m.

UK Chandler Hospital Pavilion H

Dec. 4

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 11 a.m. to Noon

Dec. 7

Elaine Cook (harp) from Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 9

 University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 11 a.m. to Noon

Dec. 14

Elaine Cook (harp) from Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Kentucky Clinic (near the Starbucks)

Dec. 4

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 8

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 9

CatsEclectic Carolers (UK employees) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 10

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 15

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 17

CatsEclectic Carolers (UK Employees) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 18

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 22

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 23

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

UK Good Samaritan Hospital (cafeteria)

Dec. 2

Seth Murphy (cello) from Noon to 1p.m.

Dec. 3

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 10

Seth Murphy (cello) from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 16

Warren Byrom from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 17

University of Kentucky Opera Theatre Carolers from Noon to 1 p.m.

Dec. 22

Warren Byrom and Seth Murphy (guitar and vocals) from Noon to 1p.m.

Holiday music is coordinated through the UK Arts in HealthCare program, which strives to create a healing environment for patients, visitors, faculty and staff through music, art and landscaping. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Elizabeth Adams, elizabethadams@uky.edu