SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
405 Rose St
Lexington, KY 40508
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ADULTS: $28 - $78*
YOUTH (17 & UNDER) and STUDENTS WITH VALID ID: $11
*$5 processing fee per Adult priced ticket.
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Concert lasts 1 hour and 10 minutes + 20 minute intermission
SOLD OUT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2023
7:30 PM
IMPORTANT: A very limited number of tickets for Visions & Voices may be turned back before Friday’s performance. Click here to sign up to be notified if tickets become available. Please provide your name, phone number, and number of tickets needed. The Box Office will contact you if tickets become available. Tickets are NOT available for verified resale and will not be available to buy at the door.
MÉLISSE BRUNET, Music Director
PROGRAM:
SHAWN E. OKPEBHOLO - Sing Dumb
SHAWN E. OKPEBHOLO - Kutimbua Kivumbi (Stomp the Dust!)
CARL ORFF - Carmina Burana
Jessica Bayne, soprano
Dylon Crain, tenor
Christopher Burchett, baritone
Featuring the combined choirs of:
The Lexington Singers - Dr. Jefferson Johnson, Director
University of Kentucky Chorale - Dr. Jefferson Johnson, Director
The Lexington Singers Children’s Choir - Daniel Wesley, Director
Featured Soloists from:
University of Kentucky Opera Theater - Dr. Everett McCorvey, Director
VISIONS & VOICES features the epic combined orchestral and choral forces of The Lexington Singers and Children’s Choir, the University of Kentucky Chorale, and featured soloists from the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre at the Singletary Center for the Arts. The program opens with two powerful works by Composer-In-Residence Shawn E. Okpebholo. In the words of Okpebholo, Sing Dumb (2016) for voice and orchestra is a piece responding to “a shared feeling of dumbfoundedness,” in the wake of violence and political turmoil in the United States. Okpebholo’s Stomp the Dust! (2016), translated from the Swahili phrase “Kutimbua Kivumbi,” was inspired by the composer's trip to Kenya, “a colorful place, reflected visually and also in the vibrant and welcoming nature of the people.” Closing the program is Carl Orff’s magnum opus, Carmina Burana, a heavily rhythmic and Renaissance-influenced setting of 24 medieval poems featuring orchestra, soloists, and over 200 epic voices.
Inside the Score
FREE PRE-CONCERT TALK BEGINS AT 6:30PM
Join us prior to Visions & Voices for a free pre-concert lecture with Music Director Mélisse Brunet for an exclusive, in-depth look Inside the Score! The talk begins at 6:30PM in the Presidents Room prior to the concert. Seating is limited, so arrive early!
Inside the Score is presented by the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation.