CKYO 79th Season Opening Concert

Schedule

Sun, 15 Nov, 2026 at 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

Singletary Center for the Arts | Lexington, KY

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Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras opens its 79th season with an evening featuring all five classical ensembles: the Symphony, Concert, Repertory, and Bravo String Orchestras and the Percussion Ensembles. Hundreds of young musicians from across the region take the stage for the first performance of the year.
The program travels from Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and Sibelius's Finlandia to Copland's Hoe Down, John Williams' Star Wars, and Arturo Márquez's Conga del Fuego Nuevo. Listen for The Great Gate of Kiev, which appears in three different arrangements as the evening builds, culminating in the Symphony Orchestra's performance of selections from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel.
Featuring:
Bravo String Orchestra, led by Nancy Campbell and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Henton
Repertory Orchestra, led by Nancy Campbell and Lois Wiggins
Percussion Ensembles, led by Aaron Creech
Concert and Symphony Orchestras, led by Marcello Cormio, CKYO Music Director
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras opens its 79th season with an evening featuring all five classical ensembles: the Symphony, Concert, Repertory, and Bravo String Orchestras and the Percussion Ensembles. Hundreds of young musicians from across the region take the stage for the first performance of the year.
The program travels from Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and Sibelius's Finlandia to Copland's Hoe Down, John Williams' Star Wars, and Arturo Márquez's Conga del Fuego Nuevo. Listen for The Great Gate of Kiev, which appears in three different arrangements as the evening builds, culminating in the Symphony Orchestra's performance of selections from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel.
Featuring:
Bravo String Orchestra, led by Nancy Campbell and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Henton
Repertory Orchestra, led by Nancy Campbell and Lois Wiggins
Percussion Ensembles, led by Aaron Creech
Concert and Symphony Orchestras, led by Marcello Cormio, CKYO Music Director
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras opens its 79th season with an evening featuring all five classical ensembles: the Symphony, Concert, Repertory, and Bravo String Orchestras and the Percussion Ensembles. Hundreds of young musicians from across the region take the stage for the first performance of the year.
The program travels from Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and Sibelius's Finlandia to Copland's Hoe Down, John Williams' Star Wars, and Arturo Márquez's Conga del Fuego Nuevo. Listen for The Great Gate of Kiev, which appears in three different arrangements as the evening builds, culminating in the Symphony Orchestra's performance of selections from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel.
Featuring:
Bravo String Orchestra, led by Nancy Campbell and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Henton
Repertory Orchestra, led by Nancy Campbell and Lois Wiggins
Percussion Ensembles, led by Aaron Creech
Concert and Symphony Orchestras, led by Marcello Cormio, CKYO Music Director
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Singletary Center for the Arts, 405 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40508-3311, United States

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