The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will hold three free outdoor concerts over Labor Day weekend as part of its annual Summer Series. The concerts will close out the Summer Series annual programming, which will feature 18 songs from the 1950s through the 2010s. The program focuses on popular music about the United States and includes songs […]
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KSO to perform jazz takes on classical favorites in free park concerts
Classical music will get a jazz makeover when the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra brings its free summer concert series to Northern Kentucky parks next month. The orchestra’s latest program, “The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Swings the Classics,” features a regional all-star big band performing jazz-inspired arrangements of famous classical works. The concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra to raffle off rare bourbon
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, often shortened to KSO, will host a rare bourbon raffle on Saturday, May 30 to raise money for its summer series of free concerts at Devou Park in Covington and Tower Park in Fort Thomas. “Great neighbor and long-time supporter — The Party Source — has donated a 5-bottle set of […]
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KSO’s Men in Black quintet comes to local high schools, libraries
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra’s Men in Black brass quintet will visit local high schools and libraries in late April and early May as part of the orchestra’s ongoing music education programs. “The quintet, comprised of KSO brass players, began back in the late 1990s, adopting the appearance of the characters in the “Men in Black” […]
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February concert to honor local composer
A February Kentucky Symphony Orchestra concert at NKU will highlight the work of a local composer and works of famous visual artists throughout history. Dubbed the Galerie Fantastique, the concert will invite attendees “to view the (projected) art of Van Gogh, Warhol and Hartmann accompanied by the respective live musical works of Strawn, Daugherty and […]
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra: attracting a new audience to classical music
“Make classical music attractive, accessible and affordable.” That is the mission statement of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and since it was founded in 1992, it has strived to do just that. Founder and Executive Director J.R. Cassidy said that when he started the orchestra, he wanted to differentiate it from others, “We didn’t want to […]
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Find out how you could win a bottle of Pappy at the KSO Rare Bourbon Raffle
Looking for some rare bourbon and want to support a charitable cause? Look no further than the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra’s annual Rare Bourbon Raffle. People can now sign up for the raffle, which will take place on May 17. Proceeds from the raffle will fund both the orchestra’s free concert series as well as community […]
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Classic opera Carmen comes to NKU
George Bizet’s classic opera “Carmen” is coming to NKU’s campus at the end of the month, courtesy of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and NKU’s School of the Arts. The performance will commemorate the opera’s 150th anniversary and feature work and performances from NKU students as well as Ignite. The leads will be played by Kristin […]
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Back in the U.S.S.R.
Imagine Greater Cincinnati cut-off, surrounded and pummelled by air and artillery day and night for nearly two and a half years, its citizens without utilities and food, where pets became sustenance. In the Summer of 1941 Adolf Hitler turned his Nazi war-machine eastward toward the Soviet Union and Leningrad (today St. Petersburg) — a thriving […]
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra to perform Carpenters’ Christmas tribute
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will perform an orchestral rendition of the Carpenters’ classic Christmas album, “Christmas Portrait,” this weekend, featuring performances of traditional carols, pop songs, and standards.
