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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Anonymous $5,000 gift kicks off fundraising for KSO Summer Concert Series
A $5,000 anonymous donation is helping launch a $25,000 challenge grant to support the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra’s free summer concert series in Fort Thomas and Covington. The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra performs three summer concert series in Tower Park, 900 S Fort Thomas Ave., and Devou Park, 1201 Park Drive, each year. These concerts are free […]
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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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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s ‘Missa Solemnis’
Experience a live performance from the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra of Ludwig van Beethoven’s rarely performed and self-proclaimed “greatest work” this month. The orchestra with soloists and choir (83 musicians) is hosting a performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 22, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains at 8th & […]
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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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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 free summer series kicks off with Boogie Nights
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, also known as KSO, is starting its 29th free summer concert series in Devou and Tower Parks on July 8 and 9 with a jaunt to the Disco era. The KSO’s Boogie Band, a 21-piece studio orchestra with eight vocalists and charts by KSO arranger Terry LaBolt, has created authentic live […]
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra announces 2023 Summer Park Series
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra is rolling out its 29th consecutive summer series of concerts in the parks starting in July. The summer concert series will come to outdoor amphitheaters in Devou Park in Covington and Tower Park in Fort Thomas. Shows run at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays at Devou Park and 7:30 p.m. Sundays at Tower Park. […]
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‘Happy Feet’ comes to the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra this weekend
Enjoy a diverse collection of 20th-century symphonic ballet music from the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Join KSO for “Happy Feet” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 in Greaves Concert Hall at Northern Kentucky University. The program will open with Aaron Copeland’s first cowboy ballet score from 1938 and will continue with the regional premiere […]
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Two family fun events make Fort Thomas the place to be this Sunday
Sunday, Aug. 7 will be a busy day in Fort Thomas, starting with the city’s popular Flea in the Fort event and topping off in the evening with a Kentucky Symphony Orchestra performance. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the city is hosting Flea in the Fort in the Mess Hall at Tower Park. At […]
