LEXINGTON, Ky. – From labels to social media captions, writing is an essential part of one of Kentucky’s most iconic industries: bourbon. Students in Professor Janice W. Fernheimer’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies (WRD) Bourbon Writing class recently got a firsthand look at the craft through a hands-on sensory and palate training workshop.
By Kody Kiser and Tom Musgrave
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2024) — The interconnectedness of Black arts and cultural institutions is essential to the mission of community impact and affecting change. That’s one of the observations made by University of Kentucky Assistant Professor Jaleesa Wells, Ph.D., from the Department of Arts Administration.
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tment of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the UK School of Music present An Evening of PIano and Poetry
Piano ensemble compositions and Russian poetry performed by UK students | Free and open to the public
You're invited to a Piano Ensemble and Poetry Concert, organized by Professor Irina Voro of the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts and Senior Lecturer Anna Voskresensky of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program will be presented 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 14, in the Singletary Center for the Arts, Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Twenty-one students from the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literature and Cultures will recite poetry in Russian and English, followed by 20 students from the School of Music performing piano ensemble compositions. This event features a diverse range of authors and composers and combines music and language to engage the audience in the experience of beauty through works of literature and music.
Professor Voro encourages her piano students to reach beyond the limitations of sheet music and inspires them to tell a story through the sounds they create. Professor Voskresensky actively integrates music into the curriculum in classes such as Russian Singing and Russian Radio to develop in students an appreciation of the music of the language. The concert aims to unite the audience through the poetry of music and the music of poetry.
