Lexington Singers (LexSing)

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Typical Annual Concert Schedule

Recent Events

Festival of Choirs

During the 2002 season, a special concert was programmed by then Singers president Ron Walton at Shiloh Baptist Church in Lexington featuring the Lexington Singers along with selected area gospel and spiritual church choirs, predominantly from the African American community. Dubbed "The Festival of Choirs," the concert was an effort to enhance participation by African American musicians in the Lexington Singers. The concert was a success beyond anyone's expectation, and has since become a favorite for all participants and a widely anticipated event.

Lexington Singers Children's Choir

Sensing a need for more opportunities in vocal development among community children, the Lexington Singers formed the Lexington Singers Children's Choir during the 2003 season. The group consists of three choirs, a chamber choir, an advanced choir, and a training choir. The choirs include approximately girls and boys in grades 1-8. The Children's Choir's first concert was during the Lexington Singers fall concert in November 2003, and the fall concerts continue to include music for dual (adult and children) choirs. The Children's Choir also hosts it own independent concerts.

International Tours

There have been two recent European tours by the Singers. In the summer of 2000, the Singers toured Austria and France, performing the Mozart Requiem at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna and giving open air concerts in Salzburg and Innsbruck. A highlight of the trip was the singing of evening mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, featuring the Mozart Missa Brevis as well as Tschesnokov's Salvation is Created and Bruckner's Ave Maria.

In the summer of 2003, the Singers returned to Europe, this time to tour northern Italy. The concert series began with mass at St. Peter's basilica in Rome, followed by an enthusiastically received concert in Florence at the European University Institute, and ended with morning mass at St. Mark's basilica in Venice. The latter, at the church considered to be the home of polychoral music, saw the group break into two equal choirs at opposite sides of the church, resulting in a challenging but exciting finale to the tour.

The summer of 2007 saw the Singers touring Brazil, with concerts in some of South America's most prestigious venues including the Theatro Politheama in Sao Paulo and Candelaria Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro.

Scholarships and Awards

Each year the Lexington Singers honors outstanding choral music students from area high schools and awards a scholarship to a local college music student. During academic year 2007-2008 a scholarship will be awarded to University of Kentucky DMA student.

Repertoire list (major works recently performed)