Month: March 2012

LEXINGTON, Ky.—LaVaughn Henry, vice president and senior regional officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, will offer an in-depth presentation on current economic conditions at a public forum in Carrick Theater at Transylvania University on March 23, from 8-10 a.m. The event is sponsored by The United Way of the Blue Grass, Business Lexington and Transylvania, and is free and open to the public. Henry will take questions from the audience following his presentation. Henry is responsible for building and maintaining a strong presence and reputation for the Federal Reserve Bank throughout the central and southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky region. He has diverse experience in the private and public sectors and recently served as senior director of market economics and risk analysis at PMI Group, one of the nation’s largest mortgage insurers. Henry has served as a senior economist with the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (formerly OFHEO) and the FDIC’s Resolution Trust Corporation. He has held positions at Fannie Mae, Ford Motor Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Carrick Theater is in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center at Transylvania. Parking is available in the lot behind the building, at the corner of Fourth and Upper streets. RSVPs are not necessary, but you can RSVP via this link http://lexeconforum.eventbrite.com

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Hunter Hensley, professor of voice at Eastern Kentucky University, will perform “Songs and Chants: A Window into the Middle Ages,” a program of medieval chant and early French song, at Transylvania University’s Old Morrison chapel Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. The performance will include melodies from the earliest repertoire of ninth century Gregorian chant, through fourteenth century Machaut virelai—songs for dancing.  “The medieval melodies are the foundation of most music performed today,” said Hensley. Hensley recently completed academic recording projects of medieval music for musicologists at University of California Berkeley and Cornell University and has performed at three national musicological conferences in the last year and a half. Featured in the program will be a historic six-stringed Kinnor harp, or cithara, reconstructed and made to Hensley’s specifications by Stanley Caswell of Danville, Ky., in a performance of the twelfth century lamentation, Planctus David, by Peter Abelard (1097-1142). For more information, contact the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Grammy-nominated fiddler Liz Carroll will give a concert Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Transylvania University’s Carrick Theater. Accompanying Carroll will be Cork-born composer and pianist Cormac McCarthy. Tickets for the World Voices Series Concert are $10. (One free ticket with a Transylvania ID). The concert has been rescheduled, after tornado warnings on March 2 prompted the postponement of the show. Ticket reservations for the March 2 show are void and those wishing to attend the concert must make new reservations by calling (859) 233-8141.  Carroll began composing music as a child and has performed with artists ranging from violinist Yehudi Menuhin to rocker Don Henley. “Liz Carroll has amazed audiences around the world and we are thrilled to have her perform at Transylvania,” said Larry Barnes, professor of music and director of the World Voices Series. “She is a recognized master of the Celtic fiddle and all who come to hear her are in for a real treat.” In April 2011, Carroll was awarded the Cumadóir TG4, becoming the first American-born composer to be honored with Ireland’s most significant traditional music prize. Irish Echo, the largest circulation Irish American weekly newspaper, calls Carroll’s playing “nothing less than breathtaking,” and a concert review from The New York Times declares Carroll “Brilliant…She does more than run through her finger twisting reels and sustained slow airs. She—and her listeners—continually rediscover each melody.” McCarthy, originally from Cork, Ireland, lives in Chicago.

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