ASHLAND Ƶ The Louisville Orchestra is bringing its ƵIn Harmony TourƵ back to the Paramount Arts Center, this time with special guests Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper. ItƵs a free event, but tickets must be reserved in advance.
ƵItƵll be an experience unlike anything theyƵve really seen before,Ƶ said Sarah Lempke OƵHare, director of strategic partnerships for the orchestra. ƵSeeing an orchestra is very much like watching a team sport. A lot of people are into sports, and orchestra work is very similar that itƵs a whole bunch of very talented individuals producing this one thing. And itƵs really a remarkable thing to see that in action, let alone knowing that youƵre gonna come in and hear really incredible music.Ƶ
The event is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. Doors open at 6:30. Tickets can be reserved at .
OƵHare said the goal is not to make more fans of classical music but to bring an Ƶexperience of connectednessƵ to the community. This is the second time the Louisville Orchestra will be at the Paramount.
ƵWeƵre really excited to have Michael Cleveland with us. He is a virtuoso fiddle player, heƵs actually locally from Louisville. He lives and resides just across the river in Indiana, but he is known as a premier fiddler in the bluegrass world. And whatƵs really spectacular about him is that heƵs blind, and so itƵs fascinating watching him work with his Ƶ and heƵs partially deaf as well Ƶ working with his group, Flamekeepers,Ƶ OƵHare said.
Cleveland is a 2024 Grammy nominee and 2019 Grammy winner.
ƵIt is a wild ride. It is a fun show. You will be on your feet dancing, clapping along, so itƵs a really good time,Ƶ OƵHare said.
The current round of funding appropriated by the state for the tour will end next March. Organizers are considering other places on the eastern side of the state to perform at next spring.
ƵWe truly believe that everyone in the state should have access to the amazing transformative power of music, and this work that weƵre doing is really trying to bridge the urban and rural divide that ... everywhere in the state should have access,Ƶ she said. ƵOne of the big things ... is not just bringing it to all these different places across the state, but itƵs also ensuring that they are free of cost.Ƶ
The orchestraƵs time in Ƶhland will also include visits to the Kingsbrook Lifecare Center and Midland branch of the Boyd County Library. The performance at Kingsbrook is designed for people in memory care. At the library, theyƵll be performing ƵIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie.Ƶ
ƵWhen we come into towns and have residencies there, weƵre not just putting on the full orchestra, but weƵre really there supporting the community. So weƵll have small ensembles that are going to libraries and schools, doing educational and community events, going to senior centers, going to community centers, meeting with mayors, superintendents, movers and shakers in the community, how can our services support what amazing work that is already happening in your communities,Ƶ she said.
Lempke OƵHare said experiencing the orchestra live with an auditorium full of people is Ƶpowerful.Ƶ
ƵI think that a lot of people donƵt realize that so much of the music that you listen to on a daily basis Ƶ country, hip-hop, rap Ƶ are all rooted in classical music. So the programs that weƵre creating will always have an element of something that is familiar to someone whoƵs not familiar with orchestra music.Ƶ
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