The Henry Hart Project: Preview and Benefit, March 24, 6PM

March 24, 6-8pm

LYO has commissioned local composer, Rachel Grimes, to create new arrangements of popular dance music composed by Henry Hart, a 19th-century Kentucky-born African-American violinist and composer. The project will culminate in an April premiere performance by 300 LYO students.

Join us for this exclusive Preview and Benefit featuring:

• Refreshments with Open Bar
• Chamber Music performance featuring Gabriel Lefkowitz, Rachel Grimes, and LYO Young Artists
• Historical talk on Henry Hart by Rachel Grimes
• Bourbon tasting by Susan Reigler, Bourbon Authority and Author
• Cocktail music by Jane’s Jazz Addiction, featuring LYO Alumna Jane Halliday
• Self-guided tours of the historic Oxmoor Farm homestead