Fresh off their Grammy win for Best Classical Instrumental Solo with pianist Yuja Wang on The American Project, the Louisville Orchestra (LO) and Music Director Teddy Abrams have revealed the calendar for the 2025 edition of In Harmony—The Commonwealth Tour.
All tour concerts will be free to the public from funding allocations from the Kentucky State Legislature. Launched in November 2022, In Harmony has been a community involvement project delivering music to nearly 34,000 Kentuckians across 43 counties over 154 events.
Three parts—April, July, and September—will make up the 2025 tour, with a different set of performers and repertory every time.
Here is a breakdown of where the Louisville Orchestra will play this year:
April tour of eastern KY featuring Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
- April 26: Shelbyville (Martha Layne Collins High School Gym)
- April 29: Prestonsburg (Mountain Arts Center)
- April 30: Ashland (Paramount Arts Center)
- May 1: Mt. Sterling (The Arena at Montgomery County High School)
July tour of central KY
- July 8: Glasgow (The Square)
- July 9: Elizabethtown (Freeman Lake Park Bandstand)
- July 10: Muhlenberg (Felix E. Martin Jr. Hall)
- July 13: Bardstown (Stephen Foster Story)
September tour of southeastern KY
- Sep 11: Harrodsburg (Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill)
- Sep 12: Beattyville (Happy Top)
- Sep 13: Hazard (The Forum)
- Sep 18: Campbellsville (Taylor County High School)
- Sep 19: Corbin (Cumberland Falls State Park)
- Sep 20: Harlan (Harlan Elementary School)
Information for this story was given to LEO by the Louisville Orchestra.
This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 13, 2025.
