In One A-Chord: Lexington Sacred Music Festival 2025

Highlights & Community Impact

The year 2025 marked the 250th birthday of the city of Lexington and the birth of In One A-Chord: Lexington Sacred Music Festival. This festival is rooted in music’s power to heal and bring people together in community. Music allows us to celebrate not only what makes our community special, but it highlights our commonality and the beauty in what makes us unique and different. Something that in today’s world is an imperative. Additionally, the word “sacred” is not limited to confines of religion. “Sacred” means many different things to many different people and as such we took In One A-Chord musical experiences to churches, synagogues, places of peace, concert halls, historical venues, museums, libraries, you name it. Our intention is to repeat the success of the inaugural year in 2026 with the second installment of In One A-Chord.

By the Numbers
The following stats and numbers provide a brief overview of In One A-Chord in 2025:
  • Festival length: 8 days
  • Number of venues: 22 (churches, chapels, concert halls, synagogue, arts center, library, history museum, university and meditation centers)
  • Number of unique concert experiences: 25
  • Number of participating artists: 915 (includes singers, choirs, instrumentalists)
  • Total audience count across the festival: over 3,300

In One A-Chord 2025 Schedule:

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September 21, 2025 8:00 AM
Many Voices "In One A-Chord"
Community encouraged to sing commissioned work “Rejoice” (based on Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee) arrangement by Dr. Johnie Dean
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Lexington, Lexington, KY
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September 21, 2025 12:00 PM
On the Path through Songwriting to Spirit
presented by Kevin Holm-Hudson at Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY
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September 21, 2025 12:00 PM
Ring In the Inaugural Lexington Sacred Music Festival: In One A-Chord
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Lexington, Lexington, KY
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September 21, 2025 2:00 PM
What Makes Music Sacred? A Listening Experience
with Dr. Lance Brunner at ArtsPlace
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
LexArts, Lexington, KY
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September 21, 2025 3:30 PM
Organ Concert & Evensong
featuring organist Dr. Schuyler Robinson and the Cathedral Choir of Christ Church Cathedral
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, KY
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September 22, 2025 8:00 AM
Deep Listening: Contemplating the ‘Sacred’ in Music
presented by Dr. Lance Brunner at the Shambala Meditation Center
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Shambhala Meditation Center, Lexington, KY
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September 22, 2025 10:30 AM
Celebrating the Flute through well-loved Hymns and Spirituals
presented by the Lexington Flute Quartet at First Presbyterian Chapel
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 22, 2025 6:00 PM
The Vivaldi Gloria
presented by the Inaugural Lexington All-City Chorus with special appearances and music by Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, Uniting Voices Lexington and soloists from the American Spiritual Ensemble at Singletary Center for the Arts.
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, KY
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September 23, 2025 11:00 AM
J.S. Bach through the Sound of Classical Guitar
featuring Dieter Hennings-Yeomans at First Presbyterian Church
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 23, 2025 12:00 PM
Magnificat: The Song of Mary through the Ages
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Lexington, KY
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September 23, 2025 6:30 PM
A Concert of Sacred Song
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 24, 2025 10:00 AM
What Makes Music Sacred? A Listening Experience
with Dr. Lance Brunner at the Lexington Public Library
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Central Library, Lexington, KY
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September 24, 2025 12:00 PM
The Sacred, Healing Sounds of Traditional Native American Flutes
presented by Fred Nez Keams at The Lexington History Museum
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
LexHistory - Lexington History Museum, Lexington, KY
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September 24, 2025 6:30 PM
Going Home: Sacred Roots, Living Legacy — 250 Years of Devotion in Lexington
Featuring Gregory Turay at Grace Baptist Church
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
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September 25, 2025 10:30 AM
Baroque to Contemporary: Sacred Organ Music Concert
featuring Grant Holcomb at Central Christian Church
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Central Christian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 25, 2025 1:30 PM
Songs of Shabbat at Temple Adath Israel Synagogue
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Temple Adath Israel, Lexington, KY
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September 25, 2025 7:00 PM
How Can I Keep from Singing?
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Second Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 26, 2025 12:30 PM
Singing in the Spirit: The African and African American Musical Heritage
featuring Dr. Kathy Bullock at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
St Andrews Episcopal Church, Lexington, KY
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September 26, 2025 6:00 PM
Unity Through Sacred Music at Calvary Baptist Church
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Calvary Baptist Church, Lexington, KY
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September 26, 2025 7:30 PM
UK Symphony Orchestra concert at Singletary Center for the Arts
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, KY
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September 27, 2025 9:00 AM
The Gospel of Lexington: 250 Years of Faith, Hope & Strength Through Song
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Shiloh Baptist Church, Lexington, KY
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September 27, 2025 1:00 PM
Shape Note Singing through the Sacred Harp Tune Book
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 27, 2025 6:00 PM
With a Piano as My Altar: The Virtuosic Hymn Arrangements of Tedrin Blair Lindsay
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 28, 2025 1:00 PM
Hymn of Thanksgiving & Sacred Sonatas
featuring Daniel Mason & Friends string quartet at First Presbyterian Church
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY
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September 28, 2025 2:30 PM
Faure Requiem presented by UK Chorale at the Cathedral of Christ the King
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Cathedral of Christ the King, Lexington, KY
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September 28, 2025 6:00 PM
Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert
featuring the American Spiritual Ensemble and Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra at Transylvania University’s Mitchell Fine Arts Center
In One A-Chord 2025 presented by CHI St. Joseph Health
Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Lexington, KY
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