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ARCO in Venice

A year ago last month, I had the distinct privilege of traveling to Italy with one of the premiere ensembles in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music - the ARCO Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Franklin Professor of Music Levon Ambartsumian. ARCO was invited to play a UNESCO-sponsored concert in the renowned opera house La Fenice, in Venice. It was a very beautiful concert and delightful experience. Now WUGA-TV will broadcast the one-hour…


Dave Brubeck at UGA

The Red & Black had a nice rembrance of jazz great Dave Brubeck, who died wednesday at the age of 91. The article recalls that Brubeck was a guest artist in residence at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music in Feb. 2008. We are lucky to have shared our campus and opened our stages and classrooms to this visionary pianist and composer. The UGA students who can say they learned from and performed alongside Brubeck will carry something all their…


Dreaming of the Redcoat Band

Hugh Hodgson School of Music graduate Richard Gnann (BMus, MMEd) is the author of Dreaming of the Redcoat Band, the true story of one child’s Bulldog dream — to march in Sanford Stadium with the University of Georgia Redcoat Band. The story personifies the Redcoat Marching Band legacy and experience for the hundreds of Franklin and UGA students who have comprised its ranks over the years. The book inspires children to follow their…

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Holiday Concerts

The end of each fall semester at UGA is punctuated by a musical spectacular marking the unoffical beginnig of the holiday season: The Holiday Concerts: The University of Georgia Holiday Concerts, a tradition of the Athens community, returns Nov. 29-30 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall.   The concerts bring together the UGA Symphony Orchestra and choral ensembles under the baton of Professor Mark Cedel. The nearly 300 student singers and…


ARCO Chamber Orchestra presents Bach and Beethoven

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra, under the artistic direction of its founder, Franklin Professor of Violin Levon Ambartsumian, is one the gems of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the university. Ambartsumain brought the ensemble with him from Moscow years ago and has, over the years, tranformed it into a first-rate student and faculty ensemble, exhibiting the utmost professionalism in repertoire and performance. A true teacher as well as a…


CMS and GMOA open house, Saturday, Nov.10

The Community Music School in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, which offers musical instruction to people of all ages, will hold an open house tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. at the School of Music. and the Georgia Museum of Art will be holding a Family day just next door, beginning at the same time. Two good reasons to come out to the east campus arts complex for the morning, as the Spotlight on the Arts festival finishes up a busy but…


Election Night: Carmina Burana

"Carmina Burana" was written in 1936 and remains Orff's best-known work, although he also is well known for his innovations in music pedagogy. Over the course of 25 brief movements arranged in five major sections, the composition elaborates on themes common to the human experience-from the inconsistency of good fortune and wealth-to mankind's vices-from the brevity of life to the joy of rebirth at each spring thaw. The Spoltight on Arts…


Bynum Trombone Recital

One of the great young faculty members in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Josh Bynum, takes the stage for a recital tonight at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Bynum will play a program on the trombone that includes works by Defaye and and Joseph Turrin. More.  


Tuba-Euphonium students shine

Terrific article in the Athens Banner Herald about the Tuba-Euphonium studio in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music: “They’re a really, really talented crew. They have really bought into what they’re working on, and they work incredibly hard,” said Zerkel, who narrowly missed out on a chance at a full-time symphony job a few years ago. It’s no accident that Zerkel sounds like a sports coach sometimes. “Building a successful studio program is a lot…


Brent's 'Hoffman'

A terrific article by the Athens Banner Herald on the Hugh Hodgson School of Music's production of 'The Tales of Hoffman" and DMA student Joseph Brent, who stars as Hoffman: Compromised is too harsh a description for the UGA Opera Theater’s production of “Hoffman,” as only highlights from the text are offered here, and staging is minimal. Since no true text of “Hoffman” exists, Brent explained they can pick and choose portions from numerous…

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UGA Opera Theatre to present 'Tales of Hoffman'

In October, UGA Opera Theatre will present a concert performance of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman: Jacques Offenbach’s supernatural tale of unrequited love, in a two-night presentation on Thursday, October 11 and Saturday, October 13 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets for the program, part of the 2012-2013 2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, are $18/$5 for students and available via the UGA…


2nd Thursday concerts return with Dvořák

Since 1980, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series has offered showcase performances by UGA students and faculty the second Thursday of each month throughout the academic year. Proceeds from individual ticket sales and season subscriptions allow for yearlong academic scholarships and assistantships and present donors the opportunity to sponsor individual students in the music school. What has truly been an innovative…


International wins for UGA Tuba-Euphonium studio

Congratulations to Hugh Hodgson School of Music students in David Zerkel's Tuba-Euphonium studio, who took top honors at this summer's Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival. Big win: In what Professor David Zerkel refers to as an “unprecedented representation of prize winners from one studio,” four University of Georgia Tuba-Euphonium students have won top prizes at the Leonard Falcone Euphonium and Tuba Festival. Hodgson…


HHSOM student Wildman takes First Prize in Austria

On the heels of his second place finish at the International Instrumental Competition in Germany earlier this month, word now arrives that DMA student Simon Wildman has won First Prize in the Artist Tuba Solo Competition at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Linz, Austria. Congratulations to the tuba studio of Dr. David Zerkel in the Hodgson School of Music on the outstanding achievements of Wildman, as well as DMA students David…


School of Music student places second in international competition

Simon Wildman, a second year Doctoral student at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, was recently awarded Second Prize at the International Instrumental Competition in Markneukirchen, Germany. The competition is held for tuba once every four years, rotating among other orchestral instruments, and is considered to be one of the most prestigious international solo competitions for many orchestral instruments. The field of competitors began…


ARCO 2nd Thursday Finale

Hugh Hodgson was a very important Georgian, because he believed in the citizens of this state - and the importance of educating them. He was a very significant faculty member at the University of Georgia because he believed in the power of music as a civilising force, a non-negotiable element of an educated citizenry. His Second Thursday music nights have a lofty pedigree and we're glad that they remain a means to bring great music to our…


Music Notes

Sorry - that title was too easy. But there is so much in terms of news and events coming out of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music that I hope to make this a regular feature on the blog.  For example, coming up on Monday, February 20, the Music Therapy program will offer their Music Therapy Musicale, featuring students and faculty from the program in performances of the many styles of music used in therapy, including pop and rock, blues and…


UGA Jazz Band in Concert

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music puts great emphasis on its large ensembles - the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, the UGA Hodgson Singers - and for good reason. Our students are highly accomplished musicians who gain valuable pre-professional performance experience in these large ensembles, and you should catch them whenever you can. But highly accomplished musicians in the school of music perform as soloists and in many other small and…
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