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Così fan tutte Valentine's

The opera will be sung in Italian as originally written with English supertitles displayed on a screen above the stage. A treat for you and your Valentine, no doubt. Congratulations to our students and professor Burchinal for continuing the fine tradition of bringing outstanding opera theatre to campus. 

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Celebrating Dada

"So many people and so many messages," wrote the critic Robert Hughes about Hanover-based Dadaist Kurt Schwitters' 'Merz' works. From Picabia's fascination with machines to Duchamp's cajoling ridicule of art world norms, it's true that many still grapple with the implications of the Dada movement. It has certainly reeked its share of havoc with Post-Art art makers and thinkers, much less the innocents who encounter these works. English professer…

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WIP: Write@UGA

The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program presents Write@UGA, a month-long celebration of writing at the university. The campus community is invited to join in the celebration of writing, learning about writing pedagogy, and supporting UGA writing programs and publications. Have a manuscript or grant you’d like to work on? Drop in to a write-in for coffee, snacks, and two hours to dedicate just to your writing. Want to learn more about…

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Fires in the Mirror

Racial tensions boil over in the University Theatre production about the 1991 race riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: It's about what happened in a neighborhood with two groups living strictly separate lives: Orthodox Hasidic Jews and African and Caribbean Americans. It was a tense coexistence until a rabbi’s motorcade ran over a couple of black children, killing one. A few hours later, a visiting Jewish scholar was stabbed to death in revenge…

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Hodgson School hosts h.s. students during JanFest

On a smaller scale, the school's Summer Music Institute, Music Camp and Marching Band Camp do much the same as the festivals—offer high-level instruction to promising students of varying ages, experience levels and disciplines. Not only one of UGA's great acadmeic units, the Hodgson School plays a crucial role across the state and region - educating teachers of music and training musicians for every stage imaginable. Nice article and a…

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Ballroom Magic 2016

The 25th anniversary of this year's program means a lot to both current and former dancers with the UGA Ballroom Performance Group. This year's showcase will feature returning alumni and the performance of some of the group's most famous pieces. A great way to welcome alums back to campus and share the joy of dance with the campus community. The group includes dancers from within and beyond the department of dance - a great way for students in…

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Geolocation series continues

Art and social media continue their convergence in Dodd photography professor Marni Shindelman's ongoing series, Geolocation: Every few weeks, I get an email reminder: “A lot has happened on Facebook since you last logged on.” I’m always disarmed by this phrase, which feels closer to “So much has changed in the neighborhood since you moved away” than “There have been many interesting articles in The New Yorker since your subscription…

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Class of 2015: Corinne Klemenc

Double major in the Hodgson School of Music (B. Mus. in music education and B. Mus. in composition), Corinne Klemenc shares her experience as one of the 15 in 2015: The best experience that I had at UGA was what I call my Super Senior Recital. This last spring, I decided to leave the School of Music with a bang by combining all of my learned skills into one recital instead of just having my 30-minute required senior composition or clarinet…

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2015 Holiday Concerts

The annual tradition that brings together our campus and community continues this week with the UGA Holiday Concerts on Dec. 3 and 4 in Hodgson Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.: The UGA Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mark Cedel, and the combined choirs of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music will perform John Rutter’s “Gloria,” the first suite of Robert Shaw’s “Many Moods of Christmas,” excerpts from Bach’s “…

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Hodgson Wind Ensemble 'EPIC'

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble (HWE) takes to the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall stage tonight, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. for the November edition of the 2nd Thursday Scholarship concert series: The performance comprises two pieces: David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 8 and Oliver Waespi’s “Audivi Media Nocte.” Maslanka, an American composer born in 1943, is known for powerful, grand compositions, but his Symphony No. 8 stands out even among those. “His…

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Bara named Boyd UGA Foundation Professor

Congratulations to director of choral activities Daniel Bara, who has been named the John D. Boyd UGA Foundation Professor in Choral Music: The appointment was approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia at its Oct. 15 meeting. Bara oversees seven university choral ensembles—including the UGA Hodgson Singers and the University Chorus—as well as the graduate choral conducting program in the Hodgson School. He also is the…

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Lamar Dodd Open House

One of the most interesting, constantly changing and thorough-going testaments to the making of, study of and enjoyment of art is our Lamar Dodd School of Art. And tonight, the Dodd throws open its doors for an Open House to celebrate the Spotlight on the Arts festival: Well now is your chance for the full Dodd experience! Come out and explore the work of students and artists at the various Dodd facilities, including demonstration and talks on…

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2015 Spotlight on the Arts

This year's all-day Student Spotlight Main Event on Nov. 5 will include dance, drama, improv acts and music performances ranging from a percussion trio to a jazz quintet and an a cappella group of ecology students. The Hodgson Wind Ensemble will appear for the second consecutive year for a session allowing passing students to take the baton and "Conduct us!" This is all for you and especially to draw attention to an aspect of university life…

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4 Minutes 33 Seconds Competition

Georgia Museum of Art director Bill Eiland will serve as emcee for the competition. The competition is an experiment in itself and a wonderful way to tap (and to reward) the creativity of some of our best graduate students. The Franklin College wishes everyone a great Fall break and Happy Halloween. Don't forget to set those clocks back on Saturday. Image: Image from one of Cage's scores, via, overlaid onto a photo of leaves changing on Ag Hill…

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Concert on the Lawn

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble, conducted by Director of Bands Cynthia Johnston Turner, has earned an international reputation for its artistry, precision, sensitivity and musicianship. Membership, determined each semester by blind audition, includes the most accomplished graduate and undergraduate UGA music majors.

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University Theatre presents historical drama Mrs. Packard

Written by Tony-nominated, Peabody and Obie Award-winner Emily Mann, Mrs. Packard is set in an asylum where abuses are perpetrated on the inmates and the sane ones must rely on their own mental strength and the kindness of others to survive: Based on historical events, Mrs. Packard tells the story of a woman wrongly committed to an insane asylum by her husband, a strictly devout Calvinist minister, because she disagrees with his…

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Great week of Concerts at the HHSOM

Following their Second Thursday performance earlier this month, the orchestra, conducted by Mark Cedel, will perform "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3, "Little Russian." The program will also include a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, featuring soloist D. Ray McClellan, professor of clarinet at the School of Music. Tickets are available at the PAC box office, by calling 706-542-…

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Dodd Galleries lectures and exhibitions

A lot of great work and many opportunities to engage visiting artists as well as the work of our students. Gallery director Dr. Katie Geha and her assistants are doing yeoman's work to bring the school and the university community the very best in visual art experiences. Great job. See you in the galleries this week.

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Outstanding performance by a theatre department at a leading university

The Suzi Bass Awards, celebrating professional theatre in Atlanta, announced its nominations for 2015 and UGA department of theatre and films studies faculty and alumni are well represented: Outstanding Featured Actor in Play---Dane Troy, My Children My Africa, Theatrical Outfit Outstanding Theatre for Young Audience Performance-- Ensemble---(featured JL Reed)---Courage, Alliance Theatre Outstanding Ensemble of a Musical  ---(featured Ben…

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2015-2016 University Theatre season

University Theatre has announced its 2015-2016 season, which includes a Tony award-winning musical, Machiavellian machinations, two comedies – one classic and one darkly contemporary, a New Play Festival, and award-winning dramas based on historical events. While it may be easy to get used to fantastic-season-after-fantastic-season from University Theatre, these productions require a tremendous amount work and resources to offer our…

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BURNAWAY - Twombly - West

BURNAWAY is an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide coverage of the arts in and from Atlanta and the South, to support vibrant creative communities in the region. The Emerging Art Writers Mentorship Program seeks to develop the voices of new art writers. Linnea West is a participant in the program who is pursuing a master’s in art history at the Dodd and who wrote an essay on Cy…

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2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series

On Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall, the UGA Symphony Orchestra will open the 2015­-2016 Second Thursday Scholarship Concert Series. The monthly event offers a terrific opportunity to enjoy the very best in performances by Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty and students AND the series is an important way to support scholarships for these very same students. Take a look at the schedule and get your tickets for the season today:…

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The UGA "All Arts Card"

The UGA Arts Council has introduced the “All Arts Card” for students: For $99, the card gives students admission to more than 60 concerts and plays with a full ticket price value of more than $2,000. The All Arts Card includes admission to performances at the UGA Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Department of Theatre and Film Studies and Department of Dance during the 2015-2016 academic year. To order, go to http://pac.uga.…

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Goodall-Bernal awarded Mellon Curatorial Fellowship

Art history major in the Lamar Dodd School of Art Nina Goodall-Bernal has been awarded a multi-year Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship, among only 20 given nationwide by the Andrew Mellon Foundation through 5 American museums: Goodall-Bernal participated in a High Museum Summer Academy this May and will spend two additional years working with High Museum curators to receive mentorship and training during the academic year and…

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Britton reviewed in Art in America

The work of Lamar Dodd School of Art assistant professor of drawing and painting Benjamin Britton was reviewed in Art in America earlier this year: Like many other artists whose works “hover between abstraction and representation”—pick your cliché—Britton employs elements from both ends of that spectrum. At first, the paintings, all oil on canvas over panel, appear overwhelmingly abstract. Yet landscapes, maps, decorative objects, figures and…
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