04/22/2019
The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is proud to share that second-year DMA student and graduate saxophone teaching assistant Harrison Clarke has recently won a position with the U.S. Navy Band, Washington, D.C., after competing against over 70 saxophonists from across the country. Positions in premiere military bands open up only when a current member of the band retires or leaves the band, which is what makes them so competitive. The nearly 12-hour audition process included three rounds and an interview before a winner was determined.
04/18/2019
The final large ensemble concert will take place on Thursday, April 25that 7:30 in Hodson Hall. Audience members are in for a special showcase performed by the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Hodgson Singers, Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, and University Chorus.
04/16/2019
On Tuesday, April 23, the Hodgson Wind Ensemble closes its 2018-19 season with an eclectic concert, featuring European flair.
Dionysiaques opens the program. Director of Bands Cynthia Johnston Turner says influences of French impressionism are obvious, but are soon “abandoned in favor of festivity, brimming with rhythmic vitality and a relentless insistence on partying all the way to the very of control, and perhaps a bit beyond.”
