Music Areas

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s brass department features internationally recognized faculty, including our most recent appointment of Philip Smith, former principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic. 

Brass students from around the world come to study…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s composition and theory area features internationally recognized faculty, attracting talented young composers and theorists from the United States and abroad. 

Composition and theory students at the Hodgson School enjoy…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s conducting studies department features internationally recognized faculty, attracting talented young musicians from the United States and abroad. 

Conducting students at the Hodgson School enjoy countless opportunities to…

The University of Georgia's jazz program consists of ensembles and combos, jazz improvisation and private lessons. Students have the option of either formally …

Tapping the potential of the next generation of music educators from all over the United States and the globe.

Our mission? To equip a generation of exceptional and compassionate music educators through well-rounded training in music performance, pedagogy, and…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s music therapy program features internationally recognized faculty, attracting aspiring and current music therapists from the United States and abroad. 

Undergraduate music therapy students at the Hodgson School learn from…

The Musicology/Ethnomusicology program at the University of Georgia is a growing and innovative program that provides its students with training in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and musical analysis while also encouraging interdisciplinary connections with…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s percussion department is led by internationally recognized faculty, with decades of performing and teaching experience of the highest caliber.

Our students can be found throughout the country and the world working in all…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s piano department features internationally recognized faculty, attracting talented young musicians from the United States and abroad. The Hodgson School became Georgia's first All-Steinway School in 1996 and boasts outstanding…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s string department features internationally recognized faculty, attracting talented young musicians from the United States and abroad. 

String students at the Hodgson School enjoy countless opportunities for solo and ensemble…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s voice department features internationally recognized faculty, attracting talented young musicians from the United States and abroad. 

Voice students at the Hodgson School enjoy countless opportunities for solo and ensemble…

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s woodwind department features internationally recognized faculty, attracting talented young musicians from the United States and abroad.

Woodwind students at the Hodgson School enjoy countless opportunities for solo and…