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Athens Hip Hop Harmonic

Athens Hip Hop Harmonic October Residency

Launched in August 2021, the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic is a multi-year collaboration between the local Hip Hop community and the UGA Hodgson School of Music, supported by UGA’s Arts Lab under the&

Trevor Barroero on the right

Trevor Barroero (DMA '22, MM '19) Wins Tuscon Symphony Orchestra Principal Percussion Audition

Trevor Barroero (DMA, ‘22; MM, ‘19): Winner of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra's Principal Percussion audition in Tucson, Arizona.

Philip Smith receives Goldman Citation

Goldman Citation for British Brass Bandmaster Philip Smith

On October 14, 2023, Philip Smith was awarded the Edwin Franko Goldman Memorial Citation from the American Bandmasters Association during the performance of the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s British Brass Band.

Director Daniel Ellis at the Opera Conference 2022

Stage Director Daniel Ellis Presented at National Conference

May, 2022,  the newest addition to the UGA Opera Theatre faculty, Daniel Ellis, Academic Professional in Opera and Theatre, presented at the Opera America Conference, held this year in Minneapolis, MN.

Joanna and Tim Smolko

"Atomic Tunes" by Joanna Smolko and Tim Smolko receives Certificate of Merit

Atomic Tunes: The Cold War in American and British Popular Music (Indiana University Press, 2021) by Dr. Joanna Smolko (Instructor, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, HHSOM) and School of Music alumnus Tim Smolko (MA in Musicology 201