The Hugh Hodgson School of Music Thursday Scholarship Series will open on Thursday, September 15, 7:30 in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall.  Featured on the concert will be the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music Thursday Scholarship Series will open on Thursday, September 15, 7:30 in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall.  Featured on the concert will be the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra.

Since 1997, the UGA Symphony Orchestra has opened this series, just weeks after classes begin.  For this year’s concert, conductor Mark Cedel has chosen a selection of concert favorites. 

Opening the concert will be Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz.  In this overture, you can hear the same vitality and colors one hears in the composer’s most famous work, Symphonie fantastique.  Following the overture, the orchestra will perform the Firebird Suite 1919 by Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky was a young, virtually unknown composer when Diaghilev recruited him to create works for the Ballets Russes.  The success of the ballet was the start of Stravinsky's partnership with Diaghilev, which would subsequently produce further ballet productions until 1923, including the acclaimed Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).  The concert will conclude with a performance of Brahms Symphony No 3 in F Major.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $3 for children and students and are available from the PAC box office or online at pac.uga.edu.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music Thursday Scholarship Series will open on Thursday, September 15, 7:30 in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Featured on the concert will be the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra.

Since 1997, the UGA Symphony Orchestra has opened this series, just weeks after classes begin. For this year’s concert, conductor Mark Cedel has chosen a selection of concert favorites.

Opening the concert will be Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz. In this overture, you can hear the same vitality and colors one hears in the composer’s most famous work, Symphonie fantastique. Following the overture, the orchestra will perform the Firebird Suite 1919 by Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky was a young, virtually unknown composer when Diaghilev recruited him to create works for the Ballets Russes. The success of the ballet was the start of Stravinsky's partnership with Diaghilev, which would subsequently produce further ballet productions until 1923, including the acclaimed Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913). The concert will conclude with a performance of Brahms Symphony No 3 in F Major.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $3 for children and students and are available from the PAC box office or online at pac.uga.edu.

Not your standard brass quintet concert!! This is a concert not to be missed! Our guest will be a voice you are familiar with, Tony Messano. You have heard him at ATL, now come meet him in person!

The program will feature Eugene Bozza’s Sonatine, but with a wonderful story of Phillipe the Penguin! This story is written by Dorian Rence and illustrated by Marion Schoevaert. Tony will also narrate Anthony Plog’s Animal Ditties, with wonderful illustrations by our own Dr. Craswell’s little Hadleigh.

Not your standard brass quintet concert!! This is a concert not to be missed! Our guest will be a voice you are familiar with, Tony Messano. You have heard him at ATL, now come meet him in person!

The program will feature Eugene Bozza’s Sonatine, but with a wonderful story of Phillipe the Penguin! This story is written by Dorian Rence and illustrated by Marion Schoevaert. Tony will also narrate Anthony Plog’s Animal Ditties, with wonderful illustrations by our own Dr. Craswell’s little Hadleigh.

Rounding out this fun-filled program will be Dr. James Naigus’ sparkling new quintet, Cyclone, as well as Andre Previn’s unique Four Outings for Brass. In case it rains, come anyway and hear April Showers as arranged by Robert Elkjer.

What a night! 

Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty with a guest artist from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform a free Chamber Music concert featuring works by Brahms and Dohnanyi. 

UGA faculty members Michael Heald (violin), Maggie Snyder (viola), David Starkweather (cello), and Alan Woo (piano) are joined by ASO First Violinist Kenn Wagner in Brahms' String Quartet No.1 and Dohnanyi's wonderful Piano Quintet No.1.

An evening filled with drama, emotion, warmth, lyricism, and more, this event will be held in the internationally acclaimed Performing Arts Center.

Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty with a guest artist from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform a free Chamber Music concert featuring works by Brahms and Dohnanyi. 

UGA faculty members Michael Heald (violin), Maggie Snyder (viola), David Starkweather (cello), and Alan Woo (piano) are joined by ASO First Violinist Kenn Wagner in Brahms' String Quartet No.1 and Dohnanyi's wonderful Piano Quintet No.1.

An evening filled with drama, emotion, warmth, lyricism, and more, this event will be held in the internationally acclaimed Performing Arts Center.

For more information on School of Music performances of outstanding student ensembles, faculty artists and more, please go to music.uga.edu.

Lauded in the New York Times for her “admirable fluidity,” soprano Amy Petrongelli’s diverse performance career wholeheartedly embraces both traditional and contemporary repertoire. In 2020, Amy was honored with an Professional Achievement Award from the University of Michigan for her significant contributions to the field of music performance. 

Jared Holton teaches Ethnomusicology and Musicology classes at UGA. He holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of California in Santa Barbara (2022). As a pianist, vocalist, and Arabic ‘ud (lute) performer, he approaches teaching and research as a musician. His current research explores the musical modes of North Africa and how the theory and practice of these modes relate to non-musical associations, such as the body, nonhuman beings, and identity.

Jennifer Denk Stull, MM, LPMT, MT-BC is an Assistant Professor of Music Therapy. She received her M.M. in Music Therapy (2020) and B.M. in Music Therapy (2010) from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. 

Her research and teaching interests include music therapy with older adults, and exploring music therapy as psychosocial support for long-term caregivers. Professor Stull has presented her work at local, regional, and national music therapy conferences.