The University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music continues its spring Thursday Scholarship Series of concerts with the UGA Chamber Music Gala. This concert features eight small ensembles and over forty musicians presenting a wide variety of “exciting and innovative contemporary pieces,” according to concert co-coordinator James Sewell. This concert includes works by Mel Broiles, Kenji Bunch, Valerie Coleman, Jacob Evarts, Emma O’Halloran, Anže Rozman, Caroline Shaw, and Fernando Sor.

The featured ensembles are the Trumpet Ensemble (Philip Smith and Brandon Craswell, faculty coaches), the Hodgson Graduate String Quartet (Maggie Snyder, faculty coach), the Guitar Ensemble (Daniel Bolshoy, faculty coach), the Southern Wind Quintet (Amy Pollard, faculty coach), UGA Flute Quartet (Angela Jones-Reus, faculty coach), the Viola Choir (Maggie Snyder, faculty coach), Volume 4 Saxophone Quartet (Brandon Quarles, faculty coach), and the Horn Choir (James Naigus, faculty coach).

The concert will be Thursday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall at the UGA Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 for adults, and $3 with a valid student ID. Tickets can be purchased online below or by calling 706-542-4400.

PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE UGA CHAMBER MUSIC GALA ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AT 7:30 P.M.

A treat for the ear as well as the soul, let this nearly ninety-piece orchestra excite your senses while exploring some of the most coveted suites in the orchestral repertoire. Be sure not to miss this amazing evening!

Tickets are $12 for adults, and $3 with a valid UGA Student ID.

PURCHASE TICKETS FOR UGASO "SUITES AND CHESTNUTS" ON FEBRUARY 22 AT 7:30 P.M.

New electronic and interactive music by UGA students

Come and enjoy an afternoon of Trios with the UGA Percussion Ensemble. Works performed by Romig, Riffle, Adams, Tompkins and others. Kimberly Toscano Adams & Timothy Adams Jr., Co-Directors.

The University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, under the baton of new Director of Bands Nicholas Enrico Williams, presents “Music From Around the World.”

The performance is Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Hall at the Performing Arts Center. Visit www.music.uga.edu or call 706-542-4400 for tickets.

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NICHOLAS ENRICO WILLIAMS is a Professor of Music and serves as the Director of Bands at the University of Georgia, where he coordinates one of the country’s largest and most comprehensive university band programs, conducts the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, and oversees the graduate wind band conducting area. Prior to his time in Athens, he was the Director of Wind Bands at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (Melbourne, Australia).