The Hugh Hodgson School of Musicwill continue its Faculty Artist Series with a concert by Brandon Craswell, associate professor of trumpet. 

The program, “Songs for my Daughter,” is set for Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall and will include a mix of classical, jazz, pop and even boogie woogie styles. 

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music UGA Opera Theatre, in collaboration with the UGA Symphony Orchestra and Hodgson Singers conducted by Mark Cedel, will present to the Athens community for the first time one of the most famous dramatic operas in the entire repertoire, Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” A semi-staged and costumed concert version of this masterpiece will be presented Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Hall at the Performing Arts Center. 

with Anatoly Sheludyakov; Edge Hall; 6pm

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra’s next performance will feature a variety of music. The first half of the concert will include two contrasting concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach and Efram Podgaits that are three centuries apart. The second half of the concert will include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous keyboard work The Seasons.

The concert will take place on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Let’s Party!, the Hodgson Wind Ensemble continues the 2019-20 season with exciting and festive pieces to keep the party going. Come join the party and move to rhythms from Cuban to Greek and join us in the “Tweet Seats” to interact with the music in real time!

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s Ensemble Series continues on Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 with a concert by the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra in Hodgson Hall. “This concert celebrates nationalism in music,” says Director of Orchestral ActivitiesMark Cedel. 

The first part of the concert features favorite works of two of our greatest American composers.  To open the concert, Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger, Associate Director of Bands, will guest conduct Samuel Barber's hauntingly beautiful Adagio for Strings. 

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is excited for the new Faculty Artist Series season opener featuring husband and wife team, Col Legno Duo. The duo is made up of University of Georgia’s associate professor of bassoon, Amy Pollard, and her husband Scott Pollard, the Artist Affiliate in percussion at Emory University. This new season will kick-off on Monday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Ramsey Hall.

UGA Opera Theatre currently produces two full opera productions per academic year plus an additional opera scenes program. The fall production is presented in Hodgson Hall in collaboration with the UGA Symphony Orchestra and the UGA Choirs.

The spring production is presented in the Fine Arts Theatre on North Campus. The Opera Ensemble class is open to anyone interested in performing in the opera chorus and does not require an audition. Occasional secondary roles are offered to singers in this ensemble. 

At the end of the academic year, usually in April, the Opera Ensemble presents an opera scenes program with piano in either Hodgson Hall or Ramsey Hall in the Performing Arts Center.

The Opera Theatre class is designed for more developed singers who generally sing the primary solo roles in each opera production. This class is open to singers by audition only.

Reimagined by international opera star Frederick Burchinal in 2006, the UGA Opera Theatre has spent the last eighteen years growing and developing, providing graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to stretch the boundaries of their voices as they explore new and challenging repertoire. In 2021, Daniel Ellis, international director of opera and theatre, joined the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, bringing his expertise as a professional director and acting teacher. He has crafted all the wonderful operas at UGA for the past three seasons.

There is always a time in a university opera ensemble when so many graduations at once lead to a fresh start. Now is one of those exciting moments. As we welcome our incoming graduate students in vocal performance, as well as continue to develop our undergraduate singers, we are still selecting a piece that will support their professional growth. Tickets are already available with the general titles “Fall Opera” and “Spring Opera” at the time of this publication. We have narrowed down our short list and will have a separate announcement coming soon once rights and permissions have been confirmed.

The University Philharmonia is under the supervision of Mark Cedel.  The ensemble is conducted also by graduate students majoring in orchestral conducting.  It meets Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.  All students receive one hour of course credit.

The orchestra performs under the baton of Mark Cedel, and is primarily composed of music majors. Members are selected by audition.

All sections of the orchestra are auditioned prior to the start of each semester. Instrumentalists will find their audition information here.