Five of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s most talented young musicians will join the UGA Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, January 28 as soloists in the ensemble’s annual Concerto Concert. Tickets for the performance, which begins at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall, are $10/$5 for students and available via the UGA Performing Arts Center box office at 706/542-4400 or online at pac.uga.edu.

UPDATE: For health reasons, the Barry Green residency has been rescheduled. Please refer below to the new schedule.

The Salvation Army presents "A Brass Spectacular," a free concert combining the talents of three outstanding groups and featuring Philip Smith, former New York Philharmonic trumpet principal, on Friday, January 16 in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall.

University of Georgia guitar professor Philip Snyder will present the latest entry in the 2014-2015 Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series on Monday, January 12 at 8:00 pm in Ramsey Concert Hall. Snyder, a student of former professor John Sutherland, will perform a series of solo compositions before being joined onstage by fellow Georgia Guitar Quartet members Kyle Dawkins, Brian Smith, and Jason Solomon.

The Bulldog Brass Society, the premier graduate student brass quintet at the Univeristy of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will give the first concert of 2015 on Friday, January 9 at 6:30 pm in Edge Recital Hall.

The University of Georgia Holiday Concert, an annual Athens tradition, returns to Hodgson Hall for two special performances on Dec. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.

The concert brings together hundreds of student musicians from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music for an evening of seasonal selections by the UGA Symphony Orchestra, British Brass Band, Jazz Band, and choirs.

On Monday, December 1, the University of Georgia British Brass Band will present a special holiday concert in Hodgson Hall. The 8:00 pm performance, which features students and brass ensembles from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, is led by professor and former New York Philharmonic principal trumpet Phil Smith.

Congratulations to Eric Willoughby (BM Ed '94) who was recently named Bartow County Teacher of the Year. Willoughby is a former member of the Redcoat Marching band and currently is Director of Bands at Woodland High School in Cartersville, GA.

In addition to WHS, Willoughby has also taught at Joseph Wheeler and Peachtree Ridge High Schools.

In the age of privacy debates and revelations of government electronic surveillance by Edward Snowden and others, University of Georgia Director of Bands Cynthia Johnston Turner has a message for Google.

Congratulations to the University of Georgia saxophone studio! Undergraduate performance majors Gabe Pique and Brandon Quarles, as well as first-year DMA student and Shawna Pennock, recently competed in the International Saxophone Symposium and Competition at Columbus State University. Out of 70 contestants, Pique was one of six chosen to advance.

Pique also won first prize in the Young Artist Woodwind category of the Georgia MTNA competition on November 4th, with fellow Hodgson student Brandon Quarles taking alternate.