Hailed by The Washington Post as possessing a voice "without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world." Kathleen Battle will join the UGA Hodgson SIngers on Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 pm in Hodgson Concert Hall. The performance, comprised of of spirituals and hymns, celebrates the roots of African-American music and freedom via the Underground Railroad.

Battle is well known as an operatic light lyric soprano, and is a veteran of the Metropolitan Opera. From her official website:

 

Join international trumpeter, conductor, composer, and teacher Stephen Burns for an insightful exploration in a Seminar on Professional Development Thursday, November 13 at noon in Edge Recital Hall of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Burns' background as Founder and Artistic Director of Fulcrum Point New Music Project lends him a unique perspective into how to to follow your aspirations. The seminar is free and open to the public.

The University of Georgia Opera Theatre will present “Hansel and Gretel” in a three-night engagement Nov. 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

The performance, part of both the UGA Spotlight on the Arts Festival and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s 2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series, also features the Georgia Children’s Chorus, dance department and UGA Symphony Orchestra, conducted by professor Mark Cedel.

Congratulations to Hugh Hodgson School of Music students John Hennecken, Daniel Elder, and Jeremy Fermin!

On September 26, 2014, Symphony Orchestra Augusta performed Everything Beautiful In Its Time, a work by DMA composition student John Hennecken. The piece was also programmed this past summer in Japan, and both pieces were conducted by SOA music director Shizuo Z. Kuwahara.

The Concert on the Lawn, an autumnal staple at the University of Georgia, returns to the school's historic North Campus Lawn once more this Friday, October 17 at 12:30 pm. Enjoy an hour of good fellowship and fun at this free concert by the Hodgson Wind Ensemble and director of bands Cynthia Johnston Turner!

Congratulations to two Hodgson School students who recently won orchestral positions! DJ Creech won second trumpet with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, while first year DMA percussion student Jacob Powers won a position as section percussionist with the Tucson Symphony!

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music dedicated its brand new Steinway Concert Grand Piano this past Tuesday. The instrument, a gift to the Hodgson School from Elaine Collier Neal in honor of her husband, Richard Gladstone Neal, Jr., was selected March 14 from the Steinway Gallery in New York City. The dedication culminated in a concert from the HHSOM keyboard faculty.

The 2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series continues on Thursday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall with the Hodgson Wind Ensemble, premiere wind band at the University of Georgia. Tickets for the performance are $18/$5 for students and can be obtained via the UGA Performing Arts Center box office.

Hugh Hodgson School of Music professor of tuba and euphonium David Zerkel will present the latest recital in the Hodgson Faculty Series at 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 2. Tickets to the performance, which takes place in Ramsey Concert Hall, are $10, $5 for UGA students with ID.

The program features Three Reflections by James Woodward; David Gillingham’s Jabberwocky; Reflections on the Mississippi by Michael Daugherty; Anthony Plog’s Nocturne; and the Halsey Stevens tuba sonatina. 

The University of Georgia Wind Symphony will hold their inaugural concert of the academic year on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The concert, structured around the theme of dance, is free and open to the public.