The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s 2^nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series continues with “On the Road,” a performance by the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $18 for the general public and $5 for UGA students, and are available at the Performing Arts Center box office, by calling 706/542-4400 or online at pac.uga.edu.

The University of Georgia Opera Theater will present Mozart’s seminal opera “The Magic Flute” (Die Zauberflöte) at the university’s Fine Arts Theater on Feb. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m., with a special matinee performance on Feb. 17 at 3 p.m.

Virtuoso pianist Evgeny Rivkin presents the school’s first performance of the year on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

The keyboard faculty at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music is proud to host the Eastern European Piano Repertoire Symposium on Saturday, February 23.

The University of Georgia Holiday Concerts, a tradition of the Athens community, returns Nov. 29-30 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall.

Classic City Jazz

Noteworthy

Founded in 1988 as an offshoot of the Women's Glee Club, Noteworthy is the University of Georgia's only all-female a capella group.  The ladies of Noteworthy come from a variety of musical backgrounds, informing their varied choice of repertoire.  The ensemble sings everything from jazz to popular music, to madrigals and sacred music.

Franklin Quartet

As the resident faculty string quartet of the Hodgson School of Music, the Franklin Quartet not only provides an example of musical excellence to UGA students, but also represents the school throughout the region in a variety of outreach capacities.  The Franklin Quartet, named after UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences (of which the HHSOM is a part), performs frequently on campus.

The Kenneth Fischer Saxophone Quartet

Founded in 1988, the Kenneth Fischer Saxophone Quartet is a resident faculty ensemble at the University of Georgia Hodgson School of Music. The quartet maintains an active performance schedule, performing community outreach and championing new works for saxophone quartet.  The ensemble’s repertoire includes various styles of music, from transcriptions to avant-garde to jazz.  Time-and-again, the quartet has been called upon to represent UGA at meetings of the World Saxophone Congress and the North American Saxophone Alliance.

The newest orchestral ensemble at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music is the University Sinfonia, an full orchestra designed to engage all musically-inolved UGA students.

Approximately 45 players make up the Sinfonia, which specializes in appropriate orchestral literature drawn from all stylistic period, including works featuring Hodgson School soloists.  The ensemble also serves pit orchestra for a fully staged opera production once yearly, in collaboration with the school’s Opera Theater and the University of Georgia School of Drama.