With more than sixty trumpeters studying on campus, the University of Georgia Trumpet Ensemble is able to draw upon a vast pool of majors and non-majors to fill out its roster, and as such remains a thriving aspect of musical life at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The group has performed twice at the annual convention of the International Trumpet Guild, premiering two works for six trumpets, performing prelude concerts, and opening a Allen Vizutti's performance at the 1993 ITG conference (Maryland).

The UGA Brass Band

Exemplifying some of the finest musicianship at the University of Georgia, the UGA Brass Band is comprised of talented undergraduate and graduate brass players.  The ensemble, structured around the American brass band tradition, is led by Professor David Zerkel, provides students with an opportunity to immerse themselves in new literature while challenging them to refine the subtleties of ensemble playing.  The UGA Brass Band performs concerts twice each school year.

The Georgia Woodwind Quintet is Ensemble in Residence at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.. Since its founding in 1967, the quintet has maintained an active schedule performing woodwind chamber music from the early quintets of Danzi and Reicha to twentieth-century compositions.

The Georgia Woodwind Quintet will present “A Southern Wind Serenade” on Thursday, November 8 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Over 300 students from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music will present Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, one of the great 20^th century masterworks for orchestra and chorus, as part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts festival on Tuesday, November 6 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.  Tickets for the performance 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.

We're proud to share with you with this recording of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Men's Glee Club singing the beloved Alma Mater of the University of Georgia.

Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami, 17th generation musician, poet, and composer,  will give a performance in Ramsey Concert Hall  on Friday, November 2, at 6:00 p.m.  Admission is $5.

The University of Georgia Opera Theater will present “The Tales of Hoffmann,” Jacques Offenbach’s supernatural tale of unrequited love, in a two-night presentation on Oct. 11 and 13 at 8 p.m. in the Hodgson Concert Hall.