The Music Research Symposium, happening Thursday, March 7th at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, brings together undergraduate and graduate students from a diverse range of disciplines to present new research on a broad range of musical topics.  We are very excited to welcome Dr. Alexander Stefaniak of Washington University who will be giving a keynote address on “The Creative Agency of the Werktreu Pianist: Clara Schumann’s Compositional and Performing Voice.”

The Schedule:

(All events will take place in Edge Hall.)

Associate Professor of Violin at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Michael Heald will take the Ramsey Concert Hall stage on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. for the next concert in the Faculty Artist Series at The University of Georgia.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will feature the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra (UGASO) in the next installment of the school’s Ensemble Series.  

The performance will be held in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. 

On Monday, February 18, the University of Georgia Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will present their first concert of the spring semester.  The program features an eclectic array of pieces.  In addition to wind band standards by Alfred Reed, Vincent Persichetti, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the concert will feature Anatoly Sheludyakovas a guest soloist. This concert is free and open to the public.  Please join us Monday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m. in UGA’s Performing Arts Center’s Hodgson Concert Hall.

The University of Georgia’s Hodgson Wind Ensemble invites you to share your love of music in a Valentine’s Day program: Fireworks & Serenades.  The concert takes place in Hodgson Hall on Thursday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m.

The University of Georgia Opera Theatre, along with several esteemed guest artists, will be commanding the Fine Arts Theatre stage as they take on the beloved opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. The opera is set to run February 22 and 23 at 7:30 and Sunday, February 24 at 3:00. Don Pasquale epitomizes Italian opera buffa, so audiences should come prepared to have a good laugh.

World-renowned performer and University of Georgia piano faculty, David Fung, will take the Ramsey Hall stage on February 5 at 7:30 as part of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series. Lauded by TheWashington Post for his “ravishing and simply gorgeous” performances, audiences will want to mark their calendars for this concert.

The Office of Institutional Diversity will mark Black History Month with a documentary screening event featuring the first African American graduate of the University of Georgia.

The 2019 Piano Symposium will be happening on Saturday, January 26th in Edge Recital Hall at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. This event is free and open to the public!

Special guest Dr. Catherine Kautsky will be teaching courses, as well as performing a recital on Friday, January 25th at 5:30 in Ramsey Hall. Dr. Kautsky, Chair of Keyboard at Lawrence University, is an award-winning pianist and teacher, and the author of Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque.

The Symposium Schedule is as follows:

9:30-10:00 Registration

Six student soloists will join the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s UGA Symphony Orchestra for the much-anticipated annual Concerto Competition Concert. The musicians will take the Hodgson Hall stage January 24 at 7:30 pm as part of the Thursday Scholarship Series.