Thursday, March 22
8 pm
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall
FREE!

In most operas, the roles created by the male figures primarily represent in the plot either the “hero,” “villain,” “lover,” “priest,” “brother or “father.” These characters are often one dimensional in contrast to all of the female roles who are given a much wider emotional range to represent. Indeed, many operas revolve almost totally around this female figure; her emotions and desires are the motivating factors for most of the action in one way or another.

The 2012 UGA Music Research Symposium, sponsored by the Musicology/Ethnomusicology area of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will take place on 22 March 2012 in Edge Recital Hall at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The Symposium’s program features student research on a wide range of topics related to musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music traditions, world music cultures, and music theory and analysis. Presentations begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m.

Schedule:

Jon Lusher, MM candidate in the horn studio, won second place at the Orchestral High Horn Competition at the Southeast Horn Workshop, held on March 2 at Tennessee Tech University.

On March 1st, Mitos Andaya was honored at the UGA Student Government Association Annual Professor Recognition Ceremony and presented with an award for "outstanding commitment to students and academic excellence at the University of Georgia."  She and 14 other professors were selected for this honor out of the 60 university professors that were nominated by students.

Three school of music graduate students took home top honors at the Southeastern Composers Forum Phillip Slates Memorial Competition.

For first place, there was a tie between MM candidate John Hennecken's Brass Quintet, and MM candidate Brian Kelly's Sonata for Cello. DMA candidate Ashley Floyd's L'esprit de l'escalier, written for bass clarinet, bassoon, and cello was awarded honorable mention.

Two DMA candidates in the tuba studio, David McLemore and Simon Wildman, have advanced in the Markneukirchen International Solo Competition for Tuba, to be held in Germany in May.

March 1, 4 pm, room 412. Free and open to the public.

Part of the Musicology/Ethnomusicology Student Association's Colloquium Series.

TICKETS: $10, $5 for UGA students with ID

The Aria Benefit: Friday, Feb. 24, 8 pm, Ramsey Concert Hall

Cost: $15 general admission, $5 students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Nuci’s Space or at the door.

The Aria Fund promotes music therapy, focusing first in the Athens area and then reaching people throughout the state in need of cognitive, psychosocial, emotional, and expressive outlets through the gift of music.

Performing on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 6:30 pm in Edge Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.