A big slate of recitals and concerts are on the schedule for the School of Music this week.

One of the early week highlights, is David Zerkel's faculty recital on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Zerkel will be joined by Anatoly Sheludyakov on piano for a program that includes works by Giovanni Pergolesi, Eugene Bozza, Ben Miles, Trygve Madsen and Robert Schumann. Admission to this concert is $5.

The UGA Wind Ensemble will perform on Tuesday night, March 8, at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall at the UGA Performing Arts Center. The concert date was erroneously listed  in Columns as Wednesday, March 9. We regret any confusion this may have caused.

The UGA Opera Ensemble, in collaboration with the Department of Theatre and Film Studies and the Department of Dance, presents Strauss' comic operetta Die Fledermaus tonight a 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre on Baldwin Street.

Instead of its traditional Vienna setting, this "Die Fledermaus" takes place in New Orleans in the early 1900s. The Mardi Gras setting lends itself to creativity and collaboration, Burchinal said.

Over the weekend of Feb. 12 the UGA Wind Ensemble recorded music for a new CD, to be released later this year. Below is a video about the session that includes interviews with Dr. Lynch, Joshua Byrd and two of the musicians, Sarah Hranac and Sarah Lawing.

First Tony Bennett, Now this:

The Hodgson School of Music presents a special Guest Artist Recital tonight at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall featuring Julia Heinen, clarinet, and Dmitry Rachmanov, piano. Heinen is a Professor of Music at California State University, Northridge (near Los Angeles), who has performed hundreds of recitals throughout the United States and had the distinct pleasure of premiering several works written specifically for her.

As part of an array of summer offerings in the Hodgson School of Music geared toward professional development, Choral director Daniel Bara will launch the UGA Summer Choral Conducting Institute.

The UGA Summer Choral Conducting Institute is an intensive, week-long series of seminars and master classes geared for music educators, graduate-student conductors, church musicians, and other aspiring conductors who wish to grow as artists, teachers, musicians, and leaders.

That's from the title of an article mentioning the American Liszt Society Bicentennial Festival at UGA next week, in the St. Louis Magazine blog.

Don't forget that

From an article on Steve Dancz's very successful pre-Super Bowl film:

Dancz hopes his score will continue to make an impact after the credits roll on the film. After the game, iTunes users can download "Declaration Anthem," and the proceeds will go to the Wounded Warriors Project.

In its second year and featuring guest artists, master classes, seminars and performances by students and faculty the UGA Bassoon Symposium jumps into full swing tomorrow morning at 10 am in Edge Recital Hall.

This year's guest artist is William Winstead of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.