The UGA British Brass Band will present a Spring Festival on Tuesday, March 17 at 8:00 pm in Hodgson Concert Hall. The ensemble, led by former New York Philharmonic principal trumpet Philip Smith, performs traditional and contemporary in the classic British Brass Band tradition.

Student musicians from the University of Georgia will perform concerts and a master class for high school students during the inaugural UGA Sounds Across Georgia tour in Perry and Americus.

The UGA Sounds Across Georgia opening series, featuring student musicians in the Hodgson Wind Ensemble, will be held at Perry High School’s Theatre for the Performing Arts on Feb. 20, and at the Rylander Theatre in Americus on Feb. 21. Both concerts start at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

The University of Georgia Opera Theatre presents L’Amico Fritz, Pietro Mascagni’s whimsical tale of 19^th century romance, at the university’s Fine Arts Theatre on Feb. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., with a special matinee performance on Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $18, or $5 for UGA students with ID, and are available from the Performing Arts Center box office, via phone at 706/542-4400, and online at www.pac.uga.edu.

Congratulations are in order for the UGA saxophone and keyboard studios!

Four students from the UGA saxophone studio took top prizes in the 2015 Southern Division of the Music Teachers National Association Competition.  The MILK Saxophone Quartet—comprised of students Gabriel Piqué (senior), Michael Turner (MM), Brandon Quarles (senior), and Shawna Pennock (DMA)—took first prize in the Chamber Music Wind category, with Piqué also taking first place in the Young Artist Woodwind division.

Five of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s most talented young musicians will join the UGA Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, January 28 as soloists in the ensemble’s annual Concerto Concert. Tickets for the performance, which begins at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall, 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.

UPDATE: For health reasons, the Barry Green residency has been rescheduled. Please refer below to the new schedule.

The Salvation Army presents "A Brass Spectacular," a free concert combining the talents of three outstanding groups and featuring Philip Smith, former New York Philharmonic trumpet principal, on Friday, January 16 in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall.

University of Georgia guitar professor Philip Snyder will present the latest entry in the 2014-2015 Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series on Monday, January 12 at 8:00 pm in Ramsey Concert Hall. Snyder, a student of former professor John Sutherland, will perform a series of solo compositions before being joined onstage by fellow Georgia Guitar Quartet members Kyle Dawkins, Brian Smith, and Jason Solomon.

The Bulldog Brass Society, the premier graduate student brass quintet at the Univeristy of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will give the first concert of 2015 on Friday, January 9 at 6:30 pm in Edge Recital Hall.

The University of Georgia Holiday Concert, an annual Athens tradition, returns to Hodgson Hall for two special performances on Dec. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.

The concert brings together hundreds of student musicians from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music for an evening of seasonal selections by the UGA Symphony Orchestra, British Brass Band, Jazz Band, and choirs.