The UGA Hodgson Singers and University Chorus return to Hodgson Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center for their annual fall concert on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m.

The concert, featuring some of the premier vocalists at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, reflects on themes of love, faith, loss and hope, with the program split into four sections named "Reflection and Resolve," "Divine Sentiments," "True Love" and "Credo." 

The singers will perform works from Beethoven, Robert Shaw & Alice Parker, David Dickau and many more.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music welcomes back one of its own with a free guest artist concert from trombonist Dr. Jonathan Gill on Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. in Edge Recital Hall.

Gill, who earned his bachelor’s degree in Athens, went on to earn his master’s and doctoral degrees and is now an adjunct professor of trombone, euphonium and tuba at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, as well as a successful freelance performer.

Guest artist Dr. Wendy Mullen will take the stage on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center.

Mullen, a soprano, and pianist Lev Ryabinin come to Athens as part of a recital sharing program between Georgia College and the University of Georgia.

Mullen’s program includes works from Barber, Debussy, Strauss and others.

For the second consecutive year and 12th year overall, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music was represented at the UGA Center for Teaching and Learning’s (CTL) Lilly Teaching Fellows opening retreat.

Held at Unicoi State Park and Lodge in Helen, the retreat was the first part of the Lilly Teaching Fellows program for the 2015-2017 class, which includes Jaclyn Hartenberger, School of Music assistant professor and director of the UGA Wind Symphony.

Piano performance students from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music continue to set themselves apart, making news recently with several notable achievements.

The UGA Symphony Orchestra will perform in Hodgson Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.

The program features works from Paul Dukas, Tchaikovsky and Mozart, the latter of which features D. Ray McClellan, professor of clarinet at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

The program includes Dukas’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Mozart’s Concerto for Clarinet in A Major and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian.” 

The UGA Opera Ensemble Opera Scenes concert will be held on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center.

The Opera Scenes program gives the undergraduate singers of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music an opportunity to perform operatic selections that are suitable for their developing voices and acting talents.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music continues to showcase its talented faculty with the Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series, which will feature Amy Pollard, professor of bassoon, in a performance on Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

The series, which takes place each month in Ramsey Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center, allows the faculty of the School of Music, many of whom are world-renowned performers, to express their talent outside of the classroom and studio.

The Second Thursday Scholarship Series concert for October revisits a program last performed at UGA 20 years ago: three Johannes Brahms sonatas presented by Hugh Hodgson School of Music professors Levon Ambartsumian and Evgeny Rivkin.

The concert, on October 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center, sees Ambartsumian, Regent’s and Franklin Professor of Violin, and Rivkin, professor of piano, returning to the piece that introduced them to the University of Georgia.

Athens, GA ­-- The 2015-2016 Second Thursday Scholarship Concert Series begins on Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. with Mark Cedel and the UGA Symphony Orchestra performing a program featuring "The Planets" by Gustav Holst and Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 100, "Military."

Holst's most popular work, "The Planets" is a seven-movement orchestral suite--each movement named for a planet in the Solar System--that has influenced and been adapted into a vast array of musical styles since its writing in the early 20th century.