The UGA University Chorus is set to present Haydn’s masterwork oratorio, “The Creation,” in Hodgson Concert Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m.

UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music DMA Conducting student Joy Meade will conduct, leading the chorus as well as an ensemble of orchestral players. “The Creation” will feature a variety of vocal soloists:

Amy Baker, Kathleen Bryant, Erin McCollum, Alexis Minogue, Deborah Stephens and Esther Tonea, singing soprano;

UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music DMA euphonium student Chris Leslie won a position with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point yesterday.

Leslie will replace UGA alum Jason Ham (BM ’01) and adds to an impressive list of accomplishments, including winning three international competitions and a handful of national honors.

Leslie is also the seventh graduate of the School of Music’s tuba-euphonium studio to become a member of one of the nation’s premier military bands.

February’s Second Thursday Scholarship Series event challenges conventional notions of chamber music with MOD[ular] Ensemble and Revien in Hodgson Concert Hall on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m.

Leading off the concert is Revien, a trio composed of UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music graduates. Kyle Dawkins and Brian Smith alternate between guitars and electronics and Phil Snyder, assistant professor of guitar at the School of Music, plays cello.

D. Ray McClellan will perform with Damon Denton and David Starkweather as part of the Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series in Ramsey Concert Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m.

The UGA Opera Theatre’s spring production presents a world-famous opera at, perhaps, the most appropriate time of year: Mozart’s classic love story, “Così fan Tutte.”

The opera will be performed in the UGA Fine Arts Theatre on February 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. and February 14 at 3 p.m.

Last fall, School of Music students competed for the chance to perform as soloists alongisde the UGA Symphony Orchestra. The winning students, chosen by a panel of School of Music faculty, will perform concertos with the orchestra, directed by Mark Cedel, in Hodgson Concert Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m.

Two music faculty members of the University of Mississippi, Dr. Jos Milton and Amanda Johnston, will perform for the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music in Ramsey Concert Hall on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. 

Milton, tenor and assistant professor of music, and Johnston, collaborative pianist and associate professor of music, will present a free, multimedia performance of Schubert’s “Winterreise.” 

The Hodgson Singers, the premier vocal ensemble at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will sing in and for the community when they perform at Athens YWCO’s Winter Concert at the North Oconee High School Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m.

A three-day Beethoven Festival kicks off at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music in Edge Recital Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m.

A joint performance series from the studios of School of Music faculty members Levon Ambartsumian and Evgeny Rivkin, the festival comprises performances of 10 sonatas for piano and violin written by the legendary composer. Faculty members and students alike will take to the Edge Hall stage on Feb. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 12 at 5 p.m.

When 1,100 cheering high school students filled Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall to capacity on Jan. 22, it might have seemed like the culmination of the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music's outreach efforts. But it's just the tip of the iceberg.

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble's performance during JanFest, a music festival that annually hosts over 1,000 high school students from Georgia and South Carolina, is an important, visible high point in the School of Music's outreach, but it's just one small part of the festival.