Congratulations to sophomore piano student David Dang, who has been named recipient of a Steinway Scholarship, courtesy of the Atlanta Steinway Society.

As part of the award, David will perform September 20 at the Kellett Chapel of Peachtree Presbyterian Church.

The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music is pleased to announce Jesse Jones as its new assistant professor of composition beginning Fall 2015. Dr. Jones holds a DMA in Music Composition from Cornell University, and for the past three years has been an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina.  Among many other honors, he holds awards and commissions from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood, the American Composers Orchestra, and a Rome Prize, with a year in residence at the American Academy in Rome.

The Hodgson Singers, flagship choral ensemble of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will present the final entry in the 2014-15 2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series on April 9. Tickets for the performance, held at 7:30 pm in Hodgson Concert Hall, are $18/$5 for students and available via the UGA Performing Arts Center box office at 706/542-4400 or online at pac.uga.edu.

Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty member Evgeny Rivkin will present an evening of piano music on Friday, April 3 at 7:30 pm in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets for the performance, which continues the 2014-2015 Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s 2^nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series, are $18/$5 for students and available via the UGA Performing Arts Center box office at 706/542-4400 or online at pac.uga.edu.

Richard Zimdars, Despy Karlas Professor of Piano at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will perform a lecture-recital surveying the contents of his new album, Piano Character Pieces from Four Continents, at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 12. The event, which takes place in the Hodgson School’s Edge Recital Hall, will be followed by a CD signing and light refreshments in the adjacent Choral Suite.

Lineage Percussion, a student chamber group coached by Hodgson School faculty Timothy Adams, Jr. and Kimberly Toscano Adams, has been selected to advance to the quarterfinals of the renowned Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music is pleased to announce a new online Master of Music Education degree program.

The program, geared toward providing post-graduate professional development to in-service music educators, will begin taking applicants immediately, with coursework beginning summer 2015.

Levon Ambartsumian, Franklin Professor of Violin in the University of Georgia's Hugh Hodgson School of Music, has been named a Regents Professor, effective July 1.

Congratulations to Crystal Wu and Brett Pardue, winners of the 2015 Atlanta Music Club Auditions!

Wu, a master's student of Hugh Hodgson School of Music professor Richard Zimdars, won the Graduate Piano Division, taking home a $2,000 prize. Pardue, a master's student of professor Frederick Burchinal, won the Graduate Vocal Division ($1,000 prize).

Congratualtions to Hodgson School alumnus David Glover (BMus '04), who was recently appointed Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony. Glover comes to the symphony from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, where he spent two years as Assistant Conductor.

In addition to UGA, Glover holds a degree in violin performance from Boston University and a master's degree in instrumental conducting from Indiana University.

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