Internationally-renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain, the 2014 Gordhan L. and Virginia B. “Jinx” Patel Distinguished Visiting Professor in Indian Musical Arts at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will present a special performance at the UGA Performing Arts Center April 2 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Tickets for the program are $25, $5 for students, and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, by calling 706-542-4400, or online at pac.uga.edu.

Congratulations to Christopher Leslie, Alex Avila, and the UGA Graduate Tuba Euphonium Quartet, who recently secured semi-finalist positions at the 2014 International Tuba Euphonium Conference competitions!

The quartet, comprised of Christopher Leslie, Patrick Geren, David McLemore, and Chris Gurtcheff, will travel to Indiana University this May to compete in the conference's Quartet Competition.

The University of Georgia African American Choral Ensemble will celebrate its 25^th anniversary on Saturday, April 12 with a special reunion concert in Hodgson Concert Hall at 7:00 p.m. The performance is presented free and open to the public.

“There is a lot to celebrate at this concert,” said Gregory Broughton, AACE director and Associate Professor of Music at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. “Some outstanding leaders and musicians have come out of this group.”

The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music professors Timothy Adams, Jr. and Kimberly Toscano Adams will host the Cloyd Duff Timpani Master Class June 9 – 13, 2014. Jim Atwood, director Timothy Adams and Tom Freer, clinicians For more information or to register online, email duffmasterclass@gmail.com. In June 1982, Cloyd Duff presented his first Timpani Masterclass.

Hodgson School Professor Emeritus Olin Parker was recently interviewed by the American Music Therapy Association podcast.

From the AMTA website:

Congratulations are in order for several Hodgson School students who took away top prizes at the Music Teachers National Association southern division competition! The event, which welcomed winners from nine state competitions, was held in Louisville, KY on January 17-20.

American Musicological Society awards HHSOM grad

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is proud to announce the online debut of the Southeastern Journal of Music Education!

Select a back issue from one of the links below. Please note that, although these editions are low-resolution, we plan on hosting the full versions of these files on our new website in January 2014.

SEJoME - Volume 1

SEJoME - Volume 2

Chamber ensembles and students of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty scored big at the Georgia division Music Teachers National Association competitions on Wednesday, November 6. Congratulations to all of the winners!

CHAMBER MUSIC STRING PERFORMANCE COMPETITION

Winner: Selah Piano Trio - Levon Ambartsumian, teacher

Lucas Scalamogna, violin

Noah Johnson, cello

Youngmi Moon, piano