ABOUT TIMOTHY LOVELACE

Pianist and conductor Timothy Lovelace heads the Collaborative Piano program at the University of Minnesota and is an active recitalist, having been featured at Rio de Janeiro’s Sala Cecilia Meireles, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, New York’s Merkin Concert Hall, Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts and on chamber music series sponsored by the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Minnesota and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, Lovelace has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä.

The roster of internationally-known artists with whom Lovelace has appeared includes Miriam Fried, Nobuko Imai, Robert Mann, Charles Neidich, Paquito D’Rivera, and Dawn Upshaw. For thirteen years, he was a staff pianist at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute, where he played in the classes of Barbara Bonney, Christoph Eschenbach, Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig and Yo-Yo Ma, among others.

Lovelace has conducted the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Virginia Beach Symphony (now Symphonicity), and the symphony orchestras of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory and the University of Minnesota. A proponent of new music, he has performed the works of many living composers and has presented premieres of works by John Harbison, Osvaldo Golijov, and Libby Larsen. He has recorded for the Albany, Arabesque, Blue Griffin, Boston Records, MSR and Naxos labels. His principal teachers were Harold Evans, Clifford Herzer, Gilbert Kalish, Donna Loewy, and Frank Weinstock.

Director, Vicki Lu

Join the UGA Chinese Music Ensemble for a unique musical immersion experience. This concert provides an up-close and personal look at the instruments, techniques, and traditions of Chinese music.
 

OPEN TO ALL AGES

Featuring Special Guest Artists:

Yang Chun Lu, Erhu

Huang RongFu, Yangqin

Li Erdong, Guitar

Iris Marcipar, director

The brand new UGA Latin American Music Ensemble launches its inaugural performance with a captivating exploration of Argentina’s rich musical heritage. In this concert you will journey into the vast and diverse territory of Argentina, featuring a range of musical genres that include powerful tangos, rhythmic milongas, nostalgic zambas, and soul-stirring vidalas, along with the soulful rhythms of Huaynos.

This performance also pays homage to the music traditions of the Andes, bringing the sounds of Andean Quena (flute) and Charango (string) to the stage. The evocative sounds of Argentina’s cultural tapestry makes this concert an unmissable experience.

Legendary African American scholar/musician Portia Maultsby, Professor emerita of Indiana University, is coming to the UGA campus this week. Tomorrow, she will deliver the Torrance Lecture “Community, Culture, and Black Musical Creativity” at 2:30 p.m. at the Georgia Museum.  Wednesday and Thursday she will be speaking at the School of Music. You can see her complete schedule with us below, including:

• "African American Music and Social Movements in the United States" 
  
  • Wednesday Nov. 8, 10:20 -11:10 a.m., Choral Suite, Room 355, Hugh Hodgson School of Music Building, 250 River Road.
• "Profiling the Career Journey of an African American Music Major''
  
  • Wednesday Nov. 8, 1:50-2:40 p.m. in Edge Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music Building, 250 River Road. 
• "Concepts of the Insider and Outsider in Field Research" 
  
  • Thursday Nov. 9, 9:35-10:50 a.m. Room 200, Hugh Hodgson School of Music Building, 250 River Road.