Tonight at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall, don't miss a rare event - all three resident faculty ensembles performing on one in the same evening. The Georgia Woodwind Quintet, Georgia Brass Quintet and the Franklin String Quartet all boast new members this semester, as well.

Admission is free. This is a blue card event.

Liana Embovica, who for many years served as staff accompanist in the Hodgson School of Music, passed away on August 18, 2010. Please join us for a memorial service for Liana on Sunday, September 26, at 4 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center. A reception will follow in the Orchestra Room of the PAC.

Just a reminder about the opportunities for great music tomorrow.

The UGA Choral Association (UGACA) welcomes the world-renowned Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (United Kingdom) in its first international choral exchange on campus.  This well-recorded choir will be under the direction of Timothy Brown.  UGACA is delighted to co-sponsor the event with Athens First Presbyterian Church.

Tonight at 8 pm in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, The UGA Symphony Orchestra kicks off another year of the 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series:

Violinist and Hugh Hodgson School of Music alumna Danijela Zezelji-Gualdi is the subject of a feature story in The Beat Magazine.

Essentials, by the late Kenneth Fischer, with Martha Thomas on piano, is reviewed on the Sequenza 21 contemporary classical music blog:

The University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra begins the 2010-2011 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series on Thursday Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall at the UGA Performing Arts Center. The symphony orchestra, under the direction of Mark Cedel, will present a program that includes the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven and the Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler. Tickets for the concert, $15 for the general public and $7 for UGA students with a valid ID, are available through the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 706/542-4400.

The University of Georgia Musicology/Ethnomusicology Student Association will host the first annual Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium August 27-28, 2010 at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The two-day symposium will begin with a panel on Friday, Aug. 27 at 5:30 pm in Edge Recital Hall in the Hodgson School of Music; all symposium events are free and the public is invited to attend.

The Hodgson School of Music will host an All Student Convocation on Monday, August 16, from 4:30 to 5:30 in Ramsey Hall at the Performing Arts Center. The agenda will include introduction of new faculty, curricular changes and a message from Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Dean Garnett Stokes, among other items.

Immediately following the convocation there will be a pizza picnic in the second floor lobby for all students faculty and staff. This will be an excellent opportunity to welcome those new to the HHSOM family and to celebrate the opening of the new academic year.

Starting this semester, UGA students can register for private lessons for credit through OASIS. For more information, visit http://www.music.uga.edu/lessons/