Daniel Bolshoy is committed to bringing the guitar to the attention of audiences everywhere. He is regularly praised for his friendly and informative spoken introductions, and progressive programming of solo and chamber music. His concert tours take him from prestigious international concert stages to remote villages and house-concerts. Bolshoy has performed as a soloist with over sixty orchestras internationally and across Canada, including the Mexico City Philharmonic, Israel Chamber, Volgograd Symphony (Russia), and the symphony orchestras of New Mexico, Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Kingston, Victoria, Okanagan, Saskatoon, and Nova Scotia.

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RSVP for Daniel Bolshoy, guitar 3/17/26 at 7:30 p.m.

Levon Ambartsumian is Regent’s and Franklin Professor of Violin at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Prior to coming to UGA in 1995, he was a visiting professor at Indiana University School of Music, replacing legendary American violin teacher Joseph Gingold.  Ambartsumian also taught for 15 years at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, beginning in 1978. Ambartsumian is an alumnus of the Moscow Central Music School and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where his teachers were Felix Andrievski, Yury Yankelevitch, Leonid Kogan, and Igor Bezrodny. In 1977, he became the First Prize winner of Zagreb International Violin Competition. 

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RSVP for Levon Ambartsumian, violin 2/17/26 at 7:30 p.m.

Damon Denton was born in Charleston, S.C., and grew up in Severna Park, Maryland. He is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and The Juilliard School where he received a Master of Music degree studying under Russian pianist, Oxana Yablonskaya. He has been a faculty accompanist at the University of Georgia since 2010. During his career, Denton has performed concerts in England, Ireland, Mexico, Germany, South Africa, and throughout the United States. Venue highlights have included: Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The University of South Africa, and The State Theater of Pretoria among others.

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RSVP for Damon Denton, piano 11/5/25 at 7:30 p.m.

Anne Slovin, soprano, will be joining the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music voice faculty this fall as assistant professor of voice. Slovin is a versatile performing artist, researcher, and voice pedagogue who earned her doctorate from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music in 2025. Passionate about crossing genres and exploring new vocal repertoires and styles, she has recently performed as Eve in Haydn’s The Creation at the University of Notre Dame, collaborated across universities for Tom Cipullo’s A Visit With Emily, and joined the Raritan Players in Bloomington and New York City for a concert of 18th-century Jewish music.

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RSVP for Anne Slovin, soprano 10/30/2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Praised by the New York Times as a pianist with “assurance and vitality,” Alan Woo made his Lincoln Center debut performing with the Juilliard Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has since made solo appearances with the Houston and Fort Worth Symphonies and presented recitals throughout the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Asia. As a chamber musician, he has performed at the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Lake George Music Festival, and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest series among others. Woo completed degrees at The Juilliard School and Peabody Institute, and currently teaches at the University of Georgia as an assistant professor of piano.

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RSVP for Alan Woo, piano 9/9/25 at 7:30 p.m.

Closing out the season of Faculty Chamber Ensembles are four of our UGA string and piano faculty presenting an evening of piano quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms. Featuring Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva, viola; Levon Ambartsumian, violin; James Kim, cello; and Alan Woo, piano.

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Subaerial Collective is a trio of UGA faculty composer-performers: Adrian Childs, piano/keyboards; Peter Lane, bassoon/contrabassoon and technology; and Emily Koh, double bass/electric bass. Formed in September 2018, Subaerial Collective champions works that expand the limits of traditional concert boundaries through the use of technology, reinterpretation of performance practice or re-contextualization of the concert experience. The program also includes woodwind duos featuring Angela Jones-Reus, flute; Amy Pollard, bassoon; and  Brandon Quarles, saxophone.

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The two works being performed are the A Major Piano Quartet by Johannes Brahms and the C Minor Piano Quintet by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The evening features four of the UGA string faculty: Michael Heald, violin; Maggie Snyder, viola; Milton Masciadri, double bass; and James Kim, cello. The pianist for the evening will be guest artist Timothy Lovelace, professor of collaborative piano at the University of Minnesota. While the Brahms may be rather more well-known to audiences, the Vaughan Williams is a masterful work full of tonal richness and romantic sweep, employing the same forces as Schubert’s famous “Trout” Quintet.

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Ten of our powerhouse instrumental faculty returning to the stage this fall make up the Georgia Brass Quintet (GBQ) and the Georgia Woodwind Quintet (GWQ). The Brass Quintet features Brandon Craswell, trumpet;  James Naigus, horn; Joshua Bynum, trombone; Matthew Shipes, tuba/euphonium; and introducing Gilbert Villagrana, trumpet. GWQ features Angela Jones-Reus, flute; Brandon Quarles, saxophone; D. Ray McClellan, clarinet; Amy Pollard, bassoon; and Jean Martin-Williams, horn.

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Carmina Burana is a powerful cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935-36 based on a collection of twenty-four medieval poems. Recurring themes from Carmina Burana, such as the “O Fortuna,” have appeared in hundreds of films and television commercials. This recognizable piece continues to be a popular crowd pleasing experience for audience and musicians alike.

There is nothing quite like the power of more than three hundred student musicians collaborating on a single concert. The University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra is joined by the UGA Hodgson Singers, Treble Choir, University Chorus, UGA Glee Club, as well as talented student and faculty soloists. This concert has sold out the past two years, so be sure to get your tickets to this special concert now.

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