The first Wind Ensemble Concert of the season offers the stunning Gershwin favorite “Rhapsody in Blue,” with 2022 Concerto Winner Jia Meng as piano soloist. Also featured is “The Blue Marble” by Julie Giroux, which includes a multi-media/video component, and the world premiere of “Alla Rondo World” by recent UGA graduate Jackson Riffle.

Buy individual tickets to "A World of Blue" on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 7: 30 p.m.

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‘Tis the season for fine music! The UGA School of Music Holiday Concert  has become a tradition for the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the University of Georgia,  and the Athens community. One week after Thanksgiving, this cornucopia of some our strongest ensembles is the perfect start to your holiday season.

Underwritten by Bill Barstow in loving memory of Dolly Barstow.

Buy individual tickets to "Annual Holiday Concert" on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 7: 30 p.m.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLE SPRING CONCERT

Our spring concert gives us an opportunity to highlight some of our graduating students and continue to lift up the messages in the music. This concert we are inviting alumni of AACE to join us in celebrating UGA Associate Professor of Music Gregory S. Broughton’s thirty-five years  as Director of the African American Choral Ensemble.

ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLE

From its rich beginnings in the early 70’s as the Pamoja Singers, the University of Georgia African American Choral Ensemble (AACE) has endeavored to keep concert halls and churches filled with the powerful sounds and wealth of indigenous musical treasures birthed from the African American experience. Since its inception at UGA, AACE has been a beacon tower of fellowship and friendship for the university community. Herein, people of many cultures come to share and learn the messages of hope, love, and liberation that have sustained a people and this nation. African American Choral Ensemble concerts are free. No tickets are required.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT

Join us right before Thanksgiving for a concert of spirituals, hymn tunes, and gospel music by African American composers. Gather together with AACE as we honor all that we are thankful for in our lives.

ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLE

From its rich beginnings in the early 70’s as the Pamoja Singers, the University of Georgia African American Choral Ensemble (AACE) has endeavored to keep concert halls and churches filled with the powerful sounds and wealth of indigenous musical treasures birthed from the African American experience. Since its inception at UGA, AACE has been a beacon tower of fellowship and friendship for the university community. Herein, people of many cultures come to share and learn the messages of hope, love, and liberation that have sustained a people and this nation. African American Choral Ensemble concerts are free. No tickets are required.

UGA OPERA SCENES PROGRAM

Join the UGA Opera Theatre for a showcase of the graduate and undergraduate vocal performance students.  The opera scenes workshop is designed to give students an opportunity to push the boundaries of the skills they have been learning throughout the year in a practical format.   

THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN

Adapted from Georges Bizet’s opera by Marius Constant, Jean-Claude Carriére, and Peter Brook

You think you know Carmen, but have you heard the whole story? This Tony-award winning innovative reconceptualization of Bizet’s opera dives deeper into the physiological and moral aspects of the Mérimée novella that Bizet’s Carmen is based. Devised by eminent director Peter Brook in 1983, The Tragedy of Carmen provides an electrifying theatrical experience, deepening every opera lover’s perception of a woman we think we know juxtaposed against all the great tunes and musical moments from Bizet’s Carmen that we all know and love. Does fate control us? Do we have opportunities to break away and forge new paths, even if that path leads to violence or death? Join us in discovering this exciting story reimagined. 

Buy individual tickets to "Tragedy of Carmen" on Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

MYTHOS & MACHINATIONS: A Night of Fine Opera

Join the UGA Opera Theatre as we celebrate the mythos and machinations conjured by some of opera’s most riveting and powerful moments. This evening of familiar favorites and lesser-known works features the dramatic and vocal skills of our opera and vocal performance students in collaboration with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra. Explore a rich collection of characters that run the gamut of the human experience. This is one night at the opera that should not be missed.

Buy individual tickets to "Mythos & Machinations" on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7: 30 p.m.

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MAGGIE SNYDER, viola

Professor of Viola

Join us in celebrating women’s history month 2024 through the performance of works by women! This recital will include world premieres of new works by women for solo viola and viola and piano. This project is supported by the Willson Center for the Humanities and
Arts and the Nora Redman Fund of Louisville, Kentucky.

Maggie Snyder is Professor of Viola at the University of Georgia, Principal Violist of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, with whom she records for Naxos, and is on the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Festival. Ms. Snyder made her Carnegie Hall debut in Weill Recital Hall with her sister duo, Allemagnetti, in 2009.

Buy individual tickets to "Women's Works for Viola" on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7: 30 p.

JOSH BYNUM, trombone

Professor of Trombone

Hailed for his “inspiring energy, clear musical conviction, and warm lyrical tone” (International Trombone Association Journal), Josh Bynum keeps an active schedule balancing roles as educator, soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral trombonist. In addition to serving as Professor of Trombone at the University of Georgia, Josh spends his summers as Trombone Artist & Faculty for the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and is an Artist & Clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company.

Josh performs regularly as a first-call substitute with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and was contracted to serve as second trombonist for the entire 2015- 16 season.  Bynum is also a member of the IRIS Collective, under the direction of Michael Stern, and enjoys performing with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Opera, and Atlanta Ballet Orchestra.

Buy individual tickets to "Josh Bynum" on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 7: 30 p.m.

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ANATOLY SHELUDYAKOV, piano

Resident Accompanist, Senior Academic Professional

A native of Moscow, Anatoly Sheludyakov graduated from the Gnesin’s Musical Academy and completed doctoral studies there under professor Anatoly Vedernikov. He also graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class of Tikhon
Khrennikov. His compositions include Variations for Orchestra, Ostinato for Orchestra, Suite for Oboe and Piano, Suite for Violin and Piano, the cantata Brotherhood Songs, Trombone Quartet, six vocal suites, and many other compositions.

His repertoire includes the major works for solo piano, piano and orchestra, and piano chamber music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods.

Buy individual tickets to "Anatoly Sheludyakov" on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 7: 30 p.m.

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