Co-Sponsored by the Morton Theatre Corporation

A celebration of African-American musical excellence across styles and genres at the historic Morton Theatre in downtown Athens. Featuring international star tenor Joshua Stewart performing opera, jazz, and spirituals with UGA pianists and a special appearance by the Athens Hip-Hop Harmonic project, a collaboration between the Athens musical community and the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music. As part of the latter, Athens Hip-Hop and spoken word artists Squallé and Lemuel LaRoche will perform two new works composed for them by UGA composers William May and Nkululeko Zungu. Montu Miller acts as a Master of Ceremonies.

World area: United States.

Guest Artist:
Joshua Stewart, tenor
Athens Hip-Hop Harmonic

FACULTY ARTISTS:
James Weidman, piano
Liza Stepanova, piano

STUDENT ARTISTS:
Rogelio Bonilla, viola
Alexis Boylan, violin 
Emily Elmore, flute
Michael Farrick, bass
Ori Kang, violin
Iris Marcipar, bass
Elena Minko, piano 
Anna Murphy, viola
Nina Nagarajan, viola
William Slater, cello
Sean Smith, violin
Clarissa Tamara, violin

Venue: 
Morton Theatre
195 W Washington St, 
Athens, GA 30601

This concert is free. No tickets are required.
Donations to the Morton Theatre Corporation will be accepted at the venue.

CMA opens its third season with a celebration of the rich international history of tango including fiery and colorful chamber works by Luigi Boccherini and Manuel De Falla as well as original compositions by our special guest JP Jofre, bandoneon (Argentina), performing his double-concertos for violin and bandoneon and clarinet and bandoneon with the CMA Chamber Orchestra. Violinist Itamar Zorman, winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky International Competition, joins Jofre, UGA faculty and students throughout the concert. 

World area: South America,  Southern Europe

GUEST ARTISTS: 
Juan Pablo Jofre Romarion, bandoneon 
Itamar Zorman, violin

FACULTY ARTISTS:
Michael Heald, violin
Maggie Snyder, viola
David Starkweather, cello
Milton Masciadri, bass
Alan Woo, piano
D. Ray McClellan, clarinet
Mark Cedel, conductor

STUDENT ARTISTS: 
CMA Festival Orchestra
Alexis Boylan, violin
Camden Briggs, percussion
Alvaro Henrique, guitar
Bailey Hume, clarinet
Bryan Johnson, viola
Thomas LaMon, cello
Daniel Phipps, saxophone
Daniel Pina, bass
Patrick Sorah, percussion
Andre Araujo de Souza, violin
Nicholas Han, conductor

Venue: 
Ramsey Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
230 River Road, Athens, GA, 30602

Tickets: $30 - Adults; $5 for students with valid UGA ID; Free for children 6-18.

Purchase tickets for "History of Tango" May 12, 2024

Owen Cotton (BMus ‘25, Performance), 
Selected to perform in a master class for Pic Sullivan, Professor of Saxophone at Northwestern University, at the 2023 Atlanta Saxophone Day.

Story by Shaun Baer  |  Photo provided by Elizabeth Lee Digiovanni

Photo provided by Alison Farley

UGA Music Education Faculty Rebecca Atkins (left) and Alison Farley (right) traveled to Warsaw, Poland in August, 2023 and presented at the International Symposium for Performance Science (ISPS) alongside distinguished colleagues and UGA students.

Photo of Dylan Abbott provided by the artist.

DYLAN ABBOTT
(BMus ‘25) Presser Scholar

Greg Satterthwaite album cover photo provided by artist.

GREG SATTERTHWAITE
Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano and African American Studies

During the summer of 2023, Greg Satterthwaite was awarded the South Arts Jazz Road Tours Grant.

Jazz Road Tours supports small, three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.

Story by Shaun Baer  |  Photo courtesy of Ellyn Evans

For both a Hugh Hodgson School of Music graduate student and the Music Therapy area, the commencement ceremony in May, 2023 marked significant milestones.

Story by Shaun Baer | Photo by Tim Gurczak Photography/Guerilla Opera

Emily Koh, Associate Professor of Composition, premiered her opera HER | alive.un.dead at Guerilla Opera to four sold-out houses May 12-14, 2023 at the Pao Arts Center, Boston, Massachusetts. 

Film and Composition Certificate student Gianna Dimuzio in the Dancz Center for New Music working on one of her compositions.

The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music (HHSOM) has launched a new Film and Media Scoring Certificate. This certificate is designed to enhance an undergraduate or graduate degree in music composition with specific, hands-on instruction in the art and science of composing music for film, video games, and other media.