Every year, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music invites the students to participate in the Concerto Competition. This is a rigorous and highly competitive process, judged by a panel of our music performance faculty, for both graduates and undergraduates to demonstrate their skill. The winners are featured in one of two concerts, either with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra or the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, where they have the exciting opportunity to perform their selected work with a full orchestra or ensemble.

UGA Alum Caroline Leigh Halleck's Journey to Italy

This January, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music welcomes back one of its own. Caroline Leigh Halleck graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance. Her time at UGA, including the Italy Music Study Abroad program, changed her direction to where she is today.

Gregory Broughton (far left), George Miller, III and Pastor Nawanna Lewis Miller, along with current and former AACE singers, including Subrena Clark (center) following the AACE concert on Monday, November 25, 2024.

Fallon Elliot interpreting the fantasy in the UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies production of “9 to 5” November 22, 2024.

Congratulations are in order for Fallon Elliot, who graduated December, 2024 with a BA in Theatre, a minor in American Sign Language (ASL), and a certificate in Musical Theatre. However, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music (HHSOM) and the UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies (DTFS) owe Elliot their thanks as well. 

Photo: Alan Woo, Liza Stepanova, and the ALS president Jay Hershberger at the Georgia Center during the Liszt Festival dinner October 13, 2024.

In May, 2024, Anna Hawkins graduated from UGA with a DMA in Piano Performance. Since then, Hawkins has been keeping busy.