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Rivkin 2nd Thursday Concert

Evgeny Rivikin is one of the great international virtuosos on the faculty at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Already a top award winner as some of the world's most prestigious piano competitions when he arrived at UGA in 1995, Rivkin has anchored the piano studio at the Hodgson School in the time since. His solo recitals have dazzled audiences around the world and at UGA, and his first-of-the-new-year 2nd Thursday concert performances continue…


ARCO in Venice

A year ago last month, I had the distinct privilege of traveling to Italy with one of the premiere ensembles in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music - the ARCO Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Franklin Professor of Music Levon Ambartsumian. ARCO was invited to play a UNESCO-sponsored concert in the renowned opera house La Fenice, in Venice. It was a very beautiful concert and delightful experience. Now WUGA-TV will broadcast the one-hour…


ARCO Chamber Orchestra presents Bach and Beethoven

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra, under the artistic direction of its founder, Franklin Professor of Violin Levon Ambartsumian, is one the gems of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the university. Ambartsumain brought the ensemble with him from Moscow years ago and has, over the years, tranformed it into a first-rate student and faculty ensemble, exhibiting the utmost professionalism in repertoire and performance. A true teacher as well as a…


Election Night: Carmina Burana

"Carmina Burana" was written in 1936 and remains Orff's best-known work, although he also is well known for his innovations in music pedagogy. Over the course of 25 brief movements arranged in five major sections, the composition elaborates on themes common to the human experience-from the inconsistency of good fortune and wealth-to mankind's vices-from the brevity of life to the joy of rebirth at each spring thaw. The Spoltight on Arts…


UGA dance present senior exit concert

The department of dance in the Franklin College presents its senior exit concert "Senior Remix: Over & Out" Nov. 8-10 at 8 p.m. in the New Dance Theater located in the Dance Building on Sanford Drive. The 2012 senior exit dance concert-choreographed by senior dance majors to demonstrate their artistic talents, dedication and passion for the art of dance-is part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts festival. "I have had such an incredible…


Kopelman Quartet to perform Payne Memorial Concert

Former dean of the Franklin College Wiliam Jackson "Jack" Payne founded the Franklin College Chamber Music Series in 1978 as a way to acknowledge music lovers and patrons of the cultural life of both the university and and the community. The concert annual concert honoring former dean Payne continues this year with the Kopelman Quartet on Oct. 7: The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center will present the Kopelman Quartet Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.…


Wind Ensemble on the Lawn

One week from today on Friday, September 28, the UGA Wind Ensemble will present another free concert on the lawn on the north campus quad: The event hearkens back to the turn-of-the-century tradition of afternoon band performances in the park and will include patriotic selections including John Phillip Sousa marches. The wind ensemble, which has approximately 60 members, will perform "Summon the Heroes," written by film composer John Williams…


2nd Thursday concerts return with Dvořák

Since 1980, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series has offered showcase performances by UGA students and faculty the second Thursday of each month throughout the academic year. Proceeds from individual ticket sales and season subscriptions allow for yearlong academic scholarships and assistantships and present donors the opportunity to sponsor individual students in the music school. What has truly been an innovative…


UGA to premiere Vogel's 'Things Fall Apart'


ARCO 2nd Thursday Finale

Hugh Hodgson was a very important Georgian, because he believed in the citizens of this state - and the importance of educating them. He was a very significant faculty member at the University of Georgia because he believed in the power of music as a civilising force, a non-negotiable element of an educated citizenry. His Second Thursday music nights have a lofty pedigree and we're glad that they remain a means to bring great music to our…


Collegium Musicum presents Handel's Messiah

The University of Georgia Collegium Musicum and Players, UGA's premier Early Music ensemble directed by associate professor in the Hodgson School of Music Mitos Andaya, will perform Handel's Messiah on Sunday, April 1 at 6 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Athens. While a great occassion to bring together town-and-gown during the Easter season, the free concert will also be an opportunity for Franklin College alumni to return to…


Faces of Divas

This event is free and open to the public. Thursday, March 22, 8 pm, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. FREE Image: The quintessential diva, Australian soprano Joan Sutherland, flanked by Luciano Pavarotti, left, and Spiro Malas performing Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, 1966. Getty Images.


CORE Dance Company presents "Awe-Wakening"

  The University of Georgia department of dance CORE Concert Dance Company will present its contemporary and aerial dance concert "AWE-WAKENING!" Feb. 29 to March 3 at 8 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre. The 60-minute performance consists of a range aerial dance-including bungee-assistance, trapeze, lyra and silks-blended with digitally rendered film projection and lighting effects. The evening's concert explores a connection to current…


UGA Jazz Band in Concert

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music puts great emphasis on its large ensembles - the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, the UGA Hodgson Singers - and for good reason. Our students are highly accomplished musicians who gain valuable pre-professional performance experience in these large ensembles, and you should catch them whenever you can. But highly accomplished musicians in the school of music perform as soloists and in many other small and…
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