Monica Hargrave, instructor of Harp at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, has been chosen as a judge for the Peabody Awards, considered one of the most prestigious prizes in electronic media (radio,television, interactive and new media). The Peabodys annually receive over 1,000 entries judged by 30 committees made of UGA faculty, staff, and students. Hargrave will be part of a team judging documentaries.
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Hargrave selected as Peabody judge
January 24th, 2012Two UGA students place in MTNA competitions
January 24th, 2012Congratulations to two students from UGA who placed in the MTNA Southern Division Competitions!
Tubist David McLemore, a student of David Zerkel, was declared Winner in the MTNA Young Artist Brass Performance Competition. Martha Gardner, violin, a student of Levon Ambartsumian, was declared Alternate in the MTNA Young Artist String Performance Competition.
The competitions were held at Mississippi College in Clinton, MS, on Jan. 13-16.
Jazz trumpeter Marcus Printup performs with UGA Jazz Band Friday
January 11th, 2012
Marcus Printup
Join Steve Dancz and the UGA Jazz Band as they welcome Conyers native Marcus Printup to the Hodgson Hall stage for a must-see concert at 8 pm, Friday, January 13 in Hodgson Hall. Tickets are $10, or $5 for UGA students with ID.
Mr. Printup has performed and/or recorded with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts among many others. He has also recorded several records as leader of his own group.
Mr. Printup is an educator for Jazz @ Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition, the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Middle School Jazz Academy, the Savannah Music Festival Swing City Competition and an adjunct faculty member of the New School in Manhattan.
This concert is presented as part of the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast.
Andaya named President-elect of National Collegiate Choral Organization
January 5th, 2012After a national election held in December, Mitos Andaya was elected to the office President-Elect of the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO). The organization serves approximately 800 members and addresses specific needs of university/collegiate choral conductors and other choral professionals through various forums and biennial national conferences.
Andaya leads holiday choirs at Walt Disney World
January 5th, 2012
Mitos Andaya with Lorraine Bracco
School of music faculty member Mitos Andaya was one of three guest conductors in the nation to conduct Walt Disney World EPCOT’s Candlelight Processional during the 2011 holiday season.
In addition to the Voices of Liberty, WDW Orchestra, the Cast Choir, and guest high school choirs from across the nation, she worked with celebrity narrators actress Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos, Good Fellas), and Broadway actress/dancer/singer Chita Rivera (West Side Story, Sweet Charity).
Valdez receives teaching award
December 14th, 2011Congratulations to musicology professor Stephen Valdez, who was named a recipient for this year’s Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award. The award honors outstanding faculty in the Franklin College who show a sustained commitment to high-quality instruction.
Parker, professor emeritus, honored by American Music Therapy Association
December 13th, 2011
Dr. Olin G. Parker, Professor Emeritus of Music, and Associate Director Emeritus of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, was honored with a Presidential award from the American Music Therapy Association. The AMTA’s Presidential Award is given to recognize individuals who, while not practicing music therapists, support the ideals, goals, and profession of music therapy.
Parker’s tenure at UGA has involved teaching myriad classes in music education and related areas, as well as supervising decades of student teachers and serving on doctoral and masters’ committees. His research, primarily in the field of psychoacoustics, have yielded some 50 professional journal publications. He has also presented and lectured in more than a dozen countries.
Parker joined the UGA music faculty in 1964, and though retired, continues to teach Psychology of Music when needed. He holds the Bachelor of Music from Bethany College, and the Master of Music Education and Doctor of Education degrees from the University of Kansas.
[Photo: Dr. Olin G. Parker with AMTA President Ronna Kaplan.]
(Re)Introducing Edwin Gerschefski
December 13th, 2011The Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the Musicology-Ethnomusicology Student Association co-sponsored a colloquium on one of the School of Music’s most influential figures, Edwin Gerschefski (1909-1992). “(Re)introducing Edwin Gerschefski,” presented by Dr. Craig Parker of Kansas State University and Dr. Franklin Greene, director of Georgia Singers, was a discussion of Gerschefski’s life, works, and teaching. The colloquium was organized by Associate Professor of Music David Schiller.
Gerschefski, a composer and pianist, graduated from Yale with degrees in music and philosophy. After his graduation, he studied composition with renowned pedagogue Joseph Schillinger. Later, Gerschefski served as director of the schools of music at Converse College and the University of New Mexico. He came to Athens in 1959, serving as director of the School of Music until 1972, and remaining on the faculty until 1976.
A prolific composer, Gerschefski wrote orchestral, choral, band, solo, chamber, and film music. Some of Gerschefski’s best-known works include his Septet for Brass, Half Moon Mountain, and Two Hundred Years, composed for America’s bicentennial and premiered at the Kennedy Center in 1975.
Learn more: Edwin Gerschefski talks about maturing as a composer. (Transcript from This I Believe, mid 1950s.)
A visit from Santa
December 6th, 2011
This year, the School of Music held its first-ever canathon, with donations going to help the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. We’re awfully proud that our students, faculty, and staff dug deep and far surpassed our goal of 750 cans. The total donation? 853 cans (and counting, thanks to some generous cash donations!)
Apparently our performance in the can drive was so good that Santa himself was moved to make a brief visit to the School of Music today, stopping in to conduct trumpet players in a round of Christmas carols and giving a hearty thanks to canathon organizers Marlys Jones and LaFarrah Smith.
UGA represents at ethnomusicology conference
November 28th, 2011Associate Professor of Music Jean Kidula and Associate Professor of Music and Women’s Studies Susan Thomas attended the annual Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) conference held in Philadelphia earlier this month. Dr. Kidula presented a paper on old time popular classics from Kenyan and Tanzania. Ph.D candidate Robin Harris presented a paper titled “Attenuation, Revitalization, and Transformation in an Intangible Cultural Heritage Treasure: The Siberian Epic Olonkho”.
Two other Ph.D candidates – Elizabeth Ozment, who is on the student council of SEM, and Nancy Riley, student representative of our regional chapter of SEM – also attended the conference. Masters student R. J. Wisenbaker was also in attendance. This is the first time that UGA has had such a large presence at the SEM annual conference.
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