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ARCO to Play UNESCO Benefit

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Hodgson School students and faculty will embark on a tour of Northern italy in November, highlighted by an invitation to perform in Venice, at the venerable Gran Teatro La Fenice opera house.

The University of Georgia ARCO Chamber Orchestra has been invited to participate in a benefit concert in Venice, Italy, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as part of a three-day international conference, The Future of Venice and its Lagoon in the Context of Global Change.

The concert will take place on Nov. 13 in the Gran Teatro La Fenice, considered one of the world’s leading opera houses, and will be one leg of a musical tour in Northern Italy by ARCO from Nov. 11-17. Two UGA faculty members, Milton Masciadri and Levon Ambartsumian, will be guest soloists at the Venice event, along with Alex Klein, former principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony, and Japanese cellist Day Miyata. The opening gala concert is part of UNESCO’s efforts to raise funds to support its program on risk preparedness.

In all, 22 students, faculty and staff will travel to Italy for the musical tour. To support the trip, the Hodgson School of Music is inviting donors and members of the university community and beyond to accompany the group to Venice to attend the gala concert and the next evening’s concert in Verona, as well as embark on a musical tour of the city. The price of the trip is $2,600 for accommodations for five nights as well as for the concerts and tour, $1,000 of which is tax deductible. Interested parties should contact the school of music by email (edith@uga.edu) by Sept. 23 to reserve space.

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Clarinet Academy of the South

Monday, June 13th, 2011

This week, the School of Music is hosting the Clarinet Academy of the South, a five day series of clarinet master classes with Robert DiLutis and D. Ray McClellan. Admission is open to college-age clarinetists, professionals, teachers and a limited number of advanced high school students.

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Glee Clubs Concert Tonight

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

The School of Music presents a joint concert by the UGA Glee Clubs on Tuesday, March 29 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Admission to this concert is free and the public is invited to attend.

The Womens Glee Club, under the direction of associate director of choral activities Mitos Andaya , will perform a program that marks the anniversaries of composers Tomás Luis de Victoria (1546-1611) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886). The women will perform Victoria’s “Duo Seraphim” and Liszt’s “Tantum Ergo, as well as original compositions by Andaya, “Two Love Songs in the Words of Jaques Brel,” and a work by Anders Endroth, composer of the Swedish vocal group, The Real Group, entitled, “Bumble Bee.” The Women’s Glee Club is accompanied by Hodgson School of Music graduate teaching assistant Yu-yin Wang.

The 45-member Men’s Glee Club, led by director of choral activities Daniel Bara and accompanied by graduate piano student, Soojung Jeon, will present a program of music from America and the British Isles. The American set will include compositions by Stephen Foster, Lloyd Pfautch, Ron Nelson and will close with a James Mulholland arrangement of the Victor Young hit, When I Fall in Love, popularized by Nat King Cole.

The British portion of the program will be conducted by conducting graduate student Jared Berry and will include pieces by John Rowland, Roger Quilter, Gerald Finzi, Vaughn William (“Drinking Song”) and close with a recent arrangement of the Scottish folk song, “Loch Lomond” by Jonathan Quick.

The Men’s Glee Club will close the concert with the Georgia Medley.

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Summer Conducting Institute

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

As part of an array of summer offerings in the Hodgson School of Music geared toward professional development, Choral director Daniel Bara will launch the UGA Summer Choral Conducting Institute.

The UGA Summer Choral Conducting Institute is an intensive, week-long series of seminars and master classes geared for music educators, graduate-student conductors, church musicians, and other aspiring conductors who wish to grow as artists, teachers, musicians, and leaders.

More information is available on the web here and via download at conductinginstitute_2011.

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Happy Holidays

Monday, December 20th, 2010

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music wishes you a safe and happy holiday season.

UGA Collegium Musicum members are among the many Hodgson School of Music students who have been spreading holiday cheer, performing carols and holiday tunes at the Athens Regional Medical Center for patients, visitors, and staff, as well as in downtown Athens for local businesses and visitors by the Arch on Dec. 4 (photo below).  Collegium members also made a guest appearance and performed at First Baptist Church in Commerce on Dec. 5.

UGACA Caroling

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Recital Monday

Monday, November 8th, 2010

No less than five recitals by HHSOM students and faculty today – come out and see some great music, for free:

Monday, November 8, 3:35 p.m.

Recital: Rafael S. Ferronato, violin

Ramsey Concert Hall

Monday, November 8, 5 p.m.

Recital: Joshua Bloodworth, trumpet;

Jeremy Fermin, trumpet;

Daniel MacNamara, trumpet

Edge Recital Hall

Monday, November 8, 6 p.m.

Recital: UGA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble

Ramsey Concert Hall

Monday, November 8, 6:30 p.m.

Recital: Oliver Yatsugafu, violin

Edge Recital Hall

Monday, November 8, 8 p.m.

Recital: Faculty Chamber Ensembles

Ramsey Concert Hall

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Fall Weekend 2010

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

The Hodgson School of Music welcomes UGA Parents and Families this weekend, Oct. 22-24.

As a part of the events planned across campus, the school of music will offer three free mini-concerts, as well as public tours of the building.

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Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Steven Stucky in Residency at HHSOM Oct. 12-18

Friday, October 8th, 2010

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Steven Stucky, awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Second Concerto for Orchestra, will be in residence at the Hodgson School of Music Oct. 12-18

Mr. Stucky has taught at Cornell University since 1980, where he serves as Given Foundation Professor of Composition. He has also been associated with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 20 years, and is currently Consulting Composer for New Music.

His residency will include several performances and presentations that will be open to the public, including a presentation about his oratorio “August 4, 1964,” which focuses on two iconic events in American history that took place on that date: the announcement of the Gulf of Tonkin attack and the discovery of the bodies of three slain civil rights workers in Mississippi. This presentation will be at 2:30 pm on Wednesday Oct. 13 in Edge Hall.

Other events of the residency include:

  • Wed, 10/13, 8:00 PM, Hodgson Hall, University Wind Ensemble Concert – the program includes Dr. Stucky’s “Funeral Music for Queen Mary”
  • Fri, 10/15, 11:15 AM, Dancz Center for New Music, Dr. Stucky will speak with UGA students about his music
  • Mon, 10/18, 8:00 PM, Ramsey Hall, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and Concert Choir – The CCE and Concert Choir present all-Stucky program to conclude the residency.

For more information, contact Dr. Adrian Childs, 706/542-2765, apchilds@uga.edu

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Thursday Performances

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Just a reminder about the opportunities for great music tomorrow.

The UGA Choral Association (UGACA) welcomes the world-renowned Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (United Kingdom) in its first international choral exchange on campus.  This well-recorded choir will be under the direction of Timothy Brown.  UGACA is delighted to co-sponsor the event with Athens First Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Brown and the choir will present a workshop together with the UGA Collegium Musicum on Thursday, September 16th at 2pm in the church.  The Clare Choir will then present a concert “In Quires and Places where they sing” – a program of choral and organ works by Tallis, Byrd, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Poulenc, Debussy and more.  The concert will begin at 8PM.  The church is located at 185 East Hancock in Downtown Athens.

And at 8 pm in Edge Recital Hall, David Zerkel and Anatoly Sheludyakov present a fun evening of
music infused with jazz and funk elements. Come hear the tuba as
you’ve likely never heard it before.

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HHSOM Alumna featured in Beat Magazine

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Violinist and Hugh Hodgson School of Music alumna Danijela Zezelji-Gualdi is the subject of a feature story in The Beat Magazine.

Today, Danijela has lived in the United States well over a decade. After completing her Master’s at Carnegie-Mellon and her Doctorate in Violin Performance at the University of Georgia in 2006, she accepted a part-time faculty teaching position at UNCW last year. And on Saturday, September 11th, she makes her solo debut with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, performing Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane. Derived from a European term for “gypsy,” it’s a fitting piece to present for the life she’s lived.

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