Two great concerts in the HHSOM today, snow notwithstanding: The UGA Mallet Ensemble, under the direction of new percussion faculty member Scott Pollard, performs at 6 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall over at the Performing Arts Center; and the Concert Band and the University Band share the bill at Hodgson Concert Hall beginning at 8 p.m. Admission is free to both performances and the public is invited to attend.

HHSOM performances continue today in all three concert halls:

Recital: Kyle Knab, Tuba - 3:30 pm

Edge Recital Hall

Recital: Stephen Braswell, Tuba; Kyle Sargent, Tuba - 5 pm

Edge Recital Hall

Recital: Amy Marinello, Bassoon - 6:00 pm

Ramsey Concert Hall

Recital: Milton Masciadri International Students - 6:30 pm

Edge Recital Hall

Concert: Symphonic Band and Concert Winds - 8:00 pm

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall

A very full week of music at the HHSOM kicks ofF with tonight's Wind Symphony Concert.  The Wind Symphony is conducted by Gregg Gausline and tonight's concert will feature oboe faculty member Dwight Manning and guest conductor Mark Spede, Director of Bands at Clemson University.

Tonight's program;

The UGA Opera Ensemble's performance of Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief takes place tonight at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall, with an encore performance on Friday, February 19, also at 8 p.m..

the Hugh Hodgson School of Music's Roger & Phyllis Dancz Center for New Music, is a black-box multimedia theater with theatrical lighting, flexible audience seating, 4.4 audio spatialization, and state-of-the-art communication capability with the three adjacent electronic music composition studios. It serves as the rehearsal space for the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and is also used for solo and chamber ensemble performances involving new music and multimedia.

Congratulations to world-renowned double bassist Milton Masciadri, a professor in the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, has been named a University Professor – an honor bestowed selectively on UGA faculty who have had a significant impact on the university in addition to fulfilling their normal academic responsibilities.

HHSOM alum and Broadway performer Tituss Burgess, who will appear at the Morton Theatre in Athens on February 13, will speak to local high school and UGA students tomorrow, Friday February 12 at 4:30 p.m. at the Morton Theatre. Students interested in music and theatre can come and pick-up some inside knowledge from an alumnus who has made it on Broadway. For more, contact the Morton Theatre at www.mortontheatre.com.

Tonight's Second Thursday Concert at Hodgson Hall in the Performing Arts Center promises to be a night to remember. Celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth continues with tonight's Schummaniad, an exquisite evening of poetry, song and chamber works. Tickets available here.

Today kicks off a big week of musical offerings, both performances and lectures, at the Hodgson School of Music.

• 4 p.m. Willson Center Visiting Artist Sylvia Plyler speaks on "The Lieder of Robert Schumann" Edge Recital Hall
• 8 p.m. Guest Artist Recital: Ben Pierce, tube, and Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano

Plus... catch a Q & A with HHSOM Director Dale Monson in Columns.

Next week in the Hodgson School of Music demonstrates the wealth offerings our program has for just about everyone - classical, jazz, voice, bassoon as well as several special events commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the conductor Robert Schumann.

The week's events begin with a lecture by Willson Center Visiting Scholar Sylvia Plyler, below, professor of Opera at the University of Cincinnati, on Monday at 4 pm in Edge Hall. Dr. Plyler's lecture on the Lieder of Robert Schumann is free and the public is invited to attend.