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The Hugh Hodgson School of Music offers over 350 performances a year in state of the art venues with award winning faculty and students. Many of our events are free, and your UGA student ID gets you a discount on most of the rest.

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The University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the American Music Therapy Association.

Home to approximately six hundred students and a faculty of sixty-five, the Hodgson School offers a wide variety of degree programs from baccalaureate through doctoral levels, as well as many opportunities for all UGA students to participate in ensembles and academic classes. Each year the School hosts nearly 350 public performances.  

As one of the rising national leaders in music schools today, the Hodgson School boasts facilities among the finest in the country. The Performing and Visual Arts Complex—which includes the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Performing Arts Center, Georgia Art Museum, and Lamar Dodd School of Art—is located on UGA’s East Campus and reflects the university’s long-term commitment to the arts. The Performing Arts Center draws world-class artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Sir James Galway, and Wynton Marsalis, as well as major international orchestras, including a twice-yearly residency of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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Karim Nagi (center, bottom row) with Hugh Hodgson School of Music students as well as UGA Faculty Jason Aryeh (Lecturer of Dance, second from left back row); Jean Kidula (Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) Musicology & Ethnomusicology Area Chair, third from left, back row); and Jared… Read More

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The Hugh Hodgson School of Music announces James Kim as the new Assistant Professor of Cello. Kim will begin this teaching as UGA begins the 2024-25 academic year. Kim will take over for Professor of Cello David Starkweather, who is retiring at the end of spring academic year after 41 years at the…
BRANDON QUARLES Lecturer in Saxophone and Allied Areas April 2023: Featured artist at the Roswell Music Club concert series. April 2023: Duo recital with clarinetist Dr. Andy Hudson at UGA. September 15, 2023: Released the album All My Ghosts by The Employment Pages, original music by Brandon…
The University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music has announced the winners of the 2023 Concerto Competition. These soloists are selected after advancing through a rigorous competition process judged by faculty within the School of Music. This year’s winners (in alphabetical order) are:…

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