A pair of storied symphonies make up the program for the UGA Symphony Orchestra’s (UGASO) February 21 concert in Hodgson Concert Hall at 8 p.m.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris” and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” will be performed in the UGASO’s second of four concerts this semester.

“These are two very contrasting works, equally challenging,” said Mark Cedel, director of the UGASO. “The concert will showcase the orchestra and its versatility.”

Six Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty and 12 students will be presenting a program devoted to the chamber music of Professor Emeritus Roger C. Vogel in Ramsey Concert Hall on Monday, February 20th, at 8 p.m. 

On the program will be "Solar Lights" for trombone and bass trombone, "Night Moves" for trumpet and piano, "Declarations" for tuba quartet, "Take Time" for voice and marimba, and "Illuminations in Brass" for solo trumpet and trumpet ensemble. Three of the works will be receiving their premieres: "Solar Lights," "Night Moves" and "Take Time." 

The University of Georgia’s schools of art, law and music, along with several interdisciplinary and artistic university groups, will shine a light on social justice, civil and human rights and art’s role in advocating for them when “The Innocents” three-day residency comes to Athens on February 14-16.

The UGA Opera Theatre’s spring production, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” brings the talented singing actors of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music back to the UGA Fine Arts Theatre for three performances on February 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. and February 12 at 3 p.m.

This version of the classic Don Juan tale is a cornerstone of opera repertoire, according to the Opera Theatre’s director, Frederick Burchinal.

Five piano faculty members, 20 piano students and 440 keys will fill the Hodgson Concert Hall stage when the Thursday Scholarship Series brings the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Piano Extravaganza to life on Thursday, February 9, at 7:30 p.m.

An historic assemblage of talent for the Hodgson School—Georgia’s first All-Steinway school—the Piano Extravaganza brings together the School’s entire piano department and nearly all of its students to perform some of the instrument’s most unique, challenging and entertaining works.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s internationally renowned Regents Professor and Franklin Professor of Violin, Levon Ambartsumian, performs several brilliant works for violin in Ramsey Concert Hall on Thursday, February 2, at 8 p.m. 

Ambartsumian will be joined by long-time collaborator Evgeny Rivkin, professor of piano at the Hodgson School. Ambartsumian said that their goal in constructing the program for this concert was three-fold.

Five of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s most talented students, winners of the UGA Symphony Orchestra’s (UGASO) annual Concerto Competition, will perform as soloists alongside the orchestra in Hodgson Concert Hall on Wednesday, January 25, at 8 p.m.

Michael Heald, associate professor of violin at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will be joined by guest artist Timothy Lovelace in Ramsey Concert Hall for a special faculty/guest recital on Monday, January 23, at 8 p.m. 

Lovelace is the Ethel Alice Hitchcock Chair in Collaborative Piano and Coaching at the University of Minnesota, has taught across the country and has performed across the globe. Gramophone magazine wrote that “the superb collaborations of pianist Timothy Lovelace can’t be understated.”

Evgeny Rivkin, professor of piano at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will perform a solo recital of works from Chopin, Debussy and Haydn when the Thursday Scholarship Series makes its 2017 debut in Hodgson Concert Hall on January 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Rivkin has performed across the globe, mentored countless musicians in his 21 years at UGA and performed solo recitals in the Hodgson School’s flagship concert series for nearly his entire tenure.

The Board of Directors of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University has named Adam Roberts, Hugh Hodgson School of Music assistant professor of composition, as one of 12 composers selected to receive 2016 Fromm commissions. These commissions represent one of the principal ways that the Fromm Music Foundation seeks to strengthen composition and to bring contemporary concert music closer to the public. In addition to the commissioning fee, a subsidy is available for the ensemble performing the premiere of the commissioned work.