MICHAEL HEALD, violin

MAGGIE SNYDER, viola

DAVID STARKWEATHER, cello

D. RAY McCLELLAN, clarinet

featuring guest artist Kenn Wagner, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

RECITAL INCLUDES:

Haydn: String Quartet Op.33 No.3

Ruth Gipps : Rhapsody for Clarinet and String Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartet Op.135

ABOUT KENN WAGNER

Kenn Wagner has been a first violinist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1994, and has also served as acting assistant concertmaster of the ASO.

Outside of the ASO he has appeared abroad as guest soloist with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in China, and Christ Church Symphony string section, in New Zealand. Nationally he has soloed with the New Orleans Symphony, Arlington symphony and the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra. Locally, Kenn has appeared as soloist with the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra, the Dekalb Symphony,  Clark/Spellman Symphony,  Atlanta Philharmonic, and the Atlanta Musicians’ Orchestra with repeat engagements, including a world premiere of Lucas Richman’s violin&cello concerto at Spivey hall last season.

A passionate chamber musician Kenn has performed with Riverside Chamber Players, Leaptrott Trio, Atlanta Chamber Players, Awadagin Pratt’s Next Generation Festival, and National Chamber Players with special guest Kenneth Slowik of the Smithsonian Chamber Players.

He has been a guest artist at the Piccolo Spoleto festival with both The Orlando Chamber Soloists and The Leaptrott trio. In Puebla Mexico in 2014 , Kenn collaborated with members of the Grammy Award winning Cuerteto Latino Americano in Puebla Mexico and faculty from Indiana University, and last season he returned to Mexico as guest performer in the San Miguel chamber series with the Atlanta chamber players. Mr Wagner  has performed on a recital at Spivey Hall with Alan Morrison faculty member of the Curtis Institute.

Kenn is a graduate of Indiana University where he studied under Joseph Gingold, and Kenn serves on the faculty at Kennesaw State University, having also served on faculty of Morehouse College for nearly a decade.

THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN

Adapted from Georges Bizet’s opera by Marius Constant, Jean-Claude Carriére, and Peter Brook

You think you know Carmen, but have you heard the whole story? This Tony-award winning innovative reconceptualization of Bizet’s opera dives deeper into the physiological and moral aspects of the Mérimée novella that Bizet’s Carmen is based. Devised by eminent director Peter Brook in 1983, The Tragedy of Carmen provides an electrifying theatrical experience, deepening every opera lover’s perception of a woman we think we know juxtaposed against all the great tunes and musical moments from Bizet’s Carmen that we all know and love. Does fate control us? Do we have opportunities to break away and forge new paths, even if that path leads to violence or death? Join us in discovering this exciting story reimagined. 

Buy individual tickets to "Tragedy of Carmen" on Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

MYTHOS & MACHINATIONS: A Night of Fine Opera

Join the UGA Opera Theatre as we celebrate the mythos and machinations conjured by some of opera’s most riveting and powerful moments. This evening of familiar favorites and lesser-known works features the dramatic and vocal skills of our opera and vocal performance students in collaboration with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra. Explore a rich collection of characters that run the gamut of the human experience. This is one night at the opera that should not be missed.

Buy individual tickets to "Mythos & Machinations" on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3 p.m.

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‘Tis the season for fine music! The UGA School of Music Holiday Concert  has become a tradition for the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the University of Georgia,  and the Athens community. One week after Thanksgiving, this cornucopia of some our strongest ensembles is the perfect start to your holiday season.

Underwritten by Bill Barstow in loving memory of Dolly Barstow.

Buy individual tickets to "Annual Holiday Concert" on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7: 30 p.m.

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Performance news

UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music Announces 2023-24 Season of Ticketed Performances

• Press Release

January 

UGA CHORAL PROJECT: AWAKENING, JANUARY 12

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: ANATOLY SHELUDYAKOV, PIANO, JANUARY 16

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL: ALL TEN VIOLIN SONATAS, JANUARY 22-30

CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS WITH UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, JANUARY 25

February

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: JOSH BYNUM, TROMBONE, FEBRUARY 7

CONNECTION SERIES: REPERTORY SINGERS, FEBRUARY 12

CONNECTION SERIES: UNIVERSITY CHORUS, UGA CHORAL PROJECT, AND CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, FEBRUARY 13

CONNECTION SERIES: WIND SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC BAND, FEBRUARY 14

THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES: STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC GALA, FEBRUARY 15

CONNECTION SERIES: UGA PHILHARMONIA, FEBRUARY 16

ENSEMBLE SERIES: UGA WIND ENSEMBLE "DECONSTRUCTED AND REIMAGINED," FEBRUARY 20

ENSEMBLE SERIES: UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANTON BRUCKNER," FEBRUARY 22

CONNECTION SERIES: UGA GLEE CLUBS, FEBRUARY 27

March

Connection Series: BRITISH BRASS BAND, MARCH 1

THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES: UGA HODGSON SINGERS "THE POET SINGS," MARCH 14

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: MAGGIE SNYDER, VIOLA, MARCH 19

UGA OPERA THEATRE: THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN, MARCH 21-22

CONNECTION SERIES: REPERTORY SINGERS, MARCH 22

ENSEMBLE SERIES: ARCO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA "MOSTLY ROMANTIC," MARCH 25

CONNECTION SERIES: CONCERT BAND AND UNIVERSITY BAND, MARCH 27

April

ENSEMBLE SERIES: WIND ENSEMBLE "INGOLF DAHL SINFONIETTA," APRIL 2

CONNECTION SERIES: JAZZ ENSEMBLES, APRIL 3

ENSEMBLE SERIES: UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA "FRENCH MASTERPIECES," APRIL 4

CONENCTION SERIES: DON GILLESPIE MEMORIAL CONCERT, APRIL 8

CONNECTION SERIES: OPERA SCENES, APRIL 15

CONNECTION SERIES: AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLE, APRIL 18

ENSEMBLE SERIES: WIND ENSEMBLE "REMIXES AND MASHUPS," APRIL 23

THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES: UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND COMBINED CHOIRS, "DONA NOBIS PACEM," APRIL 26

CONNECTION SERIES: UGA PHILHARMONIA, APRIL 29

CONNECTION SERIES: REPERTORY SINGERS, APRIL 29

May

CHAMBER MUSIC ATHENS: MAY 12-21

Guest Artist news

TIMOTHY LOVELACE, JANUARY 23

SONYA G. BAKER RESIDENCY, JANUARY 25-26

DAVID KIRKLAND GARNER and GREG STUART, JANUARY 26

Student / Alumni news

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Faculty News

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JENNIFER DENK STULL 
Assistant Professor of Music Therapy

Spring 2023: Article titled “The impact of a music therapy support group on perceived stress, anxiety, and depression in long-term caregivers: A pilot study” was published in the Spring 2023 issue of Music Therapy Perspectives. 
July 2023: Co-presented the paper “Student supervision: Theories & strategies for success ”at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Vancouver, Canada.

ELLYN EVANS
Assistant Professor of Music Therapy

Summer 2023: Authored two book chapters in the newly published 3rd Edition of Evidence-Based Music Therapy for Premature Infants; presented in two pre-congress workshops for the 17th World Congress in Music Therapy in Vancouver, Canada.