Events for December 2024
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Spring Opera
Spring Opera
There is always a time in an opera ensemble when so many graduations at once lead to a fresh start. Now is one of those times. As we welcome our incoming graduate students in vocal performance, as well as continue to develop our undergraduate singers, we are still selecting a piece that will support their […]
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“The Power of Creation”
“The Power of Creation”
Each year at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the Composition Area presents a “composer in residence” who collaborates with one of our large ensembles. This year, they will be working with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra to develop a world premiere performance. From the sound and concept of this piece, conductor Mark Cedel […]
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Jason Moran Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings
Jason Moran Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings
“He always delivers drama, satisfying tension and release, and postmodern inventiveness.”—The New Yorker Pianist and composer Jason Moran is a risk-taker and trendsetter who has become “the most provocative thinker in current jazz” (Rolling Stone). His incomparable talent and unyielding drive for innovation have earned him a prestigious MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship and the title […]
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Thursday Scholarship Series: “Lux Eterna”
Thursday Scholarship Series: “Lux Eterna”
"The Hodgson Singers spring concert will feature Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” a multi-movement choral/orchestral work of great reassurance and lyricism that is set to Latin texts from the Requiem Mass, Te Deum, O Nata Lux, and Veni, Sancte Spiritus, all of which ruminate on themes of light, a universal symbol of illumination at all levels […]
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CANCELED: United States Navy Band
CANCELED: United States Navy Band
This school performance has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. What is it?: Concert band music. The United States Navy Concert Band, the premier wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy, presents a wide array of marches, patriotic selections, orchestral transcriptions and modern wind ensemble repertoire. As the original ensemble of the Navy Band, the […]
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300 Les Arts Florissants Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300 Les Arts Florissants Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin
“Théotime Langlois de Swarte reminds me why I fell in love with the Baroque violin in the first place.”—Gramophone “For decades have been fulfilling the task of any truly important cultural institution: opening up new worlds of beauty and excitement, both emotional and intellectual.”—New York Times When published in 1725 nobody could have imagined Vivaldi’s […]
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Whose Live Anyway?
Whose Live Anyway?
Martin Media Presents Prepare to laugh until you cry when four of the world’s most masterful improv artists take you on a high wire act of comedic acrobatics. The rapid-fire wit and non-stop jokes will have your sides splitting and begging for mercy…and also begging for more. The show features Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops, […]
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Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar
“With nine Grammy nominations under her belt, Shankar is firmly established as the 21st century’s most innovative sitar player.”—Pitchfork Anoushka Shankar returns to Athens for the first time in 25 years with a new band of musicians and a new, multifaceted and dynamic new sound. Together they perform music from her two recent mini-albums, Chapter […]
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“Welcome Home”
“Welcome Home”
This is a unique opportunity to hear the three newest faculty at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music offer a shared concert. Featuring new assistant professor of cello James Kim, newly appointed assistant professor of saxophone Brandon Quarles, and newly appointed assistant professor of piano Alan Woo, this concert will include a wide range of […]
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Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director
“Connoisseurs of rarified Mozart pianism will be pleased to rediscover (as I did) the sparkling symmetry and ultra-precision of Uchida’s fingerwork, the fortepiano-like ping of her sonority, her impeccable tempo choices...and finely judged balances between hands.”—ClassicsToday.com A peerless interpreter of the works of Mozart, Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Beethoven, Mitsuko Uchida is widely celebrated as […]
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“Symphonie Fantastique” conducted by resident conductor Michael Stern
“Symphonie Fantastique” conducted by resident conductor Michael Stern
Hector Berlioz wrote semi-autobiographical program notes for this piece that allude to the romantic sufferings of a gifted artist who has poisoned himself with opium because of his unrequited love for a beautiful and fascinating woman. The artist’s reveries take him to a ball and to a pastoral scene in a field, which is interrupted […]
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Tetzlaff Quartet
Tetzlaff Quartet
“Supremely lyrical, exactingly detailed playing combined with impeccable balance and unanimity, resulting in an overwhelming performance.”—New York Times It’s always a pleasure to welcome a lauded, seasoned string quartet to Athens for the first time, and the performance by this German ensemble promises to become an instant favorite with its “superlative technique and invigorating intensity” […]
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“…and the mountains rising nowhere…”
“…and the mountains rising nowhere…”
“... and The Mountains Rising Nowhere” was written by Joseph Schwantner for Donald Hunsberger and the Eastman Wind Ensemble with the aid of a Composer Fellowship Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts. It was based on a poem by Carol Adler. This and other pieces, including Rise by Adam Schoenberg, evoking complex […]
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Anda Union
Anda Union
“Their gloriously atmospheric songs are based on melodies that are as memorable and accessible as any great Western folk songs, and they deserve success well beyond their homeland.”—Guardian The oral culture of the Mongols has been passed down from generation to generation in story, music, and song. Anda Union sings their history as a fascinatingly […]
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Anda Union
Anda Union
What is it?: Traditional music from Inner Mongolia, China. The oral culture of the Mongols has been passed down from generation to generation in story, music, and song. Anda Union sings their history as a fascinatingly addictive combination of Mongolian musical styles representing their diverse ethnic nomadic cultures. Combining throat singing and long song with […]
“All Classical: Mozart and Haydn”
“All Classical: Mozart and Haydn”
The “Classical” period in music directly followed the Baroque. This concert features two composers who were quintessential in creating the sound known today as Classical music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a short-lived but prolific composer, creating over 800 works. Franz Joseph Haydn is considered instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string […]
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