For many people in the U.S., radio is light entertainment, even background noise. But in countries with fewer resources, radio can be a lifeline, a beacon that builds community. Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever is a multidisciplinary work by Leyla McCalla, a singer-songwriter and former member of the Grammy-winning...
Read MoreMake yourself happy this spring with tickets to UGA Presents performances at a great price! Choose any three performances and save 20% off the regular price.* There are three ways to order your Pick 3 package featuring classical music, jazz, theatre, ballet, and/or bluegrass: Online here. Call (706) 542-4400...
Read MoreThe Emerson String Quartet is one of the world’s leading chamber ensembles. Honored with nine Grammy Awards over the course of more than four decades, the group is now on its farewell tour. Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m., the Emerson Quartet appears at the Hodgson Concert Hall with...
Read MoreAs we start a new year, the UGA Presents season isn’t half over. Here’s what Performing Arts Center staffers are most excited about in the coming months. I’m most looking forward to hosting the Yonder Mountain String Band. My dad got me into bluegrass from a young age, and...
Read MoreGiven the variety and quality of UGA Presents performances, it’s hard to pick favorites. But we asked the Performing Arts Center staff to try. Here’s what they loved most in 2022. My favorite show this season was Ira Glass‘s Seven Things I’ve Learned. As a longtime fan of This...
Read MoreTim Wells, graphic designer and publications manager of the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, has won two awards from the University & College Designers Association (UCDA). He received Honorable Mention recognition in the 2022 awards for both the Performing Arts Center’s 25th anniversary branding, including a signature red swoosh, and...
Read MoreWhen December comes, the airy lobby of the UGA Performing Arts Center is decorated festively for the holidays. But the real joy comes from the stages. This year the PAC is presenting a range of seasonal concerts sure to please even the Scroogiest music lover. Hugh Hodgson School of...
Read MoreThis is part of a series of monthly articles about people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. UGA President Emeritus Chuck Knapp and his wife, Lynne, have been involved with the Performing Arts Center since the planning stages in the late 1980s. Our interest in supporting...
Read More“This was music-making of the highest order.”—The Guardian Who knows you better than a sibling? Hardly anyone. So it’s no surprise that the Schumann Quartet has a special connection audiences and critics savor. This German ensemble consists of three brothers who have been making music together since early childhood—Erik,...
Read More“This choir has the spirit of gospel deep in its blood — and it shows.”—Washington Post The South African Soweto Gospel Choir appears in Hodgson Concert Hall Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. with a program titled Hope: It’s been a Long Time Coming, which traces both the Black American...
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