Experiential learning at UGA gets students out of the classroom and into the world, working alongside professionals in their fields of study. In October, the UGA Performing Arts Center and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music created a collaboration between the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra and world-renowned Athens...
Read More“A crazy ball of sound: Mexican coastal traditions meet Sam Cooke in The Bronx!” —Dan Zanes, Grammy Award winner, USA TODAY The Day of the Dead is a festive Mexican holiday that celebrates departed loved ones and the joy of being alive. Few bands exemplify musical exuberance like the Villalobos Brothers,...
Read More“The refinement of Vox Luminis is never anything less than sublime.”—Gramophone In its UGA Presents debut, the critically acclaimed Belgian early music group Vox Luminis (Voice of Light) explores music by a diverse group of composers with the same last name: Bach. In the years before, during, and after...
Read MoreThis is part of a series of monthly articles about people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Meet Caroline D. Strobel, a major contributor to the UGA Performing Arts Center’s chamber music programming. Music has always been important to me. My grandmother was a very fine...
Read MoreFrom the Bulldog Brass Society to the mighty Redcoat Band, UGA is a haven for brass players. Septura is a seven-member brass ensemble including some of London’s top orchestral principals. The group makes its UGA Presents debut Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall. “The standard...
Read More“His powerful voice, with its earthy textures and resonant sound, is ideal.”—New York Times What do Porgy, Hercules, and the Norse god Wotan have in common? They’ve all been portrayed by big-voiced American bass-baritone Eric Owens. A frequent star of the Metropolitan Opera, Owens is sharing the Hodgson Concert...
Read More“He really is a one-man orchestra. But backed by the real thing, the results were even more stunning.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch Singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and Athens favorite Kishi Bashi has carved out a unique place for himself in America’s diverse sonic landscape. With a musical vocabulary drawing from indie pop,...
Read MoreThis is the first in a series of monthly articles about people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Meet Jan Wheeler, one of the first employees at the new UGA Performing Arts Center in 1996. When the Performing Arts Center opened, I was house manager, facility...
Read More“The Harlem Quartet takes the whole universe of music as their domain.”—San Diego Union-Tribune “Strings Evolving” is a motto of the Harlem Quartet, appearing in the free Payne Memorial Concert Sunday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall. Since 2006, the critically acclaimed ensemble has pursued its...
Read More“Forging a path for what ballet can be instead of what it historically has been.”—The Guardian Founded nearly 30 years ago by two Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre alumni, Complexions Contemporary Ballet is a diverse and athletic company that has performed on five continents and in more than 20...
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