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Over thousands of years of Jewish migration, communities have developed distinctive musical styles. The Yamma Ensemble, Israel’s foremost world music group, performs both ancient and modern Hebrew music from throughout the Jewish diaspora. The group makes its Athens debut Thurs., Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hugh Hodgson...

Known to millions as the creator and host of one of the most popular public radio programs of all time, This American Life, Ira Glass is a uniquely charismatic force in broadcasting. On Sunday, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m., he makes his UGA Presents debut at Hodgson Concert Hall...

With millions of YouTube views, rapturous reviews, and chart-topping albums, the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo is “the most dynamic duo of this generation” (San Francisco Classical Voice). And whether at one piano or two, Juilliard-trained Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are “the very model of complete 21st-century musicians”...

The 2022-2023 UGA Presents season opens Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall with The War and Treaty, a wife-and-husband duo Rolling Stone has called “one of Nashville’s hottest acts.” Their Hearts on Fire tour also includes stops at the Grand Old Opry, Dollywood, and such major...

One of the greatest living violinists, an acclaimed an acclaimed singer/songwriter beloved by Athens music lovers, and a seminal American ballet anchor the new UGA Presents season, announced May 23. Itzhak Perlman, Kishi Bashi with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, and the Martha Graham Dance Company in Appalachian...

By Krista Richmond They say that “all the world’s a stage,” and for Roni Nash and Emilie McCumbers, that’s particularly true. Nash, who is earning a degree in theatre from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and McCumbers, a fourth-year student earning a degree in special education with...

We’ve been hard at work the last several months putting the final touches on the next season. View the 2022-23 season Here are the important dates to remember: May 23: 2022-23 season announcement June 1-12: Renewing subscribers priority ordering period June 13: Orders for new subscribers begin Aug 1:...

In 1996, the UGA Performing Arts Center opened with a gala week of performances, including a recital by superstar soprano and Georgia native Jessye Norman, and a concert by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The center’s 25th anniversary season contains another gala week bookended by an appearance by six-time Tony...

On Tue., April 19 at Hodgson Concert Hall, the Franklin College Chamber Music Series concludes with one of the loveliest of all Romantic works, Brahms’s autumnal Clarinet Quintet. The Pacifica String Quartet is joined by one of the most prominent Black orchestral musicians in the U.S., Anthony McGill, principal...