This is part of a recurring series of articles about the people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Meet Anna G. Jones, senior vice president and marketing officer of the Elberton-based Pinnacle Bank, and D. Scott Wilson, the bank’s chief financial officer and executive vice president....
Read More“This quartet offered up some of the most beautiful playing I’ve heard.”—Reading Eagle The four leading string players of one of America’s leading orchestras perform at Hodgson Concert Hall Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3:00 p.m. It is the New York Philharmonic String Quartet‘s first Athens appearance since 2019. This...
Read MoreWho doesn’t want to spend Valentine’s Day with The King’s Singers? This British ensemble has set the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for more than 50 years. They appeared in Hodgson Concert Hall during the first UGA Presents season nearly three decades ago,...
Read MoreTwo of classical music’s leading instrumentalists have been to Athens before, but never as recital partners. Sunday, Feb. 2 at 3 p.m., clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Emanuel Ax will play a varied recital in Hodgson Concert Hall. The program includes pieces by Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert, as...
Read More“It’s heartening to see that the state of classical ballet is strong and there are many talented young dancers being nurtured to take their places in the top companies of the world.”—Bachtrack The American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, trains dancers aged 16...
Read MoreAudiences at the UGA Performing Arts Center expect big personalities and bigger sounds. From now through the summer, they’ll experience huge, colorful paintings as well. Benjamin Britton, an associate professor at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, presents surface potential, a collection of four canvases over 7 feet tall,...
Read More“The tradition and performers embody the strength of an African American experience. The art form is an expression of excellence, discipline, joy, resilience, and triumph.”—NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson Step Afrika! makes its Athens debut Friday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall. The 20-year-old company specializes...
Read More“What distinguishes Rodriguez’s globalism is his ability to both compose and perform into a kind of ecstasy.”—NPR When Grammy-nominated Cuban-American pianist Alfredo Rodriguez makes his Athens debut Wednesday, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Ramsey Concert Hall, there will be one distinct improvement from his childhood days of practicing...
Read MoreTickets to a performance make great gifts, but if you want flexibility with your purchase, give a Performing Arts Center gift card this year! Available in any amount, PAC gift cards allow the bearer the option of attending one or more of the many UGA Presents events coming up...
Read More“Avdeeva strikes chords with precision, every note perfectly tempered. Her pacing is born of intelligent feeling and clarity of thought, and her ability to finesse Chopin’s inner voices puts many to shame.”—The Guardian Most top-shelf composers create dozens, if not hundreds, of pieces in different genres — symphonies, operas,...
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