University of Georgia Performing Arts Center

11/13/2024

Spread the good news: Kathy Mattea and company are joining us for the holidays! The Grammy Award winner wraps her acoustic music roots around her favorite Christmas songs for a fresh and comforting take on the season.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f5rvCo.

11/11/2024

For this month's installment of our donor spotlight, "Why I Give...", we asked Carol and Jim Warnes why they support the Performing Arts Center. Read more about their commitment to the arts at UGA here: https://bit.ly/3ClFVQz.

This is part of a recurring series of articles about the people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Meet Carol and Jim Warnes. They’ve been attending UGA […]

11/10/2024

The 67th Grammy Award nominations were announced on Friday, and we're thrilled to see several of this season's UGA Presents guest artists on the list!

Anoushka Shankar (coming to UGA on March 20)
Emanuel Ax (Feb. 2)
Renée Fleming (April 26)
Rhiannon Giddens (Nov. 17)
Samara Joy (Oct. 18)
Nathalie Stutzmann* (April 13)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra* (Dec. 21 and April 13)
Tanja Tetzlaff* and Christian Tetzlaff* (Tetzlaff Quartet, March 30)
Eighth Blackbird* (Feb. 20)

These UGA Presents guest artists from the recent past were also nominated:
Aoife O'Donovan
Arooj Aftab
Béla Fleck
Caroline Shaw
Clay Ross (American Patchwork Quartet/Ranky Tanky)
Il Pomo d'Oro*
Justin Moses*
Leonidas Kavakos
Michelle Cann
Sierra Hull*
Yo-Yo Ma
Yuja Wang*

Congratulations to all!

*Appeared on recordings for other nominees

11/07/2024

This London-based gospel choir’s showstopping performance of “Stand by Me” at the royal wedding was seen by more than two billion people and shot straight to the top of the Billboard charts. The singers come to Athens for the first time with a joyful holiday program.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f2VVFh.

11/06/2024

Here's a note from our friends in Breabach regarding their canceled shows at UGA last week.. We wish them a very speedy recovery!

Dear friends

On Monday 28th October, the day before our final performance in the US, our tour ended in abrupt, distressing circumstances in the form of a motor vehicle collision. An unfortunate conclusion to an otherwise brilliant trip.

The most important thing to let you all know is that everyone is now safe and stable with most of the band able to return home to family and loved ones. Conal remained out in the US with Ewan, who sustained some significant injuries but is receiving great care. We hope you will join us in sending love and wishes to our fantastic sound engineer and friend, Raymond Yates, who is also now safely at home but faces a lengthy recovery from the serious injury he sustained.

To say it has been a physical and emotional rollercoaster would be an understatement. I’m sure you’ll understand that the circumstances and recovery times involved mean that we will have to postpone our The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh show later this month (now rescheduled to 25th October 2025).

Like always, we have pulled together as a team and our love for one another has been at the centre of how we continue to navigate our way through this situation - Jenna Moynihan and Ray, you are total stars.

We must say special thank you to Jeff Martin and Blake Schneider at University of Georgia Performing Arts Center who have gone above and beyond to help us, the trauma team and staff at Piedmont Athens Regional, The Carnesville volunteer Fire Dept. and not forgetting our dear friend Hamish Napier Music who has travelled out to Georgia to support Ewan and allow Conal to return home ❤️

A final thank you to David, Lisa, Craig, Matt & the team, not just for their all their love and support behind the scenes but most importantly for their sound advice and encouragement.

Ultimately we have lots to be thankful for and we look forward to getting back on the road and making music for you all soon!

Love and best wishes x

~

Active Events FLi Artists

11/05/2024

Canadian Brass never fails to delight! The ensemble's holiday show features original arrangements and signature takes on beloved seasonal classics performed with the winning combination of fabulous sound, engaging wit, and top-notch showmanship.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f5ndL3.

10/31/2024

We are proud to welcome the return of Silkroad Ensemble to Hodgson Concert Hall on November 17 with artistic director Rhiannon Giddens. The performance will explore the music and cultures of the people who built the American transcontinental railroad.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4f0uuMJ.

“It’s a two-hour series of musical selections, each one more surprising and beautiful than the one before, in which you can hear divisions of genre and style wash away in […]

10/30/2024

The University of Georgia's annual "Spotlight on the Arts" festival returns Nov. 1 and continues throughout the month with dozens of arts related events and performances. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/48hzhqu.

The annual events includes more than 50 events and exhibitions.

10/29/2024

Two world-renowned musicians come to Athens for the first time on Friday, November 15. Maxim Vengerov and Polina Osetinskaya will play a program of music by Prokofiev, Franck, and Ravel. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3O0yyRn.

“With his communicative, colorful and technically near-miraculous playing, and an individual sound recognizable for its seductive richness, he is the nearest thing the violin has today to a household name.”—The […]

10/28/2024

Harry Christophers and the British choir The Sixteen brought vocal magic to Hodgson Concert Hall last week as part of its first U.S. tour in nearly 20 years. The program—"The Deer's Cry"—featured music by English Renaissance composers William Byrd and Thomas Tallis as well as contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It was such a joy to experience this beautiful choir in Athens for the first time!

(Photos: Easel Images)

10/27/2024

For this month's installment of our donor spotlight, "Why I Give...", we asked Janet Rodekohr why she supports the Performing Arts Center. Read more about her commitment to the arts at UGA here: https://bit.ly/3C17DSz.

This is part of a recurring series of articles about the people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Meet Janet Rodekohr, pictured here with ukulele virtuoso Jake […]

10/25/2024

Now hiring! We are looking to fill two key positions on our team. Take a look here:

Business Manager: https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/403165.
Stage Manager: https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/403288.

10/24/2024

Samara Joy has such a unique voice and distinctive stage presence, and we loved hosting her and her incredible band in Athens for the first time last week. It was immediately clear to see (and hear) why she has taken the music world by storm.

Photos: Easel Images

10/22/2024

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin returned to Hodgson Concert Hall last week for a solo recital as part of our classical music series. The performance was also a signature event of the American Liszt Society Festival, which took place at the Performing Arts Center and Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The program included Beethoven's Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”, Busoni's Sonatina No. 2, BV259, Liszt's Réminiscences de Norma, S.394 (after Bellini), and the world premiere of Hamelin's "Deploration sur la Mort de Chopin" ("Lamentation on the death of Frédéric Chopin").

Photos: Easel Images

10/20/2024

We welcomed the outstanding Calidore String Quartet and pianist Gabriela Montero to Hodgson Concert Hall last week for the annual Payne Memorial Concert. They played Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G Minor and Montero's Canaima: Quintet for Piano and Strings (Co-commissioned by the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center). The quartet opened the performance with Beethoven's fifth string quartet.

Photos: Easel Images

10/18/2024

Silkroad Ensemble includes world-class musicians from all over the globe. Led by Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens, the group’s latest project illuminates the impact of immigrant communities on the creation of the U.S. transcontinental railroad.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Bi5kdk.

10/14/2024

Securely ranked among Scotland’s most skilled and imaginative contemporary folk acts, Breabach unites deep roots in Highland and island tradition with the innovative musical ferment of the band’s home base in Glasgow. The band returns to Athens — after a sold-out engagement in 2023 — Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Read more about the performance here: https://bit.ly/3A4fbmL.

“Matching fiery intensity with exquisite finesse, this was a magnificent set.” ★★★★★—The Scotsman Securely ranked among Scotland’s most skilled and imaginative contemporary folk acts, Breabach unites deep roots in Highland […]

10/13/2024

Go inside the upcoming performance by The Sixteen at UGA with this podcast by The Third Floor. Featuring performances by the choir and discussion with conductor Harry Christophers, this very nicely sets the stage for the ensemble's performance in Hodgson Concert Hall on October 22.

Podcast: https://beta.prx.org/stories/546788
Performance info: https://bit.ly/4d1tF4d.