The University of Georgia welcomes visionary performing artists to Athens from around the world. Please join us as we celebrate the breadth of our shared human experience through unparalleled performances of professional music, dance, and theatre.
Each week, Mark Mobley presents upcoming performances at the UGA Performing Art Center including UGA Presents events, Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty and student performances, and other ongoing series.
Mark Mobley became director of marketing and communications for the UGA Performing Arts Center after teaching for three years in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. He is a veteran journalist and radio producer who worked for NPR in various capacities over 20 years. He won the Peabody Award as musical head of Performance Today, and the ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for distinguished music journalism while serving as music critic and feature writer at the Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Clarinetist Anthony McGill, the first Black principal player in the New York Philharmonic's storied history, is returning to Hodgson Concert Hall with internationally renowned pianist Emanuel Ax.
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The American Ballet Theatre Studio Company brings a dozen dancers aged 16 to 21 from around the world to Athens for a program of classical and neoclassical ballet.
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How badly did young Cuban musician Alfredo Rodriguez want to play the piano — an instrument his family didn't own? So badly that he painted a keyboard on the dinner table to run his scales.
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Yuliana Avdeeva, winner of the International Chopin Competition, will demonstrate why Chopin's piano music continues to cast a spell on audiences after almost two centuries.
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They're back! The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus are returning to Hodgson Concert Hall on December 21st with the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, plus the "Hallelujah" Chorus.
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For centuries the gold standard in youth singing has been the Vienna Boys Choir. This year the ensemble returns to Hodgson Concert Hall Wednesday, Dec. 18th at 7:30 p.m. with a program that stretches from ancient carols to ABBA.
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Kathy Mattea, host of NPR's Mountain Stage, appears December 11th at Hodgson Concert Hall. "A Winter Gathering with Kathy Mattea: Good News and Other Favorites," is named after the title track from her first Christmas album.
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Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m., the Kingdom Choir and conductor Karen Gibson make their Athens debuts at Hodgson Concert Hall as part of the UGA Presents Holiday Music Series.
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The Canadian Brass will perform with a program called Making Spirits Bright. It's the first of five UGA Presents holiday concerts that range from choral performances to an appearance by country star Kathy Mattea.
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Sunday, November 17 at Hodgson Concert Hall, the ensemble, led by artistic director Rhiannon Giddens, presents American Railroad, a musical portrait of the varied people who laid the rails.