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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The Sphinx Virtuosi are an inspiring self-conducted chamber orchestra that transforms lives through the power of music. -
This remarkably versatile band performs in venues around the world and with an ever-expanding roster of guest artists and symphony orchestras. -
Zhang has captivated audiences in the United States, Europe, and Asia with a unique combination of deep musical sensitivity, fearless imagination, and spectacular virtuosity. -
For the sold-out commemorative concert February 1st, Hodgson Concert Hall welcomes a singular citizen of the world, Yo-Yo-Ma. -
In our Nordic Dreams series, we're celebrating artists from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Saturday, January 24th, we welcome Finnish Band, Frigg. -
Even in a UGA Presents season absolutely stacked with classical and jazz keyboard masters, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes stands out. -
It isn't Christmas in Athens until the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus perform Handel's Messiah at Hodgson Concert Hall. -
Thursday, December 18th, banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck and the Flecktones appear with a program called Jingle All the Way, including sacred and secular holiday favorites. -
The celebrated Irish folk band Lúnasa returns to Hodgson Concert Hall after a three-year absence with an expanded six-person lineup and a program designed for the season. -
It's that time of year again! The Performing Arts Center is decorated with Christmas trees, wreaths, garlands and tiny lights.
