Tags: Performance

Journey through some of opera’s historic arias and moments sung by our graduate opera students and the impeccable UGA voice faculty. Joined by the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, this will be a powerful night of exquisite opera standards, along with some unexpected gems from well-known opera composers. This is a performance not to be missed! Tickets for Friday Tickets for Sunday   music.uga.edu

UGA Theatre presents “9 to 5: The Musical” as part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival. Performances will be held in the Fine Arts Theatre on Nov. 14-15 and 20-22 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 17 and 24 at 2 p.m. Performances on Nov. 21 and 22 will feature ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation for deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members. Tickets are $18 or $6 for students and can be reserved at ugatheatre.com/ninetofive or by phone at 706-…

UGA's Musicology Ethnomusicology Student Association and Postcolonial Collective present a Cultural Diplomacy Lecture-Recital Progam featuring Dr. Evren Kutlay and student performers from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Dr. Kutlay will present a lecture-recital highlighting the role of music in fostering diplomatic and cultural exchanges between the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Türkiye, and the West.  Kutlay graduated from German…

The department of theatre and film studies and UGA Theatre present EVERYBODY, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Everybody’s time is up. At least according to Death. Seeking solace in Friendship, Beauty, Love, and Stuff, Everybody searches for someone willing to join them on their final journey. This modern riff on a 15th-century morality play navigates life's mysteries in a joyful ode to the peculiarities of our shared human experience.   Fate…

Hugh Hodgson School of Music Opera Resident Artist Victoria Vargas, Mezzo-Soprano, accompanied on piano by James Barnett, present a recital, UPLIFTING VOICES OF THE BRITISH ISLES: A RECITAL FEATURING UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN THE ENGLISH ART SONG REPERTOIRE Free Event Monday, September 9 2024, 7:30 - 8:30pm Ramsey Concert Hall in the UGA Performing Arts Center

UGA Theatre presents “Little Shop of Horrors.” Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman. Music by Alan Menken. Directed by Daniel Ellis. Performances will be held in the Fine Arts Theatre on April 12-13, 17-20 at 8 p.m and April 21 at 2 p.m. The April 18 and 19 performances will feature ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation. A ticketed preview performance will be held on April 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18, $6 for UGA students, and can be purchased…

Athens Tangueros presents Milonga Tropical – Tango intertwined with Latin Rhythm dancing for a memorable evening of dancing. Live Dance performances by UGA Salsa Club, DanceFX RevolutionSalsa, and Athens Tangueros — Admission: FREE — Downtown Athens April 17, 2024 from 6:30p – 10:00p at Rialto Club Event includes Tango lessons from 6:30p – 7:00p before the dance party begins Live dance performances by various dance groups Couples, Singles, All…

Join the UGA Opera Theatre and celebrate the mythos and machinations conjured by some of opera’s most riveting and powerful moments. This evening of familiar favorites and lesser-known works features the dramatic and vocal skills of our opera and vocal performance students in collaboration with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra. Explore a rich collection of characters that run the gamut of the human experience.   

The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Beethoven. The symphony is regarded by critics as Beethoven’s greatest work and is one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world.

The 2023 UGA Dance Company spring faculty and guest artist concert will be presented by the University of Georgia Department of Dance. The performance features original works created by dance faculty and guest artists for UGA dance students. Please visit www.dance.uga.edu for more info and purchasing tickets.

UGA Opera Theatre will be presenting “Postcard from Morocco” by Dominick Argento. This work is the most performed American Chamber Opera in the world. “Postcard from Morocco” is melodic, featuring a variety of musical flavors borrowing from ragtime and popular music along with a deft parody of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman. The cast includes Eleftherios Chasanidis (DMA ’23), Xiaohan Chen (DMA ’24), Andrew Ellis (DMA ‘23), Samantha Mishima…

Award-winning contemporary music duo Transient Canvas (bass clarinetist Amy Advocat and marimbist Matt Sharrock) perform new compositions by Teerath Majumder, Kitty Xiao, Joao Pedro Oliviera, Sydney Doemel, Kirsten Volness, Caroline Louise Miller, and Dan VanHassel. 

MERGENCE offers its audience an array of dance styles and choreographic ideas. With eleven different works, this energetic live performance features Classical ballet, contemporary, and jazz dance, as well as live music. The diversity of the concert embraces a range of artistic voices celebrating the emerging student artist as a sophisticated performer who has range and depth. Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Student…

The UGA Department of Dance and Young Choreographers Series will present, “Untethered”, a Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Showcase November 11-13, 2021. Each day will alternate between a program A or program B show. Program A will perform on November 11 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. Program B will perform on November 12 at 8:00 p.m. and on the 14 at 2:30 p.m. As part of the 2021 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, these performances will be held in…

The UGA Department of Dance and Young Choreographers Series will present, “Untethered”, a Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Showcase November 11-13, 2021. Each day will alternate between a program A or program B show. Program A will perform on November 11 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. Program B will perform on November 12 at 8:00 p.m. and on the 14 at 2:30 p.m. As part of the 2021 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, these performances will be held in…

The UGA Department of Dance and Young Choreographers Series will present, “Untethered”, a Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Showcase November 11-13, 2021. Each day will alternate between a program A or program B show. Program A will perform on November 11 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. Program B will perform on November 12 at 8:00 p.m. and on the 14 at 2:30 p.m. As part of the 2021 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, these performances will be held in…

The UGA Department of Dance and Young Choreographers Series will present, “Untethered”, a Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Showcase November 11-13, 2021. Each day will alternate between a program A or program B show. Program A will perform on November 11 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. Program B will perform on November 12 at 8:00 p.m. and on the 14 at 2:30 p.m. As part of the 2021 Spotlight on the Arts Festival, these performances will be held in…

The Athens Hip Hop Harmonic is a collective of local Hip Hop artists and University of Georgia music faculty/students that seeks to use music to celebrate the intersection of our musical, cultural, and racial identities. This session features the world premieres of co-created, boundary-breaking works by three pairs of Hip Hop artists and UGA faculty composers, with a live narrative and audience Q&A focused on the artistic inquiry and…

By Don Nigro, starring MFA actor Atalanta Siegel. A metaphysical and metatheatrical romp of rebellion and reimagined classics. Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines explores the lived experiences of two of Shakespeare’s famous female characters and two actresses who have embodied them onstage. This humorous and intimate testimony reveals what Shakespeare left out of his immortal text and why women are haunted by these roles today.

By William Shakespeare and performed by Ye Rude Mechanicals When four young lovers, fleeing the law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies, resulting in a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce...

The UGA OPERA THEATRE will be presenting a semi-staged concert with piano and singers of operatic duets, trios, and quartets live-streamed from Hodgson Hall. The live-streaming online can be accessed by opening the Hugh Hodgson School of Music website at music.uga.edu and clicking on the home page Live Streaming button. The concert consists of music from different historical periods, styles, and composers. One of the compositions,…

By Steve Tomlinson, starring MFA actor David Cowan. Description: On the heels of an election unlike any other and during a time where we are more divided than ever before American Fiesta asks us the question: What do we share and how can we get along even if we don't agree? Told through the eyes of an obsessive dish collector, American Fiesta tells the story of a same-sex couple unable to get married in the place they call…

By Katori Hall. Starring MFA actor Daja M. Rice and MFA alumnus Marlon Andrew Burnley. April 3, 1968: After delivering his iconic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King settles in for the evening at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. When a mysterious maid arrives at his door with surprising news, King is compelled to face his legacy in unexpected ways.

The musical work "More than words..." for saxophone octet, piano, bass, and spoken word by UGA graduate composition student Kevin Day was commissioned by Connie Frigo, associate professor of saxophone in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and the UGA Saxophone Studio in the fall 2019. With more than 100 performances of his music taking place in the past two years, Day is a rapidly rising star who is currently writing more than 20 music…

University Union is kicking off the new semester with comedian, SNL cast member and star of ‘The King of Staten Island’ Pete Davidson. Join University Union for a virtual conversation with Pete Davidson and don't forget to submit questions when registering. 🕑 Friday, January 15; 8pm 📍 Hosted on Zoom 🎟 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/UUPeteD // (Only open to UGA students)