TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
RAMSEY CONCERT HALL
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Violist Maggie Snyder is the Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Viola at the University of Georgia, Principal Violist of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, with whom she records for Naxos, is on the Artist-Faculty of the Brevard Music Festival and joined the artist roster of Classical Tahoe in the summer of 2025. She has performed solo recitals, chamber music, concertos and as an orchestral musician throughout the United States and abroad in such halls as the Kennedy and Kauffman Centers, all three Carnegie Halls, Merkin Hall, Spivey Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center, and in the UK, Greece, Korea, and Russia. She was a semi-finalist of the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, made her recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with her sister duo, Allemagnetti in 2009, and has released 5 solo recordings since 2013 on the Arabesque Label and an additional collaborative album on Parma. Most recently, she performed the opening selection on Peter Van Zant Lane’s recording Axils (Neuma)- an electroacoustic work for viola called “Decalcomanie 2.” All of her solo recordings feature world premiere works commissioned including works by Thomas Pasatieri, Garrett Byrnes, Kamran Ince, Libby Larsen, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Gity Razaz. Her newest recording (Women’s Work for Viola: Sounds of Discovery, released in 2025) features commissioned works by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Tessa Lark, and Sakori Dixon Vanderveer and historical works by Ruth Gipps, Kalitha Dorothy Fox, and Rebecca Clarke. That album was shortlisted for the Grammy nomination process this fall, 2025. She has given masterclasses, clinics, and performances at universities and music schools throughout the country and abroad and has served on the faculties of West Virginia University, Ohio University, and the University of Alabama. She was the recipient of the 2018 University of Georgia’s Creative Research Medal in the Humanities and Arts, a 2023 UGA Sandy Beaver Teaching award winner, and one of three UGA professors in 2025 to receive the lifetime title of Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, UGA’s top honor for teaching. In October, she was named the 2nd prize winner of the Ernst Bacon Award for the Performance of American Music by the American Prize.
HUGH HODGSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Daniel Bara, Interim Director
Brandon Craswell, Associate Director, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Emily Gertsch, Associate Director, Director of Graduate Studies
Amy Pollard, Associate Director, Director of Performance Activities
PERFORMANCE FACULTY
*Angela Jones-Reus
D. Ray McClellan
Reid Messich
Amy Pollard
Brandon Quarles
Josh Bynum
Brandon Craswell
Jean Martin-Williams
James Naigus
*Matthew Shipes
Gilbert Villagrana
Kimberly Toscano Adams
*Timothy Adams
Gregory Broughton
Jay Ivey
*Elizabeth Knight
Amy Petrongelli
Anne Slovin
Wanda Yang Temko
John Coble
Damon Denton
Scott Higgins
Grace Huang
Emely Phelps
Evgeny Rivkin
Anatoly Sheludyakov
*Liza Stepanova
Alan Woo
Levon Ambartsumian
Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva
*Daniel Bolshoy
Monica Hargrave
Michael Heald
James Kim
Edward Kreitman
Milton Masciadri
Maggie Snyder
Shaun Baer
Levi Dean
Elizabeth Durusau
Heather Gozdan-Bynum
Tony Graves
Scott Higgins
flute clarinet oboe bassoon saxophone trombone trumpet horn horn
tuba/euphonium trumpet
percussion percussion voice voice voice voice voice voice organ piano piano piano piano piano piano piano piano
violin violin guitar
harp
violin cello
Suziki
double bass viola
BANDS
Mia Athanas
Brett Bawcum
Jack A. Eaddy, Jr.
*Nicholas Enrico Williams
CHORAL
Daniel Bara
Colin Mann
Daniel Shafer
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL
SUMMER CAMPS
Stephen Fischer
COMPOSITION & THEORY
Tyler Beckett
Adrian Childs
Emily Gertsch
Daniel Karcher
*Emily Koh
Peter Lane
Dickie Lee
Jared Tubbs
Trinity Vélez-Justo
JAZZ STUDIES
David D’Angelo
Gregory Satterthwaite
James Weidman
MUSIC EDUCATION
*Rebecca Atkins
Alison Farley
Tyler Goehring
Roy Legette
Kristen Lynch
Michael Robinson
Johanna Royo
Brian Wesolowski
Edith Hollander, Administrative Assistant to the Director
Director of Public Relations
Development Associate Music Library Manager
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Piano Technician
Senior Piano Technician
Marcus Morris
Kathleen Powell
Rocky Raffle
James Sewell
Jared Tubbs
Marshall Williams
MUSIC THERAPY
*Ellyn Evans
Sally Ann Nichols
Jenny Stull
MUSICOLOGY & ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Karen Bergmann
Naomi Graber
*David Haas
Jared Holton
Jean Kidula
Sarah Pickett
Rumya Putcha
Joanna Smolko
OPERA
Daniel Ellis
Andrew Voelker
ORCHESTRA
Mark Cedel
RECORDING & STREAMING
Eric Dluzniewski
Paul Griffith
*Area Chair
Assistant Director of Athletic Bands
Graduate Program Administrator
Administrative Associate in Bands
Production & Events Manager
Sectioning Officer
Director of Admissions
HUGH HODGSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC STAFF
TUES 9/9
THURS 10/23
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
$15, Adult
$3, Student
Additional fees for online purchases apply.
THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES: PERSICHETTI SYMPHONY No. 6
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WIND ENSEMBLE
Vincent Persichetti (1915 – 1987) was an American composer, pianist, and an instructor at Juilliard. His students there included Philip Glass, Kenneth Fuchs, and many more distinguished American composers. Symphony No. 6, or Symphony for Band was composed in 1956. This evening will also include Meditations for Cello and Chamber Winds by Pete Meechan featuring UGA faculty James Kim, cello.
FRI 10/24
3:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT
TUES 9/9
7:30 p.m.
FRI 10/24 FERE
7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT
MON 10/27
7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT
WED 10/29
7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA REPERTORY SINGERS
The Repertory Singers is a mixed chamber choir directed by graduate student conductors. Its format offers laboratory rehearsal and performance experience for conductors and singers alike.
BRITISH BRASS BAND FALL CONCERT
The British Brass Band has become an Athens fan favorite. The repertoire encompasses a wide variety of styles including excellent original works, marvelous transcriptions of orchestral works, as well as marches and other light pieces. British Brass Band is conducted by Gilbert Villagrana.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SYMPHONIC BAND
University of Georgia Symphonic Band is one of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s large wind bands. The Symphonic Band focuses on the classic band repertoire as well as exciting new music, and has recorded for C. Alan Publications. Symphonic Band is conducted by Michael C. Robinson.
UNIVERISTY OF GEORGIA
WIND SYMPHONY
Ramsey Concert Hall
Hodgson Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT
University of Georgia Symphonic Band is one of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s large wind bands. The Symphonic Band focuses on the classic band repertoire as well as exciting new music, and has recorded for C. Alan Publications. Symphonic Band is conducted by Michael C. Robinson.
As one of the University of Georgia’s large wind bands, the Wind Symphony has performed extensively throughout the Southeast, including concerts at regional conferences of the College Band Directors National Association. Wind Symphony is conducted by Jack Eaddy, Jr.