SPECIAL CONCERTS & GUESTS SEASON 2023-24

Piano Extravaganza with Five Pianos

Come hear pianistic fireworks featuring our piano area faculty and students. With five pianos on stage as well as multiple performers sharing the same piano, you are in for a treat. HHSOM director, Pete Jutras, reprises his role as MC of this beloved event, and we are thrilled to give a special firsttime welcome to our newest jazz piano faculty members, Greg Satterthwaite and James Weidman.

SOLI Chamber Ensemble

SOLI Chamber Ensemble has been giving voice to 20th- and 21st-century contemporary chamber music since 1994, commissioning and premiering over 100 new works to date for its unique instrumentation from established and emerging composers. SOLI’s award-winning vision brings new music alive through innovative performances and academic residency programs across the United States and in Europe.

UGA Chamber Music Gala with Student Ensembles

The UGA Chamber Music Gala features a variety of repertoire, styles, and ensembles. Including several of our top student ensembles such as the Southern Wind Quintet, the Hodgson String Quartet, and several others, this evening promises to be a unique collection of beautiful and unexpected traditional and contemporary chamber works.

Don C. Gillespie Memorial Concert

The University of Georgia Contemporary Chamber Ensemble celebrates the life of Don C. Gillespie (1936-2019). A graduate of the UGA School of Music (now Hugh Hodgson School of Music), Gillespie worked for the prestigious international music publishing house C. F. Peters for 31 years where he championed the work of 20th Century composers such as John Cage, George Crumb, John Becker, and countless others. CCE honors his life-long advocacy for new music with a concert of 20th-Century masterworks.