onnection series SMALL ENSEMBLES SEASON 2023-24

Throughout the year, small student and faculty ensembles offer concerts and performances both on and off campus. You can learn about some of these ensembles here. Please visit our website at music.uga.edu once the school year begins to learn when and where these fine small groups will be performing. The small ensemble concerts are free. No tickets are required.

UGA Bassoon Ensemble

The UGA Bassoon Ensemble presents a Halloween Concert every year, performing popular music, arranged for bassoons, while wearing themed costumes to celebrate the joy of playing and learning together.

UGA Horn Choir

The UGA Horn Choir, under the direction of Dr. James Naigus and Dr. Jean MartinWilliams, showcases the vibrant repertoire for horn ensemble and champions original works and arrangements by the studio members.

Bulldog Brass Society

The Bulldog Brass Society is the premier graduate brass quintet at the University of Georgia. The Bulldogs were led by Frederick Mills, founding member of the Canadian Brass and professor of trumpet at the Hodgson School from 1996 to 2009.

Hodgson String Quartet

(Pictured here with Guest Artist Kenji Bunch, viola.) This graduate quartet, consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, will perform several concerts and recitals throughout the year, both on and off campus.

UGA Percussion Ensemble

Under the leadership of co-directors Timothy K. Adams, Jr. and Kimberly Toscano Adams, the group has performed extensively throughout the Southeast, including numerous appearances at various “Day of Percussion” events.

Southern Wind Quintet

The SWQ represents some of the finest instrumental musicianship on campus, appearing in UGA recitals and televised campus events. This premiere group features graduate students on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn.