Arts News from the Chronicles


Luis Piedra: Perspectives on contemporary dance in Costa Rica

UGA already has many unique relationships in Costa Rica and on Thursday, January 16, yet another one is set to take hold. Luis Piedra, a professional dancer and choreographer of the Danza Universitaria in Costa Rica, will present a lecture-demonstration at the department of dance at 11 a.…
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LDSOA Post MFA Faculty Fellow Exhibition

That title is a mouthful, but the Lamar Dodd School of Art presents a special exhibition on January 31, Some Points, new photography by this year's Post MFA Faculty Fellow Rachel Cox. The Post-MFA Photography Fellow is a one-year teaching and research position targeted to bring recent MFA graduates…

The role Classical Music will play in America's future

So this is really what blogs are for - to publicly follow up on a story, a note, an idea, an event. To add context. Here's some. Related to the prior post on the piano recitals next week in Hodgson School of Music, I saw this interview with Richard Zimdars in Fanfare Magazine from February 2012, on…
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Piano recitals on Wednesday the 8th

And just like that... 2014. Welcome to this year to us all and starting things off just right is the Hugh Hodgson School of Music with two piano recitals on one day, January the 8th, featuring some of the very best: At 5 pm, the Richard Zimdars studio recital will take place in Edge Hall. As much…

The Nutcracker

From Russia to Athens: A Holiday Tradition By Jessica Luton The semester is over on the UGA campus. But as we enter the holiday season, the Performing Arts Center continues its important work sharing culture with campus and the community.  The holiday ballet classic, “The Nutcracker,” comes to…