The UGA Wind Ensemble, under the baton of John Lynch, director of bands, will present a concert entitled "Celebrations" as part of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music's 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series on Thursday, October 13th at 8:00 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. Tickets for the concert are $18, $5 for UGA students, and available through the Performing Arts Center box office at 706-542-4400.
The concert will present the new work "From the Language of Shadows" by award-winning Seattle composer Huck Hodge and accompany a silent film based on the tale of Faust, in celebration of Halloween. The group will also perform H. Owen Reed's iconic symphony "La Fiesta Mexicana." At age 101, Reed and his wife have recently moved to Athens and will be in attendance. Handel's joyous "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and Edward Elgar's stirring "Enigma Variations" guest conducted by Scott Jones, UGA's new assistant director of bands, will round out the program.
