Wednesday, Sept. 25 A concert for saxophone and mixed media, “Of Dreams and Nightmares,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. Guest artist saxophonist Paula Van Goes of Atlanta will perform nine compositions, taking listeners “through a night of insomnia.” This begins with a blend of euphoric exhaustion in Alex Temple’s “This Changes Everything” and Marc Mellits’ calming “Mara’s Lullaby” to the graveyard feeling of Jacob TV’s “Garden...
Monday, Sept. 23 Guest artists Dr. Kyoung Cho and Dr. Won Cho, acclaimed worldwide as leading scholars and performers of Korean art song, will give a lecture recital, “Korean Voices,” at 7:30 p.m. in Georgia College & State University’s Max Noah Recital Hall. Kyoung Cho, soprano and Won Cho, bass, will perform along with GCSU faculty and pianist Dr. Hue Jang. This multimedia lecture-recital includes photos, live performance, audio and video, showcasing Korean art songs and folk tunes...
Thursday, Sept. 19 Award-winning guest artist and flutist Nave Graham will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. Graham is an assistant professor of flute at the University of Central Arkansas and also serves as faculty for the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ summer art camp in Michigan. She is a founding member of the contemporary chamber music sextet, “All of the Above,” and certified in mindfulness. She likes to integrate meditation,...
Tuesday, Sept. 17 As part of Georgia College & State University’s annual “Constitution Week,” a lively production of political campaign music and a lecture will be at 6 p.m. at Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion. The concert, “All Hail for Music on the Trail: A program featuring music from U.S. Presidential Campaigns, 1840-1964,” will feature campaign songs like “The Red, White, and Blue,” “Wake Ye Numbers!” and “Hello Lyndon.” The lecture, “Why Sing Campaign Songs? Music, Popular Democracy,...
The 6th annual Jazz at the Magnolia event featuring trombonist Bill Gibson will take place on Saturday September 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Ballroom in downtown Milledgeville on the Georgia College Campus. Tickets are $20 each and include refreshments; tickets can be purchased at https://www.milledgevillealliedarts.com/event-details/jazz-at-the-magnolia-2 (milledgevillealliedarts.com) or by visiting the Marlor House at 201 N Wayne St, Milledgeville. This event supports Allied...
Max Noah Recital HallMonday, Sept. 9 The Allen Duo faculty recital, “I Will Not Be Sad In This World,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. The duo consists of faculty members Andrew J. Allen and Elise Naber Allen. They will perform flute and saxophone duets, as well as compositions for solo instruments and electronics. The recital title is borrowed from Eve Beglarian’s work using alto flute and electronics. Her piece and other contemporary...
The variety of plants surrounding Athens, Georgia, are well documented and cataloged. This isn’t the case for Baldwin County and Middle Georgia.But students and faculty in the herbarium at Georgia College & State University are working to change that. “The majority of our samples are from Georgia, and mostly Baldwin County,” said Dr. Gretchen Ionta, associate professor of environmental science and current curator of Georgia College’s herbarium. “Around Athens there’s a ton of herbarium...
We all know the traits of a proper bobcat. They leap 12 feet to catch prey. They can see in the dark and run 30 miles per hour. They’re extremely territorial.Now we can add another characteristic to the tufted-eared, bob-tailed cat: Taking responsibility for the management and duties of a voting precinct.Five Georgia College & State University Bobcats did exactly that at polling locations in two counties during Tuesday’s Georgia Primary Elections. “Five students in two counties—that’s...
By recent GCSU alumnus Cale Strickland, '24When Dr. Doug Oetter came to Georgia College & State University to work as a physical geographer and teach geographic methods, the university did not have a dedicated geography department.That all changed in 2010, when–with just three professors–Georgia College started its geography bachelor’s program.Oetter’s childhood fascination with maps led him to the discipline.“When we were on family vacation, even though I was the youngest of four...
By recent GCSU alumnus Cale Strickland, '24Dr. Evren Kutlay, this semester’s Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar, has always been fascinated by the intersection of music and history.As a child, she would listen to her neighbor, a professor and piano teacher, play for hours. Inspired and encouraged, Kutlay auditioned at a local conservatory but was told she was “too old” to learn piano. She proved otherwise, as, under the guidance of her neighbor, she finished three years’ worth of...
