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Guest Artist Recital: Cantare Brass Quintet
Announcement    Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 25 A guest artist recital, featuring the Cantare Brass Quintet, will be at 6 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. The quintet brings together a group of dynamic chamber musicians, committed to delivering exceptional performances. Established in 2023, the ensemble has performed at universities and community music programs throughout the United States. Members are Dr. Maximilian McNutt, lecturer of trumpet at the University of Virginia; Dr...
The 3rd Bienniel Terry Endowed Concert: “En Mémoire”
Announcement    Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 14 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music is hosting its third biennial Terry Endowed Concert, entitled “En Mémoire” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium with guest solo artists Riley Greer, a vocalist, and Stephen Hoy, a trombonist. They will perform alongside choral and instrumental ensembles, student pianists and guest artists.  The GCSU Wind Ensemble will use selections from Hector Berlioz’s masterwork, “Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale.” Called...
Jazz Band Concert: "Tuneful Jazz"
Announcement    Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 8 Georgia College & State University’s Jazz Band presents “Tuneful Jazz” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium. The band consists of 15 students on trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar bass and “trap set”—drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments. This year’s concert is a joyful combination of uplifting tunes like Hoagy Carmichael’s “The Nearness of You” and Ted Nash’s timeless, childhood classic, “Old MacDonald.” Whistle all the way home, unable to forget other great...
Guest Artist Recital: The Catacoustic Consort: "Secret of the Muse"
Announcement    Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tuesday, Feb. 20 Georgia College & State University’s Music Department presents The Catacoustic Consort performing “Secret of the Muse” at 7:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom. Guest artists and soprano Melissa Harvey with pardessus de viole Annalisa Pappano and Joanna Blendulf will entertain audiences with popular opera arias from 18th Century France. Prior to the performance at 7:30 pm, Dr. David de Posada from GCSU’s Department of World Languages and Cultures will give a lecture about...
Faculty Recital: Stephen Hoy, trombone, and Hue Jang, piano
Announcement    Friday, February 9, 2024
Faculty Recital Stephen Hoy, trombone Hue Jang, piano Thursday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. Max Noah Recital Hall
Valentine's Day Rendezvous: Max Noah Singers
Announcement    Monday, February 5, 2024
Saturday, Feb. 10 Georgia College’s Max Noah Singers will present “Valentine’s Day Rendezvous” at 7:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom at the Student Activity Center. This concert will also be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment.  A variety of old and new love songs, from Cole Porter to the Broadway hit, “Dear Evan Hansen,” will be performed by the full ensemble, in addition to solos and duets. A $5 donation is encouraged. Online donations can be made at alumni.gcsu.edu/music...
Spring 2024 Voice Honors Recital
Announcement    Monday, January 29, 2024
Friday, Feb. 2 Georgia College & State University’s “Spring Voice Honors Recital,” featuring 12 music students, will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Faculty pianists Dr. Hue Jang and Dr. Lev Ryabinin will accompany vocal students: Riley Greer, Addison Resh, Kaylah Sherow, Ian Purdy, Tyler Harris, Anna Ogletree, Gabi Van Patten, Meghan Bennett, Alyx Humayra, Rori Blackwell, Liam Mueller and Shani Thompson.   This concert will also be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment...
Guest Artist Recital: Ryan Fogg, piano
Announcement    Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Monday, Jan. 22 Georgia College & State University welcomes guest artist and pianist Ryan Fogg at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall for an evening of neoclassical and impressionist selections by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Fogg’s performances have been described as “brilliant with a high level of polish, impressive technical command, musical understanding and sensitivity.” Fogg is a professor of music and director of Keyboard Studies at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson...
Faculty Recital: Steven Taylor, cello, Hue Jang, piano, and Rebecca Cooke, clarinet
Announcement    Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tuesday, Jan. 16 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music opens its spring semester at 7:30 p.m. with a Faculty Chamber Recital in Max Noah Recital Hall, featuring  Steven Taylor, cello, Rebecca Cooke, clarinet, and Hue Jang, piano.  They will perform “Élégie, Op. 24” by Gabriel Fauré,  Ludwig van Beethoven’s “The Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69”, as well as Johannes Brahms’ “Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114.”  This concert will also be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment...
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Faculty member triumphs at 2023 International Conductors Workshop and Competition
News Story    Monday, March 13, 2023
Story developed by University Communications. Bryan Hall, assistant professor of music and director of orchestras at Georgia College & State University (GCSU) attended a well-known and highly-regarded conductor training program in January—and walked away with an award for best conductorship. “I wasn’t focused on the competition at all, just focused on making myself better,” said Hall, who was hired in 2022 to teach upper strings at Georgia College. “I approached it through the lens...
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