Music, Department of

Sunday, Oct. 4 Members of the Flute & Saxophone Studios at Georgia College & State University will give a 3 p.m. performance of solos and chamber music in Max Noah Recital Hall. Sounds from the Baroque period to present day, in a wide variety of styles will be featured. This concert will also be livestreamed on YouTube.com/@gcsumusicdept . A $5 donation is encouraged. Online donations can be made at give.gcsu.edu/g/department-of-music/. All proceeds benefit music scholarships or the GCSU...

Monday, Sept. 28 The Guest Artist Recital, “Playing with Words,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. Composer and pianist Nicole Brancato will perform works that blur the boundaries between classical and jazz idioms, and between concert and storytelling, where language and music intertwine in unexpected and imaginative ways.   This concert will also be livestreamed at YouTube.com/@gcsumusicdept A $5 donation is encouraged. Online donations...

The Guest Artist Recital, “The PAAN of Haegeum: Across Time and Place,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. Haegeum artist Sunghee Lee and pianist Hue Jang will present a journey through Korean traditional music, contemporary compositions, literary inspiration, and newly reimagined popular melodies. Featuring the world premiere of a new work by San Francisco-based composer Hyo-shin Na, the program reveals the haegeum as an instrument...

Jazz at the Magnolia   (Ticketed Event)The 8th annual Jazz at the Magnolia event featuring trumpeter Pharez Whitted will take place on Saturday September 19, 2026, 7:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Ballroom (Student Activity Center) in downtown Milledgeville on the GCSU Campus. Tickets in advance are $20 each (plus $2 convenience fee when purchased online) or $25 at the door and include refreshments; tickets can be purchased at https://www.milledgevillealliedarts.com/event-details/jazz-at-the-magnolia-4  ...

Wed. Sept. 16 “Ballots and Ballads: Singing the Presidency in the 19th Century” will feature a lecture by Dr. Dana Gorzelany-Mostak, founder of Trax on the Trail, and a performance of campaign songs by the Max Noah Singers, directed by Dr. Jennifer Flory at 6 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom, which is in the Student Activity Center. This festive event invites audiences to discover the role of sound in shaping the public's perception of presidential candidates during the 19th century. Baritone...

Wed. Sept. 9 The Faculty and Guest Artist Recital, “Crossing Languages, Crossing Hearts,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University and features Faculty member Youngmi Kim, soprano and Guest Artist Yoojung Kim, piano.  This recital will explore love, memory, identity, and longing across several musical traditions. The program moves from French impressionism and wartime lyricism to American lyric song, Korean art song, and Brazilian vocal music...