MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
HODGSON CONCERT HALL
PROGRAM
Monday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
Nicholas Han, conductor
Danzon No. 2
Arturo Márquez (b. 1950)
Huapango José Pablo Moncayo (1912-1958)
Conga del Fuego Nuevo Márquez
VIOLIN
J Acuff
Olivia Arcement
Hadley Artz
Kennedey Boothe
Maja Brooker
Tessa Butterworth
Chloe Cooper
Nina Dolensky
Charlotte Finley
Natalia Fontanillas
Adriana Godamunne
Katey Harwood
Elizabeth Julve-Hejazi
Esther Hollingsworth
Keval Joshi
Harah Kang
Charles Kim
Ryan Kim
Zack Knightly
Anne Marie Kosseifi
Wayne Lam
Amanda Le
Issy McNair
Sydney Minton
Kennadi Morton
Ujjwala Morum
Azul Navarrete
Lawrence Njugna
Christina Paul
Arthur Radesavnevic
Mason Rountree II
Mary Sippel
Luke Snyder
Sneha Sony
Anna Spitalnick
DeShawn Thompson
Emma Wilson
Salome Won
Haley Worsencroft
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PHILHARMONIA
Nicholas Han, Conductor
VIOLA
Zoe Dragon
Mary Ashley Jacoppo
Zack Knightly
Pedro Prudencio
Elsa Shilling
Arnav Somaraju
Gabrielle Veazie
Libby Zavadil
CELLO
Joshua Born
Kathryn Fatzynytz
Lucciano Fernandes
Sanisa Foungthong
Cavin Lee
Johannes Liu
Karley Mercer
Joanne Min
Julia Miroshnichenko
Zach Sanchez
Kristen Song
Mike Shen
Katherine Tokarev
Raiah Wright
Ava Yaley
BASS
Nick Cooper
Sumaiya Khan
Antonio Peirano
Virginia Wise
FLUTE
Lydia An
Winnie Mburu-Bett
Lauren Wiggins
OBOE
Carina Cardoso De Araujo
Triston Fielding
CLARINET
Hanna Demmler
Emma DeSoto
BASSOON
Lily Hurn
Hsin Cheng
HORN
Ivan Agyeman
Ava Castleberry
Joe Johnson
Gibson Krolikowski
TRUMPET
Cameran Butryn
Palmer Hartley
Ben Jones
Michael Steitz
TROMBONE
Ian Harding
Sean Helms
Evan Perlmutter
Jonah Tully
TIMPANI
Hsiao-Tsu Huang
PERCUSSION
Carrington Lauck
Rachel Martin
Jace Thorne
Dane Warren
Piano
Samira Chemin
HARP
Isabel Hardy
*Members of the University of Georgia Philharmonia are listed alphabetically.
TUES 2/17
7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT
Reception to follow RSVP here:
FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: LEVON AMBARTSUMIAN, VIOLIN with ALAN WOO, PIANO
Levon Ambartsumian is Regent’s and Franklin Professor of Violin at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Prior to coming to UGA in 1995, he was a visiting professor at Indiana University School of Music, replacing legendary American violin teacher Joseph Gingold. Ambartsumian also taught for 15 years at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, beginning in 1978. Ambartsumian is an alumnus of the Moscow Central Music School and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
FEATURING MUSIC BY BRAHMS AND BARTOK
TUES 9/9
THU 2/19
“REFLECTIONS”
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
$18, Adult
$6, Student
Additional fees for online purchases apply.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA w/ MATTHEW SHIPES, tuba
This evening features a wide variety of orchestral music, both classical and contemporary, including one featured concerto, Reflections on the Mississippi (2015) by Michael Daugherty. This piece, composed in memory of his father, Willis Daugherty (1929-2011), is a musical reflection on family trips during Michael’s childhood to the Mississippi River. The evening features UGA faculty soloist Matthew Shipes, tuba.
TUES 2/24
5:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT
FACULTY RECITAL: EMELY PHELPS, piano
Praised by the Boston Globe for her “fleet, energetic, and bright-toned” playing, pianist Emely Phelps enjoys a versatile career as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. Second prize winner of the 2023 Ernst Bacon Prize for American Music, Emely has given more than 50 performances over the past two years, with recent highlights including an all-American solo recital and educational residency in Ruth Crawford Seeger’s birthplace of East Liverpool, OH, chamber music performances with A Far Cry and the Cassatt Quartet, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Ohio University Wind Symphony, and duo recitals with violinist Christine Harada Li, flutist Jeiran Hasan, and trombonist Lucas Borges.
