Hodgson School Premier Ensembles Hodgson School of Music “Keys, Winds, and Strings” – A Curious Collection of Concerti by Bach, Stravinsky, and Schnittke. Program

Thursday Scholarship Series Thursday April 13 2017 • 7:30 p.m. Bach Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, and Orchestra in A Minor, BWV 1044 Allegro Adagio ma non tanto e dolce Tempo di alla breve

fluteAngela Jones-Reus Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Largo – Allegro Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva Larghissimo violin Allegro harpsichordEvgeny Rivkin INTERMISSION conductorJaclyn Hartenberger Schnittke Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra pianoAnatoly Sheludyakov Moderato Agitato violinLevon Ambartsumian Andante

ARCO Chamber Orchestra

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall are named in honor of native Athenian and UGA graduate Hugh Leslie Hodgson. In 1928, Hodgson became the University’s first music professor and first chairman of the Department of Music. He retired from the University in 1960. The Thursday Scholarship Series began in 1980 and continues the tradition of “Music Appreciation Programs” started by Hugh Hodgson in the 1930s. Proceeds from these concerts are the primary source of funds for School of Music scholarships.

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regional and district honor bands. Her in- Anatoly Sheludyakov was born in Mos- ternational conducting appearances span cow, where he graduated from the Gnessin the Czech Republic, Brazil, and Italy. In Musical Academy. He also graduated from 2014, Hartenberger created UGA’s annual the Moscow Conservatory in the com- Study Abroad Program for undergradu- position class of T. Khrennikov. In 1977, ate conductors. In 2015, she was chosen Sheludyakov was the winner of the Rus- to be a distinguished Lilly Teaching Fel- sian National Piano Competition. He has low at UGA. Hartenberger holds degrees performed as a concerto soloist with or- Angela Jones-Reus Levon Ambartsumian Evgeny Rivkin Jaclyn Hartenberger Anatoly Sheludyakov from the University of North Texas (B.S. chestras, solo recitals, and chamber music in Music Education) and The University of performances in Russia, the United States, sponsibilities, he continues to perform and Texas at Austin (M.M. and D.M.A. in con- Germany, Italy, China, Czechoslovakia, About the Artists present master classes around the world. He ducting). Her career began as a middle and Yugoslavia, and Australia. He has recorded has recorded forty compact discs under dif- high school band director in the Dallas/ twenty-four discs of piano solo and cham- Angela Jones-Reus ferent recording labels in the United States Fort Worth Metroplex area. Her profes- ber music. In 1999, he was named a Merited is Professor of Flute at and Russia. In May, 2009, Ambartsumian the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson sional affiliations include the College Band Artist of the Russian Federation. Sheludya- was awarded a gold medal of the Moscow Directors National Association, the Geor- kov is a member of the faculty at the Uni- School of Music and Principal Flutist of the Composers Union for his contribution to Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. She gia Music Educators Association, and the versity of Georgia. the development of contemporary music National Association for Music Education. is active as a soloist, chamber artist, orches- and musical culture. tral player, and teacher with appearances throughout the United States, Europe, the Evgeny Rivkin was born in Nizhny United Kingdom, Asia, and South Ameri- Novgorod, Russia. He has won several ca. In 1991, Jones-Reus won the Principal awards for his playing, including top prizes Flute position of the Stuttgart Philharmon- in the Bavarian Radio Music Competition ic Orchestra (Germany) where she played in Munich, the Sixth International Tchai- until 2000. Her solo compact disc, entitled kovsky Competition in Moscow, and the Mostly French, was recorded in Prague with U.S.S.R. National Piano Competition in St. I Virtuosi di Praga for the Koch Interna- Petersburg. In 1998, he won First Prize in tional label. Jones-Reus has been perform- the International McMahon Piano Compe- ing as a regular guest with the Berlin Phil- tition held in Oklahoma. Rivkin came to the harmonic Orchestra since 1999. She is also University of Georgia in 1995 as a profes- the host of Flutissimo!, an advanced Sum- sor at the School of Music; before coming to mer Flute Workshop held annually at the UGA, he was a professor of piano at the Lat- University of Georgia. Jones-Reus holds vian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia. In degrees from The Juilliard School (M.M.) addition to CD recordings and presenting ARCO Chamber Orchestra and the NC School of the Arts (B.M.) and master classes worldwide, Rivkin continues was a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship to perform as a soloist and chamber musi- artistic directorLevon Ambartsumian to study in Italy. cian throughout the world. and conductor Levon Ambartsumian, Regent’s and Frank- Jaclyn Hartenberger is the Conductor lin Professor of Violin, and former Professor for the UGA Wind Symphony, Associate FIRST VIOLINS SECOND VIOLINS CELLOS at the Moscow Conservatory (1978-1993), Director of Bands, and Assistant Profes- Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva Pedro Miszewski Ana Cristina Abrantes is an internationally acclaimed violinist and sor of Music at the University of Geor- Moises Cunha Lourenco Budo Noah Johnson winner of the 1977 International Violin gia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music Lucas Scalamogna Minhye Park Andrew Short Competition in Zagreb, the 1979 Montreal (HHSOM). She also conducts for UGA’s Teresa Grynia Daniel Allen International Competition, and the 1981 MOD[ular] ensemble, which is comprised Yeasol Kang DOUBLE BASS U.S.S.R. National Violin Competition. He of faculty from the HHSOM, and teaches VIOLAS Claudia Amaral also a Merited Artist of Armenia and Russia. undergraduate and graduate conducting. Rogerio Nunes Ambartsumian is the founder, conductor, Her national conducting activities include Serena Scibelli and artistic director of the ARCO Chamber appearances with the West Point Band, the Seonkyu Kim Orchestra. In addition to his teaching re- Concordia Santa Fe Winds, and various John Cooper

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