The UGA Performing Arts Center has announced the roster of artists for the 2013-2014 season.
“I’m looking forward to this, our 18th season, as we invite our audience to discover the rich variety of arts at UGA,” said George C. Foreman, director of the Performing Arts Center. “It will be a year full of incomparable performances by world-class artists offering a broad spectrum of entertainment with something for everyone to enjoy.”
The 2013-2014 season will feature Hal Holbrook in “Mark Twain Tonight!” on Nov. 15. The Oscar-nominated Holbrook has been bringing the unique humor of American author Mark Twain to the stage for nearly 50 years. On Feb. 11, violinist Joshua Bell will give a recital. He was recently appointed music director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the first person and first American to hold the post since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958.
In addition to the special events, the Performing Arts Center will present seven different performance series showcasing music, dance and theater from around the world.
The PAC will continue its partnership with the Classic Center with three collaborations: improv masters Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, stars of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, in Two Man Group on Nov. 7; the international percussion STOMP on March 5 and 6; and the Rudolf Nureyev State Ballet Theatre performing “The Nutcracker” Dec. 21-22.
The 2013-2014 season will open Sept. 29 with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano with guest pianist André Watts. The ASO will return on Feb. 2 with guest conductor Roberto Abbado and violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.
Also this season, Wynton Marsalis will perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Chorus Oct. 10, and Branford Marsalis will perform with the Branford Marsalis Quartet April 6.
The Performing Arts Center will continue to offer pre-concert lectures. The PAC is again collaborating with the Georgia Museum of Art to invite patrons to “Make It an Evening” by arriving early for museum gallery tours and dessert.
Subscriptions to the 2013-2014 season are on sale now. For more information or a free brochure, contact the Performing Arts Center box office at 706-542-4400. The 2013-2014 season brochure can be viewed online at pac.uga.edu. Single tickets for events will go on sale Aug. 26.
The following is the 2013-2014 season schedule of the UGA Performing Arts Center by series:
Special events
• Hal Holbrook in “Mark Twain Tonight!” Nov. 15, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Rudolf Nureyev State Ballet Theatre performs “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 21, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., also Dec. 22, 3 p.m., Classic Center Theatre
• Joshua Bell, violin, Feb. 11, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
Masterworks
• Wynton Marsalis, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and a mass choir perform “The Abyssinian Mass,” Oct. 10, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Vienna Boys Choir, Oct. 15, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Rudolf Nureyev State Ballet Theatre performs “Sleeping Beauty,” Jan. 14-15, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Theatre
• Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Abbado, conductor, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Feb. 2, 2 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Ryu Goto, violin, Feb. 27, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Chamber Orchestra of the Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky, conductor, March 26, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
Classics
• Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, conductor, André Watts, piano, Sept. 29, 3 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Pilobolus, Jan. 23-24, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Theatre
• Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia, Feb. 3, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Theatre
• Lara St. John, violin, and the Pablo Ziegler Tango Quartet, April 3, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
Franklin College Chamber Music Series
• Hermès String Quartet, Oct. 6, 3 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Escher String Quartet with Jason Vieaux, guitar, Oct. 20, 3 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• David Geringas, cello, and Ian Fountain, piano, Jan. 21, 8 p.m., Ramsey Concert Hall
• Gryphon Trio with Robert Pomakov, bass, Feb. 18, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the Arch Chamber Music Festival March 1 at 8 p.m. and March 2 at 3 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
Ramsey Concert Hall Series
• Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee, duo piano, Oct. 23, 8 p.m., Ramsey Concert Hall
• Caleb Hudson, trumpet, Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Ramsey Concert Hall
• Benjamin Beilman, violin, April 1, 8 p.m., Ramsey Concert Hall
Show Biz
• Noam Pikelny Band, Oct. 28, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Dukes of Dixieland, Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Guitar Passions with Sharon Isbin, guitar; Stanley Jordan, jazz guitar; and Romero Lubambo, Brazilian guitar; Feb. 16, 3 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Celtic Nights, March 19, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Branford Marsalis, April 6, 3 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
Off-Broadway
• Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood in Two Man Group, Nov. 7, 8 p.m., Classic Center Theatre
• Golden Dragon Acrobats, Nov. 18-20, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Theatre
• Jive Aces, Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall
• Second City Company in “Happily Ever Laughter,” Jan. 27-29, 8 p.m., Ramsey Concert Hall
• STOMP, March 5-6, 8 p.m., Classic Center Theatre
The ARCO Series
• ARCO Chamber Orchestra, Nov. 5, 8 p.m. and Feb. 25, 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall.
