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<\/a><\/p>\nThe 5-story-wide building opened in fall 1995.<\/a><\/p>\n The school is named after Hugh Hodgson, who was instrumental in establishing the music program<\/a> at the University of Georgia.<\/p>\n The Department of Fine Arts and Music was established in 1928 after Hodgson became the first music professor<\/a> at the university.<\/p>\n Four degree programs<\/a> in music were developed between 1930 and 1941, including the University of Georgia\u2019s first graduate music degree.<\/p>\n The University of Georgia honored Hodgson<\/a> by naming the music program and building after him in 2005. It was called the School of Music prior to 2005.<\/p>\n There are currently over 600 students and 65 faculty members<\/a> of the Hodgson School of Music.<\/p>\n Daniel Bolshoy, a music professor at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, teaches music courses such as Guitar for Beginners and Sophomore Applied Instruction.<\/p>\n \u201cI discovered early that I really loved to teach even before I started teaching music,\u201d Bolshoy said.<\/p>\n The Hugh Hodgson School of Music hosts approximately 350 public performances<\/a> each year.<\/p>\n Some of these performances include the Fall Opera Production, the Choral Showcase and Holiday Concert Day.<\/p>\n Bolshoy enjoys attending different concerts and events on campus throughout the year.<\/p>\n \u201cI participate in a lot of the events that happen at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. I go to as many concerts as I can. It\u2019s fun because I love music. It\u2019s also nice to see my students and colleagues play,\u201d Bolshoy said.<\/p>\n The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is home to over 100 pianos, soundproof practice rooms, chamber and large-ensemble rehearsal areas, a music library, three electronic music studios and SMART-technology classrooms<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Hodgson Concert Hall seats 1,100 people<\/a> and is described as an \u201cacoustical gem.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Bolshoy enjoys the different amenities that the school offers.<\/p>\n \u201cThe concert halls are really nice. We have three beautiful concert halls. We have great recording equipment and nice studios,\u201d Bolshoy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my journalism assignments from this semester required me to write about an event\/building on campus that pertained to entertainment or arts. As you can probably tell, I love music. So I chose to write about the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and I even got to interview one of the school’s most talented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courtneytee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}