Hugh Hodgson School of Music Faculty Chamber Recital with Guest Kenn Wagner, violin

MICHAEL HEALD, violin  |  MAGGIE SNYDER, viola  |  JAMES KIM, cello  |  LIZA STEPANOVA, piano

Special guest artist: KENN WAGNER, violin from the ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FEATURING

• Haydn: String Quartet  Op.33 No.5
• Henriëtte Bosmans: String Quartet
• Schulloff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
• Schumann: Piano Quintet

This will be James Kim’s first UGA performance as assistant professor of cello at UGA. Join us in welcoming him to the School of Music faculty.

Wagner has been a first violinist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1994, and has also served as acting assistant concertmaster of the ASO.

Outside of the ASO he has appeared abroad as guest soloist with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in China, and Christ Church Symphony string section, in New Zealand. Nationally he has soloed with the New Orleans Symphony, Arlington symphony and the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra. Locally, Wagner has appeared as soloist with the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra, the Dekalb Symphony,  Clark/Spellman Symphony, Atlanta Philharmonic, and the Atlanta Musicians’ Orchestra with repeat engagements, including a world premiere of Lucas Richman’s violin&cello concerto at Spivey hall last season.

A passionate chamber musician Wagner has performed with Riverside Chamber Players, Leaptrott Trio, Atlanta Chamber Players, Awadagin Pratt’s Next Generation Festival, and National Chamber Players with special guest Kenneth Slowik of the Smithsonian Chamber Players.