Concert Choir will perform romantic works by French composers The Hugh Hodgson School of Music presents the UGA Concert Choir, under the direction of Allen Crowell, on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. This concert will feature romantic works by French composers, Daniel Pinkham’s Wedding Cantata as well as holiday motets by Jacob Handl. The concert is free and open to the public. A recipient of six honorary degrees, Pinkham is a prolific and versatile composer who has been named composer of the year by the American Guild of Organists and received the Alfred Nash Patterson Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the Choral Arts. Written in 1958, his Wedding Cantata is based on texts from the Old Testament Song of Songs. In setting these poems, traditionally interpreted as presenting erotic love as a metaphor for the love between God and man, the cantata musically celebrates the corporeal pleasures of love. “I’ve worked closely with Dan Pinkham a couple of times in premiers of his works,” says Crowell. “The latest was his Alleluia for the Waters that was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association for the first ever National Men’s Honor’s Choir that I conducted ten years ago in Washington His Wedding Cantata was written for friends of his. It exists in a chamber orchestra version or for piano only—both are authentic and authorized. We will be using piano only, and it’s a very gracious part.” The program also includes motets by the 16th century composer Jacob Handl. A Catholic Slovenian composer and Cistercian monk who lived most of his life in Austria and Bohemia, he primarily set sacred Latin texts. His work was forward-looking and inventive in its use of chromaticism unheard of during his time. The selection of this concert are all in the form of a motet, a polyphonic composition based on a sacred text and usually sung without accompaniment. “Jacob Handl has long been a favorite of mine,” says Crowell. “He is an adventurous composer for his time with lots of quirky harmonies and mild, unprepared dissonances. These three motets aren’t from the same sets. They just seemed to flow nicely in a liturgical way—Annunciation to Christmas to Epiphany—conception, birth and bringing of gifts.” The UGA Concert Choir is a mixed ensemble of approximately 40 voices. The ensemble’s performances focus on the great works of the choral repertoire from the Renaissance through to the present. The 2003-2004 season included music of Brahms, Victoria, Poulenc, Britten and many others. The Concert Choir usually sings a cappella or with piano. —Julie Powell

Art exhibitions.
Jan Matulka: The Global Modernist. Through Nov. 27. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-
9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930-1950, from the Schoen Collection. Through Nov. 27. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Margo Candelario. Through Dec. 2. Art Gallery, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by the University Union and the Department of Student Activities. 542-6396.

Visions of Byzantium: The Works of Harriett Matthews. Through Dec. 9. Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. 542-0069.

In the early 1960s Matthews was a MFA student at UGA’s School of Art, when Lamar Dodd was the chair of the department. She studied sculpture with Leonard DeLonga and took classes in ancient and Byzantine art and architecture with Ljubica D. Popovich.

The exhibition will display a selection of bronze miniatures—free-standing reliefs and sculptures in-the-round—as well as pencil-on-paper drawings and pencil sketches. The drawings and sketches constitute preparatory phases for the execution of the bronzes. The realism of the drawings has an ethereal subtlety, which is in marked contrast to the sketches that compress the landscape into forms rendered in only a few decisive lines.

Exhibits.
“AU/UGA in Costa Rica: A Co-Operative Exhibit from a Co-Operative Summer.” Through Nov. 12. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall. Open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Sponsored by the College of Environment and Design. 542-2892.

“Power to the People—Rural Electrification in Georgia.” Through Sept. 30, 2006. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Russell Library. Additional hours: Saturdays 1-4:45 p.m. (except on UGA home football game days).

Monday, November 7
Bulldog Brunch.
Guest host: Charles B. Knapp, UGA president emeritus. $10 ($5 student members). RSVP. Noon-1 p.m. North Tower, Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association. 542-8199.

Heartsaver CPR Training.
$25 (CPR on adults); $40 (CPR on adults, children and infants). 1-5 p.m. Advance registration required. University Health Center. Sponsored by the University Health Center. 542-8695.

Adolphe Sax Birthday Concert.
6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 542-3737.

One-Man Show.
Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead. 8 p.m. Arena Theatre (room 151), lower level, Fine Arts Building.

Seminar.
“Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D. or M.D.: Which Route to a Career in Biomedical Research?,” Rodney Ulane, associate dean for graduate biomedical education, New York University School of Medicine. 4 p.m. 214 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities and the UGA chapter of the Association for Women in Science. 583-0578.

Tuesday, November 8
Inaugural shouky shaheen Lecture in art.
“Kara Walker: In the Shadows of History,” Lisa Saltzman, associate professor of modern art and director of the Center for Visual Culture, Bryn Mawr College. 5:30 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art. 542-0116.

A distinguished scholar and teacher in the field of modern and contemporary art, Saltzman is an associate professor of modern art and director of the Center for Visual Culture at Bryn Mawr College. She earned her B.A. from Princeton University and her master’s and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Concert.
UGA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble. 6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 542-3737.

The concert will feature original works for Tuba Euphonium Ensemble by Koetsier, Crespo, Stevens Forbes and arrangements of works by Holst, Morley and others.

Film.
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000, 145 min.). 7:30 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Hungarian Film Series. Sponsored by the UGA Libraries Media Department. 542-7090.

Concert.
Concert Choir. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 542-3737.

Wednesday, November 9
CHA Lecture.
“Anarchy or Chaos: How Languages Make and Break the Rules,” Bill Kretzschmar, Department of English. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 245 Student Learning Center. Center for Humanities and Arts Lunch-in-Theory Lecture. Sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Lecture.
“Acoustics, Perception and Meaning in Primate Vocalizations,” Michael Owren, Department of Psychology and the Language Research Center, Georgia State University. 3:30 p.m. 214 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Behavioral Research.

LECTURE.
“Functional Magnetic Resonance ­Imaging: A Survey of Applications in ­Clinical Neuroscience,” Gregory G. Brown, University of California at San Diego. 3:35 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the Biomedical Health Sciences Institute. 542-3076.

Fall Colloquium.
“Social Networks and Social Identities,” Dawn Robinson. 3:30-5 p.m. 114A Baldwin Hall. Series on Social Networks II. Sponsored by the sociology department.

Naming Ceremony.
The Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. 5-6:30 p.m. Lower lobby, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-3966.

ArtBeat!
Joe E. Sanders, associate professor of art and printmaking. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies; ages 17 and younger must have parental permission. 5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Film.
The Women (1939, 134 minutes). Directed by Georgia Cukor; starring Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. 7 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium. Classic American Film Series. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art and the UGA Parents and Families Association. 542-4662.

Faculty Recital.
David Starkweather, cello, and Evgeny Rivkin, piano. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 542-3737.

The program includes Suite Populaire Espagnole by Manuel de Falla (arr. M. Maréchal), Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32 by Camille Saint-Saëns, Rondo in G Minor, Op. 92 by Antonín Dvorák and Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Dance Performance.
Senior Exit Concert 2005. Through Nov. 11. $8 ($6 students). 8 p.m. New Dance Theatre. Young Choreographer's Series. 542-4415.

Thursday, November 10
Exhibition.
Preserved. Through Nov. 16. Reception: Nov. 13, 5-8 p.m. Sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Preserved is the thesis exhibition of UGA’s BFA photography candidates. The nine students will display work printed in various photographic processes including digital black-and-white images and color C-prints. The students, Shelly Everett, Gesci Fiskum, Krystal Kerr, Jenny Loftin, Melissa O’Boyle, Ashley Poole, Elizabeth Trott, Tom Wages and Sam Widman, have been studying in the photography program for two and a half years.

British-Irish Studies Program Lecture.
“London and Westminster, c. 1600,” Ian W. Archer, Eminent Oxford historian and 2005 Visiting Fellow of the Folger Shakespeare Library. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Reception will follow lecture. Sponsored by UGA at Oxford, the English department and UGA’s British and Irish Studies Program. 583-0455.

Archer is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Keble College, Oxford, the long-standing partner of UGA’s Oxford Study-Abroad Program. The literary director of the Royal Historical Society and the general editor of the Royal Historical Society Bibliography on British and Irish History, Archer is “one of the most popular tutors on the UGA at Oxford Program,” says Kalpen Trivedi, associate director of UGA at Oxford. “We are delighted that he is coming to campus and anticipate that many of his former students will enjoy the opportunity to hear him lecture again.”

Archer’s primary research interest is the history of early modern London, and he is currently working on a variety of issues in London history: charity, popular politics, taxation, and governance.

Korea Peace Day.
Joint Security Area, a film by the award-winning Korean director Chanwook Park, will be presented as part of Korea Peace Day. 6 p.m. 102 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the Korean Students Association, the Korean Undergraduate Students Association and the Korean Language Program. 542-7714.

Workshop.
“Cooking in the Garden: Soy What.” Sheila Bradley. $25 (members $22). 6-8 p.m. Conservatory, Café Trumps. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Seminar.
“What is bird flu? Who is at risk?” 7 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and the College of Veterinary Medicine. 542-5922.

2nd Thursday Concert.
“Marimbas Meet Jazz,” with the UGA Marimba Orchestra and Jazz Combo. $15 ($7 students), at the box office in the Performing Arts Center, open 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. weekdays. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400.

Friday, November 11
Dawgs After Dark Winter Wonderland.
$5 (free for UGA students). Tate Student Center. Sponsored by the University Union and Student Activities. 542-6396.

Inaugural Symposium.
“Computational and Systems Biology.” 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Bioinformatics. 542-7783.

The symposium will bring leading scientists to UGA to share visions about computational and systems biology in the context of their own research domains.

Lecture.
“Opera’s Mad Woman,” Anne Williams, English. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center. Friday Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Studies. 542-2846.

alumni association Open House.
Wray-Nicholson House. 3-5 p.m. Hull at Wray streets. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association.

Reception.
In conjunction with the exhibit “AU/UGA in Costa Rica: A Co-Operative Exhibit from a Co-Operative Summer.” 4-6 p.m. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall.

Volleyball.
vs. Mississippi State. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center 542-7954.

Observatory viewing.
The 24-inch telescope located atop the physics building is open free for public viewing. 7 p.m. 542-7827.

Saturday, November 12
Alcohol-Free Tailgate.
4:45 p.m. Woodruff Practice Field (Lumpkin and Smith streets). Sponsored by Advocating Safe Alternatives for Peers and the UGA Athletic Association.

Football.
vs. Auburn. ESPN-TV. 7:45 p.m. Sanford Stadium.

Sunday, November 13

Volleyball.
vs. Mississippi. 1:30 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-7954.

Demonstration.
“Marriage in Judaism, Christianity, Islam,” a mock-wedding demonstration from the three Abrahamic faiths. 6- 8 p.m. Georgia Hall A, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association.
(678) 300-9216.

Monday, November 14

Lecture.
“The Amazing Colossal Temple on Rome’s Quirinal Hill,” Susann Lusniaís, professor of classical studies, Tulane University. 4:30 p.m. 250 Student Learning Center. Reception will follow. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts, the classics department and Classics Study-Abroad Program at Rome.

On Rome’s Quirinal Hill, in the area of the modern-day Piazza del Quirinale, there once stood the largest temple in all the city. One marble architectural fragment is estimated to weigh 100 tons. This all-but-forgotten temple has recently come into focus once again. Questions surround its plan and actual size, but most of all, its date and identification. To whom was this gigantic temple dedicated and when? Lusnia’s talk will re-examine the evidence in light of the two most recent attempts at identifying this colossal temple.

Concert.
UGA Trombone Choir. 5 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 542-3737.

This concert, titled “Polyphonic to Quadraphonic: Traditionalism Revisited” will feature monuments of Western music, starting with Gabrieli’s famous ­Sonata piane forte, the first piece to specify performing instruments and specific dynamics. The concert will continue with antiphonal works for double trombone choir by Hassler, Gabrieli, Schein, Handel and Randall Thompson. The concert will conclude with the four choir quadraphonic piece titled The Velvet Laser by Hollywood composer Tommy Pederson.

International Education Week Celebration.
$8 ($5 UGA students, $3 children ages 6-12 and free for children younger than 6). 6-9 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by the Office of International Education and the Office of International Student Life. 542-7903. See Digest.

Faculty Recital.
8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 542-3737.

The recital features Ellen Ritchey (soprano), Levon Ambartsumian (violin), Gregory Broughton (tenor) and Anatoly Sheludyakov (piano). The program includes Selections From Candide by Leonard Bernstein, Le Grand Tango by Astor Piazzolla and a the premiere of Love Letters by UGA faculty member Roger C. Vogel.

Love Letters is a major song cycle written in 2002 for Ambartsumian, UGA’s Franklin Professor of Violin, by Vogel. A productive composer, Vogel has more than 100 compositions and several journal articles to his credit. Since he joined the UGA faculty 1976, Vogel has written more than 95 original works that have been published by 11 different publishing firms. A cycle of 11 songs, Love Letters sets excerpts from actual love letters that span a period of 2,000 years from Pliny the Younger in the 1st century A.D. to John Steinbeck in the 20th century. The other authors include: Margaret Lawrence, Catherine the Great, Sgt. Bert Fielder, Benjamin Franklin, Ogden Nash, Mariana Alcoforado and Gustave Flaubert.

Coming up
Poetry Reading.
Heather McHugh. Nov. 15. 3:30 p.m. ­Chapel. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. 542-2659

University Theatre.
Noises Off. 8 p.m.: Nov.17-18, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. and 2:30 p.m.: Nov. 20 and Dec. 4. $12 ($10 students). Fine Arts Theatre, Fine Arts Building. Sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Film Studies. 542-2838.