News update from the HHSOM!

Knox Summerour on "American Idol"

Even though school isn't in session, there's still plenty of news filtering out of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music! Here are a few things that have been going on here:

•  If you're not in Athens, you can still catch a performance by UGA Jazz instructor David D'Angelo.  D'Angelo will be featured in the national tour of the Broadway show Sister Act, and will follow the production to Dallas, Tempe, San Diego, and Costa Mesa!

• Congratulations to Erik Forst, who was recently appointed Chair of Percussion at Messiah College in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania! Forst, completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance, is a student of UGA professor Timothy Adams, Jr.

• The Martina Arroyo Foundation's Prelude to Performance program, a New York-based performance organization for young opera singers, will feature UGA graduate student Joseph Michael Brent in Jacques Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann.  Brent, a student under Frederick Burchinal, was selected from over 400 auditioned singers for the role.

• Finally, Hodgson School alumni have been featured on nationwide television recently. David Nelson, a UGA-educated trombone player, appeared on the May 11 episode of Saturday Night Live, performing in the horn section for the band Vampire Weekend. Sharp-eyed American Idol fans may have noticed trumpeter and HHSOM alumnus Knox Summerour, who has a recurring role as a backing musician on the program. American Idol's season finale is Thursday, May 23 at 8pm/7ct on the FOX Network.