The Vocal Studies area of UGA's Hugh Hodgson School of Music is home to undergraduate, master's, and
Our faculty:
Gregory Broughton, tenor
Frederick Burchinal, baritone
Michael Hadary, baritone
Elizabeth Johnson Knight, mezzo soprano
Stephanie Tingler (chair), soprano
Kathryn Wright, vocal coach
06/18/2026
Congratulations to UGA Voice Area student Phoebe Feibus, whose work on Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Great American Opera’ has been published in The Classic, the Writing Intensive Program’s journal of undergraduate writing and research. You can read “Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Great American Opera’: The Importance of Susannah (1955) to the American Musical Canon” in the current issue, 14.2, online at http://theclassicjournal.org.
05/14/2026
: we are so proud of voice area students Marianna Baccus, Julian Rivera-Summerville and Ava Bogarde for their fantastic singing at last week’s Commencement ceremonies. Bravi tutti!
05/13/2026
“People don’t want to hear a version of somebody else - they want to hear YOU.”
Today voice area students Alex Gilliam, Susanna Poston and Zaria Doss had the opportunity to work with jazz vocalist Ilona Knopfler, who also performed with IGA jazz professor James Weidman and student musicians at the botanical gardens last night. Thank you so much to for organizing this master class!
05/08/2026
Congratulations to all of our voice area graduates! We are so proud of you and excited to see what you do next.
(Photo missing our esteemed opera director, .director !)
On Friday, April 24th, we hosted our spring honors recital, the last departmental recital of the year. Congratulations to all of our students on their hard work and impressive progress this semester!
Thank you to for her video editing skills!
04/26/2026
: last weekend, voice area student had the opportunity to meet !
04/23/2026
Drs. Ivey, Slovin and Voelker are so excited to be a part of tonight’s performance of Carmina Burana—and to have nearly completed their first year at UGA! Go Dawgs!
04/21/2026
Voice area students and .smith.017 shared their research at CURO (Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities) yesterday at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. Congratulations on your amazing contributions to the fields of music theory and music therapy!
04/11/2026
Our students are in jury and recital preparation mode, so yesterday’s departmental recital was packed—we maxxed out our Instagram tag limit! Great work, everyone!
04/02/2026
Chag sameach! Happy Passover!