University of Georgia New Music FestivalFebruary 13-14 2026Dancz Center for New Music | Hugh Hodgson School of Music The Music Composition program is excited to host the UGA New Music Festival from February 13-14 2026 at the Dancz Center for New Music, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia (Athens, GA). This year’s festival headlining composer is Leah Reid, and the headlining ensemble is LIGAMENT (Will Yager and Anika Kildegaard). Please direct all queries to Dr. Emily Koh emilykoh@uga.edu FESTIVAL PROGRAM Link to UGA NMF 26 Festival Program FESTIVAL EVENTS (Links to Livestream) Friday February 13 2026 Concert 1 - 10:30AM @ Dancz Center for New Music Leah Reid: Featured Artist Presentation - 2pm @ Georgia Museum of Art Concert 2 - 3:30PM @ Dancz Center for New Music Concert 3 - 7:30PM @ Ramsey Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center Saturday February 14 2026 Concert 4 - 10:30AM @ Dancz Center for New Music LIGAMENT: Featured Artist Presentation - 2pm @ Georgia Museum of Art Concert 5 - 3:30PM @ Georgia Museum of Art Concert 6 - 6PM @ Dancz Center for New Music COMPOSERS & PERFORMERS Composers Performers Leah Reid (headliner) David Biedenbender Eliza Brown Francisco Cardoso de Araujo Alicia Castillo Sally Wyche Coenen Mary Denney Megan DiGeorgio Drew Farrar Travis Garrison Garrison Gerard Christian Glascock Lawton Hall Trent Hanna Cara Haxo Martha Callison Horst Steven James Jeonghyeon Joo Varun Kishore Siravith Kongbandalsuk Jackson Laird Steve Landis Peter Van Zandt Lane Scott Lee Jiayi Lee Aaaron Israel Levin Thomas Little Edward Lu Asher Lurie Kevin Mah Rob McClure Ben Morris Treya Nash Zeynep Özcan Cerulean S. Payne-Passmore Hoàng Phó Paul Richards Ian Schwalbe Sami Seif Lucy Shirley Cecilia Suhr Huan Sun Jared Bradley Tubbs Tianyi Wang Beth Wiemann Elois Zelada & Renan Zelada LIGAMENT (headliner) Asha Baylor BGSU New Music Quartet Alexis Boylan Avery Britt Will Collins D@wgByt3s Emily Elmore Travis Garrison Palmer Hartley Zachary Helms Jesse Hu Daniel Johnson Jeonghyeon Joo Ori Kang Emily Koh Ian Koontz Emely Phelps Brandon Quarles Alyssa Soriano Subaerial Collective Cecilia Suhr Tacet(i) Ensemble Yunqu Tan Emily Taylor Tilt Duo Jared Bradley Tubbs UGA Contemporary Chamber Ensemble UGA Jazz Ensemble UGA Percussion Ensemble UGA Trombone Choir UGA Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble Andrew Voelker Tianyi Wang Abigail Weller Savannah York
