Ukraine Orchestra, 'This American Life' host, award-winning R&B duo headed for Athens
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The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center's most eclectic calendar yet will begin with a Sept. 8 performance by Nashville-based R&B duo The War and Treaty and continue through May 2023, featuring concerts by violinist Itzhak Perlman, Ukraine Orchestra and "This American Life" host Ira Glass among others.
Season tickets are now on sale at the Performing Arts Center's box office or via their website pac.uga.edu. Single-show ticket sales begin on Aug. 8 with prices starting as low as $25 ($10 for UGA students) plus a $2 service fee. Most of the performances take place at Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall (230 River Road), and parking is always free.
Nashville-based husband and wife vocalists Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter make up The War and Treaty, whose combination of soul, rock and gospel genres brought about a comparison to Ike & Tina Turner by Rolling Stone magazine.
The War and Treaty was named Emerging Artist of the Year by Americana Music Honors & Awards in 2019 and won Folk Alliance International's Artist of the Year award in 2020.
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Ira Glass, best known as the host of NPR's "This American Life," will appear on Sept. 18 for "Seven Things I’ve Learned," a multimedia show that covers various subjects based on his four-decade career in radio. Tickets purchased for Glass’ postponed appearance from March will be honored on this date.
Included in the 2023 calendar is the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, scheduled for a Jan. 23 performance conducted by Theodore Kuchar with pianist Stanislav Khristenko.
The orchestra was founded in 1902 in the city of Lviv, known as one of the great cultural centers of Eastern Europe, and has has toured in many countries around the world from Italy to China.
Considered the reigning virtuoso of violin, Itzhak Perlman is a rare superstar among classical musicians, having played at the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama and won 16 Grammy Awards. Perlman is scheduled to perform at Hodgson Hall on April 29.
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"Back in April, people came in from New York to see (Broadway singer) Audra McDonald because of the low price," said Mark Mobley, director of marketing and communications at the Performing Arts Center. "It will never be easier in your lifetime to see entertainment of this quality."
This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: UGA Performing Arts Center fall season: War and Treaty, Ira Glass set
