Release Date: Monday, September 11, 2006

Up-and-coming musical acts added to 'Terry Tunes' lunchtime concert series lineup at UGA's Herty Field

ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia's Terry College of Business will kick off its much-anticipated "Terry Tunes" fall concert series on Friday, September 15, under the new direction of UGA's Music Business Certificate Program.

The free lunchtime concerts, held from noon to 1 pm at Herty Field on UGA's historic North Campus, will be organized and promoted by students in the Music Business program. Terry's Office of Development and Alumni Relations had previously coordinated the schedule, but turned the concert series over to the Music Business program to use as a learning exercise for its students.

"We're very grateful for the opportunity to continue the tradition the Terry College has established with the Terry Tunes concert series and excited about taking the program in new directions," said Bruce Burch, who co-directs the Music Business program with UGA music professor Steve Dancz. "We hope everybody who has come out in the past to enjoy the fall weather and some great acoustic music will bring a lunch and join us again."

In keeping with the Music Business program's emphasis on introducing students to the ins and outs of the music industry, artists slated to perform include some of Athens' most promising up-and-coming musical acts.

Modern Skirts is scheduled to perform September 15, followed by Critical Darlings on September 22, The Packway Handle Band on September 29, and Nate Nelson on October 20.

Some of the scheduled performances will also feature appearances by members of UGA's cheerleading squads and the Dance Dawgs, the dance team for UGA's basketball program. The concert location, Herty Field, is located between Moore College and the law school on North Campus near downtown. In the event of inclement weather, the scheduled concert will be canceled. The Terry College has conducted the Terry Tunes concert series each fall and spring since September 1999, usually featuring UGA student and faculty instrumental ensembles from the Hodgson School of Music.

The University of Georgia's Music Business Program was inaugurated in January 2006 as an interdisciplinary certificate program, jointly organized and operated by the Terry College of Business and the Hodgson School of Music. Students take seven classes, a mix of basic business and music courses, including the Music Business I and II courses designed by Burch and Dancz.

In addition to guest lectures from prominent figures in the music industry, students gain real-world music industry experience through internships with record labels, promoters, studios and other companies. Students are also asked to find local artists with potential and promote them through their student-run record labels.

For more information about UGA's Music Business Program and the 2006 Terry Tunes concert series, visit the program's Web site at www.terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness.

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