The second week of classes begins with five-star weather—clear skies, mid-70s, light breeze, and a hint of fall during the cool evening. Classes, lessons, and ensembles are up and running, with students making final registration changes today. We'll look forward to the start of the concert season next Tuesday, as faculty bassoonist Jon Beebe kicks off our faculty recital series. (See Events.)
FACULTY AND STAFF BUSINESS
The HSoM has subscribed for a Survey Monkey Account for this academic year. The login is hsomsurvey and the password is boone28608. Please feel free to use this service for conducting HSoM-related surveys.
Watch for details regarding Friday's picnic at the Hayes property. An email from Kim Wangler will reach you in the next day or two.
EVENTS For complete listings of performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: https://music.appstate.edu/news-events/performance-calendar and http://music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
The annual HSoM Faculty Staff Potluck Picnic will occur on Friday, August 26, from 5 pm till sundown at the Hayes Estate in Blowing Rock (460 Pinnacle Drive).
HSoM faculty bassoonist Jon Beebe performs in recital on Tuesday, August 30, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
LOOKING AHEAD
Guest artist guitarist Michael Chapdelaine performs in recital on Friday, September 9, at 8 pm, in the Recital Hall.
The annual HSoM faculty Evening of Encores occurs Tuesday, September 13, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
KUDOS AND OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS
HSoM music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass' article "Reflections on the Manifesto" was just published in College Music Society Symposium. The article was co-authored by Juan Chattah, Melissa Hoag, Elizabeth Sayrs, and Steve Laitz. http://symposium.music.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=11141:reflections-on-the-manifesto&Itemid=126
HSoM music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass and Music Education alumnus Alex Alberti have created a blog to chronicle teaching experiences and pedagogical conversations between high school and university instructors of music theory. The blog will include eight contributors, four from the university level and four from the high school level. https://bridgingthemusictheorygap.wordpress.com/
Among the many internships held this semester by our students, MIS student Andy Hallet will conduct his at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
With best wishes for the second week of the 2016-17 academic year,
Bill
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William L. Pelto, Ph.D.
Dean, Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-3029
**If you'd like to have something included in future iterations of these announcements, please send me an email with "announcements" in the subject line. Please feel free to send me information about artists (HSoM colleagues and others) who will collaborate in faculty recitals. My listings here sometimes miss those details. I'll be happy to add family/personal announcements, too. Please submit announcements as pdf's or in plain text, unformatted (no special spacing, bullets, etc.). Please include hyperlinks as appropriate.
**Please send information about upcoming off-campus performances and presentations by faculty and students. I'll include them in this "HSoM On the Road..." section.