We're back after ASU's Spring Break, ready for the last six weeks of the semester. We'll enjoy numerous concerts, symposia, our annual opera production, the conclusion of this year's faculty searches, Guitar Fest, and many opportunities to celebrate 2017 graduates. Meanwhile, Boone weather will continue as per normal, meaning we won't know quite which season we're in.
FACULTY AND STAFF BUSINESS
*Please consider submitting a Graduate Research Associate Mentoring Program (GRAM) application for the 2017-2019 cycle. The Graduate School will be awarding ten new GRAMs this year and hope to have a pool of strong proposals to review for this award. Note that the deadline for the GRAM is March 31st. https://graduate.appstate.edu/faculty/faculty-awards-and-funding/gram-program
*The HSoM's new full-time piano technician Emil Schlee has joined us here in the Broyhill Music Center. He will be working immediately to establish priorities for tuning and maintenance of our piano inventory, and he will soon be available upon request to schedule work requested by colleagues. Faculty/staff members should log into the faculty portal (https://music.appstate.edu/faculty-staff) and select "piano work orders" on the left of the page. You will be able to select the piano needing tuning/repair from the drop down list and type in your request.
*For members of Pi Kappa Lambda: The Pi Kappa Lambda induction breakfast will take place May 4th at 8:30 A.M. at the Faculty/Staff Dining Hall in the Roess Dining Hall. The cost for the breakfast is $12.50 and annual dues are $20. Payment for both may be put in Andrea Cheeseman's box. The deadline to submit payment for breakfast is April 17th. Checks should be made out to Pi Kappa Lambda.
*Please share the following information with students:
The South African Study Abroad Program May 14-30 is open for enrollment through Friday, March 24. Please contact program leader Dr. Susan Mills to register for the program featuring travel and musical collaboration with students and musicians at the University of Johannesburg and the University of Zululand in South Africa. See attached flyer.
*Opera Carolina has sent us the following offer regarding their upcoming production and voice competition:
Appalachian State faculty and staff are invited to use a special discount code, OPERA35, to get a 35% discount on their ticket purchase for Opera Carolina's production of Puccini’s The Girl of the West – April 23 at 2pm, April 27 at 7:30pm and April 29 at 8pm. Students are eligible for Advance Student Rush tickets - $20 for any seat in price zones 1, 2 or 3.
At the end of April, Opera Carolina is also proud to be hosting the sixth Marcello Giordani International Voice Competition. With more than 120 singers from across the globe participating each year, the Giordani Voice Competition is recognized as an important step in the career of the next generation of great opera singers. Charlotte will host singers from the US, Italy, Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, South Korea, China, Russia, and South Africa as well as an illustrious panel of international judges. The competition is a wonderful opportunity for students and faculty to hear the opera stars of tomorrow. Learn more about the competition at marcellogiordani-foundation.org or operacarolina.org.
The Semi-finals will be held at the Belk Theater from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, April 26 and are free and open to the public. Tickets to the Finals Concert ($20 for adults and $10 for students) can also be purchased through operacarolina.org. Purchase a ticket to any performance of The Girl of the West and receive a free ticket to the Marcello Giordani International Voice Competition Finals Concert.
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
Collegium Music performs Friday, March 24, at 8 pm, in the Recital Hall.
Steely Pan Band performs Sunday, March 26, at 3 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
HSoM faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman performs Sunday, March 26, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
The spring HSoM "Faculty Gala Concert" occurs Tuesday, March 28, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
LOOKING AHEAD
Guest artist composer Chris Mercer will perform in a "Surround Sound Concert" on Thursday, March 30, at 8 pm, in Spencer Rehearsal Hall (BMC 119).
The HSoM Curriculum and Assessment Committee meets Friday, March 31, at 11 am.
The NILE PROJECT will be in residence at Appalachian from Sunday, April 2, through Tuesday, April 4. A final concert will occur Tuesday evening (4/4) at 8 pm in the Schaefer Center. $$
Dean's Advisory Council meets Tuesday, April 4, at 11 am.
Dean's Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, April 5, at 5 pm.
Brass Chamber Ensembles perform Wednesday, April 5, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
Appalachian Opera Theatre presents Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Thursday-Saturday, April 6-8, at 8 pm, and Sunday, April 9, at 2 pm, in Rosen. $$
The HSoM full faculty meets Friday, April 7, at 11 am.
Brass Studio Ensembles perform Monday, April 10, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Woodwind Chamber Ensembles perform Tuesday, April 11, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)
The Symphony of the Mountains (Kingsport, TN) will be performing Verdi's famous "Requiem" on April 1 at the Eastman Employee Center in Kingsport. Guest artists will include Voices of the Mountains, King University Choir, ETSU Chorale, ETSU Choir, East TN Belle's, Bucsworth Choir and four soloists, including HSoM faculty contralto Mary Gayle Greene.
Eight HSoM students have been invited to present academic papers at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) conference, scheduled for April 6-8 in Memphis, TN. HSoM music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass and musicologist Reeves Shulstad serve as mentors for the student scholars:
- Andrew Byrd, AN ANALYSIS OF WAGNERIAN LEITMOTIFS
- Erin Ingram, BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION: WORTH THE FIGHT?
- Zach Lloyd, MUSIC THEORY PEDAGOGY AND THE BENEFITS AT AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
- Caleb McMahon, CHANGES FOR CHANGE: HOW JAZZ COMPOSER CHARLES MINGUS FOUGHT FOR EQUALITY
- Mandy Mericle, OUT DAMNED SPOT: GENDER, MADNESS, AND VERDI'S LADY MACBETH
- Miranda Penley, INTERACTION OF FASHION, DANCE MOVEMENT, AND DANCE MUSIC IN KING LOUIS XIV'S COURT
- Jackson Van Horn, RADIOHEAD AND THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC THEORY
- Rachel Whitman, DEFINING MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: CAUSES AND COPING STRATEGIES
KUDOS AND OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS
HSoM string faculty members Nancy Bargerstock and Eric Koontz traveled to Pittsburgh for the American String Teachers Association National Conference during the first four days of March. They were accompanied by string students Lindsey King, Chandler Fadero, Maya Hughston-Brown, Miranda Mahanes, Gina Sane, and Nicolas Allion. The Hayes School of Music string group offered a presentation at the conference, "Chamber Music: The Bedrock of Large Ensemble Success," in which the students performed string ensemble literature as their professors led a public discussion on the value of chamber music in building string orchestra programs in the secondary schools as well as university systems.
HSoM alumnus Trestan Peck Trestan has just been appointed 2nd Trumpet in the Cairo (Egypt) Symphony Orchestra. He has been teaching in Cairo for the past two years.
With best wishes for week nine of the Spring 2017 semester,
Bill
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William L. Pelto, Ph.D.
Dean, Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-3029
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