Fall Break has ended. The calendar is full of concerts, recitals, and guest artist master classes, and that will continue throughout the remaining six weeks of the semester.
FACULTY AND STAFF BUSINESS
Chancellor Everts has announced the campus requirement that all faculty and staff participate in an online training module regarding interpersonal violence. Please complete the module prior to the December 16 deadline by following these instructions:
- Go to: http://www.everfi.com/login and click Register
- Under “Student/Learner,” enter the Registration Code: 7b2e5c30 to create your EverFi Account
- Complete Part 1 of Haven for Faculty and Staff by December 16, 2016. This part takes about 45 minutes to complete, but it can be completed in multiple sittings.
- After 30-45 days you will receive an invitation to complete Part 2 of Haven for Faculty and Staff, which must be completed by February 17, 2017. This part takes about 10 minutes to complete.
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
Trumpet Ensembles perform on Monday, October 17, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
The Appalachian Community Band performs Tuesday, October 18, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM faculty violinist Nancy Bargerstock performs in recital Wednesday, October 19, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Flute Ensemble performs Thursday, October 20, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Steely Pan Band performs Friday, October 21, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
HSoM faculty tubaist Beth Wiese performs in recital Sunday, October 23, at 4 pm, in Rosen.
Guest artist Susan Dunn will conduct a voice master class Monday, October 24, at 5 pm, in the Recital Hall.
Octubafest occurs Monday, October 24, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Jazz Ensemble II performs Tuesday, October 25, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
LOOKING AHEAD
Collegium Musicum performs Wednesday, October 26, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Blazing Bassoons performs Sunday, October 30, at 4 pm, in Rosen.
Saxophone Chamber Ensembles perform Sunday, October 30, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
The Halloween Monster Concert occurs Monday, October 31, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Dean's Advisory Council meets Tuesday, November 1, at 11 am.
Brass Studio Ensembles perform Tuesday, November 1, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)
The ASU Saxophone Quartet—Darby Teander, Mitchell Powers, Andres Orench, and Luke Taylor—will compete in the North Carolina MTNA Chamber Ensemble Competition this Friday, October 21, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
The HSoM's choirs—University Singers and Chamber Singers—will tour North Carolina, October 19-21, including performances at Southeast Guilford High School and Weaver Academy on the 20th, an evening concert that night at Winston-Salem's First Baptist Church, and performances at Northwest High School (Greensboro) and Glenn High School (Kernersville) on the 21st.
HSoM faculty guitarist Doug James has an active performance calendar in October as he collaborates with Pascuale Rucco in the Rucco-James Duo:
- 10/24-25, Benevento Guitar Festival, Italy (Concert and masterclasses)
- 10/29, Piccolo Teatro Caligula, Aversa, Italy
With best wishes for the tenth 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.