We are in the last week of classes for the Spring 2015 semester. Commencement is scheduled for May 8 (graduate students) and May 9 (HSoM undergraduates).
Faculty and Staff Business
- This week's Honors Seminar (Friday at 1 pm, in Rosen) will feature three performances by students—trumpeter Mitchell Townley, guitarist RJ Wuagneux, and bassoonists Drew Bradshaw, Rachel Davis, Rebecca Lambert, and Alex Wilson—and presentation of numerous awards for students and faculty, including the Student Advisory Council's "Outstanding Teaching Award."
- Please mark your calendars for the HSoM faculty retreat and potluck on Thursday, August 13, 9:30 am-2 pm, in room 225 and the Hayes Lobby of Rosen Concert Hall.
- For information regarding Commencement exercises, please see events listed for May 8 and 9 in Looking Ahead (below).
- HSoM faculty and staff members of Pi Kappa Lambda are invited to attend the annual induction ceremony and breakfast on May 2, 8:30 AM, in the Faculty/Staff Dining Room of the Roess Dining Hall. The cost for the breakfast is $13 and annual dues are $20. Payment for both may be put in Andrea Cheeseman's box. The deadline to submit payment is 8:00 AM on April 28th. Checks should be made out to Pi Kappa Lambda.
- All full-time faculty should sign up through Lauren for an annual conference with me. Please schedule a time between now and the end of May, if at all possible. Please see Faculty Announcements for January 26 for details about the annual evaluation procedure.
Events
For complete listings of Spring 2015 performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: www.music.appstate.edu/calendar and www.music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
- Appalachian Chorale performs Tuesday, April 28, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Hayes String Ensemble (graduate string students) performs on Wednesday, April 29, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
- Jazz Vocal Ensemble performs Wednesday, April 29, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Cornocopia occurs Thursday, April 30, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performs, Friday, May 1, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Saturday, May 2, is ASU's Reading Day.
- Community Band performs Sunday, May 3, at 7 pm, in Rosen. Featured on the concert will be George Naff's new work Mountain Serenade, dedicated to HSoM Professor Emeritus Charles Isley.
- Monday-Friday, May 4-8, is Finals Week.
- HSoM School Personnel Committee meets on Tuesday, May 5, at 9 am. The SPC will discuss renewal of non-tenure-eligible faculty (both full- and part-time) and Professional Development Committees.
Looking Ahead
- The HSoM Advisory Board meets on Friday, May 8, from 9:00-12:30.
- Guest artist and Commencement speaker Barry Green will present a workshop related to his research on "The Inner Game of Music," on Friday, May 8, from 12:30-3 pm, in BMC 214.
- Graduate School Commencement occurs Friday, May 8, at 6 pm, in the Holmes Convocation Center.
- The Hooding Ceremony for recipients of Master of Music Education, Master of Music—Performance, and Master of Music Therapy degrees will occur on Saturday, May 9, at noon, in the BMC Recital Hall.
- The Hayes School of Music Commencement Ceremony for recipients of undergraduate degrees will occur on Saturday, May 9, at 1 pm, in Rosen.
- Monday, May 11, is the last day for faculty to submit grades.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- Music Therapy graduate student Chelsea Stith's (MMT '15) thesis poster, "The Effects of Musical Tempo and Dynamic Range on Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Adults," was selected out of 80 entries as one of three winners of the ASU Graduate Thesis Poster competition at last week's Celebration of Student Research.
- Last week's announcements missed a kudo for the Chancellor's Installation: The premiere performance of HSoM composer Bill Harbinson's choral-orchestral arrangement of the Appalachian Alma Mater was a centerpiece of the public ceremony on Friday, April 17, in the Holmes Convocation Center.
- Congratulations go out to our colleague John Sawyer, who has served as Associate Development Officer for the Hayes School since May 2013, has been promoted by University Advancement. His new title is Director of Development for the Hayes School of Music, and it brings added responsibilities for stewardship and resource development. John will now report directly to the Associate Vice chancellor for University Advancement. Our colleague LaTanya Afolayan continues in her role as Major Gifts Officer with the Hayes School as one of her focus areas.
With best wishes for week fIfteen of the spring 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
**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.