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Faculty Announcements, February 1, 2016

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Submitted by templelw on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 7:29pm

A new month begins, and we realize the semester is flying quickly. This week's highlights include our annual Faculty Potpourri, a concert featuring solo and chamber performances by HSoM faculty (Tuesday night at 8 pm in Rosen).

Faculty and Staff Business

  • As we gear up for the piano technician search, John Parham will continue to provide tuning and minor repairs for our piano inventory. To request John's work, please use the following website link:  http://apps.music.appstate.edu/node/add/piano-work-order
  • In advance of colleague Greg Simmons' (Learning Technology Services) presentation to the full faculty on Friday, please see the following website for information regarding online options during weather-related delays and closings:  https://winterize.appstate.edu/
  • At its January 29 meeting, the University General Education Council approved the HSoM's proposal to include MUS 2052 Exploring Music Therapy in the Liberal Studies Experience. 
  • There will be a meeting of the Search Committee for the 3/4 time Music Education position Wednesday, February 3, at noon in the conference room.
  • Recordings of the November HSoM ensembles performances at NCMEA in Winston-Salem are now available on a SoundCloud site: https://soundcloud.com/hsom-asu
  • Sydney Dehus recommends the following procedure—adding a profile picture in Gmail.
  • With Apps Mountaineer Gmail, you can attach a picture of yourself or your instrument, or an icon that could be associated with your name:  1) Select the Settings gear icon on the right side of your Google screen, 2) then navigate to the General tab and scroll down to My Picture to upload your photo of choice. (Due to many faculty, students and staff with the same name but different initials, it can be tricky choosing the correct person when typing a name in the "TO" field of the Apps Mountaineer Gmail.) Give it a try, compose an email and type your name in the "TO" field to see who comes up in the search. Here is the link for uploading a photo: https://apps.google.com/learning-center/tips/gmail/#/show-tip/add-profile-picture-to-emails Or visit our ASU GoGoogle site: http://gogoogle.appstate.edu/training-support

Events

For complete listings of performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar:  http://music.appstate.edu/calendar and http://music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams

  • Dean's Advisory Council meets on Tuesday, February 2, at 11 am.
  • The HSoM "Faculty Potpourri" concert occurs Tuesday, February 2, at 8 pm, in Rosen. 
  • Dean's Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, February 3, at 5 pm.
  • The HSoM full faculty meets on Friday, February 5, at 11 am.  Among other agenda items, Cannon Music Camp director James Daugherty will provide an update on CMC 2016, and Greg Simmons from Learning Technology Services will present ideas for "winterizing" the curriculum.
  • Harmonia Baroque performs on Sunday, February 7, at 4 pm, in Rosen.

Looking Ahead

  • The HSoM Advisory Board meets Friday, February 12.
  • "Todd Wright's Valentine Evening" occurs Friday, February 12, at 8 pm, in Rosen
  • Saturday, February 13, is the HSoM's fourth audition day for selecting the incoming class for Fall 2016.
  • The Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performs on Sunday, February 14, at 2 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
  • Symphony Band Performs on Tuesday, February 16, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center

HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)

  •  HSoM graduate voice student Jason Nichols will perform in the Southeast Region Finals of the Metropolitan Opera Competition on February 7, in Clayton State University's Spivey Hall, in Atlanta.
  • The following presentations will occur this Friday at the Teach4Tech Fair on campus:
    • "Teaching in Kahoot(s) with our Students" — HSoM faculty music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass and Master's candidate David Marvel
    • "How Technology Made Me a Composer" — Master's candidate Benjamin Dawson
    • "Gamification in Education" — panel discussion including HSoM faculty music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass 
  • HSoM undergraduate Grant Smith will perform as one of three finalists for the Texas State Trombone Symposium—Michael Rath Jazz Trombone Solo Competition, on February 21 in San Marcos, TX.

Kudos and Other News and Events

With best wishes for the fourth week of the spring 2016 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.