Today is another "snow day" at Appalachian, with classes canceled till 2 pm. For those of you off the mountain, picture a steady fall of powder, not a puff of wind, all sound muffled slightly by the insulating accumulation. And now the clouds have lifted, with bits of blue sky visible intermittently. The forecast calls for improving conditions this afternoon and evening, so performances by guest artists Lynn Mackey and David Gee (Recital Hall, 6 pm) and the Appalachian Repertory Orchestra (Rosen, 8 pm) will occur as scheduled. Please join us for these two musical opportunities, the HSoM's 95th and 96th concerts of this academic year!
Faculty and Staff Business
- Please consider participating in this year's STEAM Expo (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) on April 22. The event will host more than 2500 visiting 6th– 10th graders for this exciting event! There are many ways to participate: a "booth" on the Holmes Convocation Center floor or concourse highlighting your App State University STEAM projects/research (hands-on activities are very popular!), a 45-minute demo in the Student Union, or a 45-minute tour of your lab/facility. If you (or a student organization you advise) would like to participate in any of these ways, please complete the on-line registration: www.ncache.appstate.edu/steam-expo-2015/presenter-and-demo-registration
- Nominations and self-nominations are now open for a member of the tenured faculty to serve as the University's next Sharpe Chair. The position involves facilitating arts programming and advocacy for the Hiddenite Center in Hiddenite, NC, and comes with a $6,000 annual stipend, a 3-hour course release per semester, and programming funds related to the Hiddenite Center's activities. For further information, please see the attachment on the 2/9 faculty announcements. Please note that nominations are due by March 1, and self-nominations and completed applications are due by March 16.
- Please announce to your classes that Summer Sessions offerings during Session I, May 26-June 25, will include many required HSoM courses, including Music Theory II and Aural Skills II, Music Theory IV and Aural Skills IV, Music Theory V, Piano Class II, and Piano Class IV. Other offerings will include many of our General Education courses in online formats—MUS 2011, MUS 2014, MUS 2018, and MUS 2023—and Introduction to Music Therapy MUS 2050, also online.
- During the next months of the spring semester, the HSoM will follow Appalachian's university-wide procedure for annual full-time faculty evaluation and review. A form has been revised for the process. (Please see attached form in Word format in the 1/26 faculty announcements.) I would like for us to use the following plan for completing the annual reviews:
- Full-time faculty colleague makes 30-minute appointment with me, through Lauren (appointments to be scheduled starting February 16). I would ask first-year faculty to wait until Professional Development Committee activities have concluded later in the semester.
- Colleague submits annual review form to Loren at least three days prior to scheduled meeting with me, with self-evaluation sections completed as applicable (teaching, research/creative activities, service, progress toward promotion and/or tenure, progress toward post tenure review, goal setting). Please feel free to use bulleted lists and brief prose as you complete the sections. Please add your last name to the file name when you submit it.
- The HSoM office will add teaching activities (courses, sections, ensembles, studio lessons, chamber music coaching, etc.) and student evaluation data.
- Following our meeting, I will return the completed form to you for your signature and additional comments (optional).
- Please note that this procedure is for full-time faculty only and focuses on calendar year 2014. I would welcome part-time faculty to schedule 30-minute appointments with me during these next months, but again this year, part-time faculty won't use the standardized form.
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
- Dean's Advisory Council meets on Tuesday, February 24, at 11 am.
- Guest artists David Gee, cello, and Lynn Mackey, piano, perform in recital on Tuesday, February 24, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
- Repertory Orchestra performs on Tuesday, February 24, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Student Composers Recital occurs Wednesday, February 25, at 8 pm in Rosen.
- Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band perform Thursday, February 26, at 8 pm, in Rosen (rescheduled from February 21.
- The HSoM full faculty meets on Friday, February 27, at 11 am, with guest Dr. Kim Gunter, Assistant Chair of the Dept. of English.
- Saturday, February 28, is the Hayes School's fifth and last day of auditions to identify the incoming fall class. The Hayes Young Artist Competition, which brings many of this year's auditioning students back to campus to be considered for the Hayes Young Artist Scholarship and other premier scholarships, will occur that afternoon at 1 pm in Rosen Concert Hall.
- The Women Composers Recital occurs Monday, March 2, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Piedmont Percussion Ensemble and the New Paradigm Percussion Quartet (student ensembles) perform in recital on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 pm, in Rosen.
- Jazz Ensemble II performs Wednesday, March 4, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- March 7-15 is ASU's Spring Break.
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- The Steely Pan Steel Band will perform for ASU's Diversity Day on Tuesday, April 14 at 4:00 - 5:00 in the Summit Trail Solarium in the Plemmons Student Union.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- Alumna and advisory board member Jessica Hoyle and HSoM Professor Cathy McKinney have published an article, "Music Therapy in the Bereavement of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Clinical Report," in Music Therapy Perspectives (doi: 10.1093/mtp/miu051).
- Guest teacher Madeline Ventre and HSoM music therapist Cathy McKinney co-authored a chapter, "The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music," which was included in The Music Therapy Handbook, edited by Barbara Wheeler and published by Guilford Press in January.
With best wishes for week seven 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.