This week's announcements are relatively brief, due to our participation at the NCMEA conference in Winston-Salem. (See Events below.) Next week, I'll provide detail about that event, which will involve approximately 200 HSoM students in performance.
Faculty and Staff Business
- For this semester's student evaluations, the Hayes School of Music will be one of the pilot programs on campus to use new online software for administration and compilation of the evaluations. The process has been vetted extensively by colleagues here on campus, and Dean's Advisory Council members have provided additional input regarding questions and process. Details about administering the evaluations through AsULearn will be forthcoming this week. Data from other colleague institutions suggest that this will provide a significant improvement to our current process.
- The Provost's Office is now accepting proposals for Appalachian Online (AppOn) a program designed to support the development of online courses and programs. Please go to the AppOn page on the Learning Technology Services website for details on the program and how to submit a proposal. Also, please let me know if you're interested to create an online course, knowing that the HSoM is primarily interested in such development for our Summer Sessions offerings.
Events
For complete listings of 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
- The HSoM's Showcase Concert "A Night with the Hayes School of Music" will occur on Monday, November 9, at 7:45 pm, in Winston-Salem's Stevens Center. (See "On the Road" below.)
- Guest artist guitarist Joseph Pecoraro will perform in recital on Tuesday, November 10, at 8 pm in the Recital Hall.
- Guest artist ensemble the Richter/Uzer Duo will perform in recital on Wednesday, November 11, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
- Opera Scenes will be performed on Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Student Composer Recital will occur on Sunday, November 15, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Brass Chamber Ensembles will perform on Monday, November 16, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Quintessential!, the HSoM graduate student vocal ensemble, will perform on Tuesday, November 17, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- Treble Choir performs on Wednesday, November 18, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Percussion Ensemble performs on Thursday, November 19, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performs on Friday, November 20, at 8 pm in Rosen.
- Guitar Orchestra performs on Sunday, November 22, at 2 pm, in Rosen.
- Gospel Choir performs on Sunday, November 22, at 6 pm, in the Plemmons Student Union Solarium.
- Appalachian Wind Ensemble performs on Monday, November 23, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
- Wednesday-Sunday, November 24-29, is Appalachian's Thanksgiving Break. (Offices are open, but no classes are scheduled on Wednesday.)
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- The Hayes School of Music has been invited by the North Carolina Music Educators Association to present four ensembles—University Singers, Jazz Ensemble I, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble—in a showcase concert as part of the Association's annual conference TONIGHT, Monday, November 9, at 7:30 pm, in Winston-Salem's Stevens Center.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- HSoM faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman performed at the 15th annual Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival held at the University of Richmond on November 6-7. She gave two world premieres of music by Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz (Otterbein University) and Matt McCabe (Columbus State University). More information on the festival can be found here: http://thirdpractice.org.
With best wishes for week 13 of the 2015-16 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.