It is February, but yesterday's temperatures felt like May. The thermometer dropped again today, and the wind has been fierce. So clearly, this is a typically unpredictable Boone winter. Meanwhile, we're enjoying many great performances by faculty, students, and guests. These next weeks also bring candidates to campus as we look toward hiring our first endowed "distinguished professor of Music Education" and new faculty colleagues to lead our cello and double bass studios.
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
"Todd Wright's Valentine's Evening" is Tuesday, February 14, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
The University of Tennessee Electroacoustic Ensemble performs Friday, February 17 at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
Appalachian Wind Ensemble performs Friday, February 17, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
Jazz Ensemble I performs Saturday, February 18, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
Madison String Quartet (guest artist ensemble) performs Sunday, February 19, at 4 pm, in the Recital Hall.
Concert Band performs Monday, February 20, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
LOOKING AHEAD
Symphony Band performs Thursday, February 23, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Faculty Chamber Ensembles perform Tuesday, February 28, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)
Eight HSoM students have been invited to present academic papers at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) conference, scheduled for April 6-8 in Memphis, TN. HSoM music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass and musicologist Reeves Shulstad serve as mentors for the student scholars:
- Andrew Byrd, AN ANALYSIS OF WAGNERIAN LEITMOTIFS
- Erin Ingram, BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION: WORTH THE FIGHT?
- Zach Lloyd, MUSIC THEORY PEDAGOGY AND THE BENEFITS AT AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
- Caleb McMahon, CHANGES FOR CHANGE: HOW JAZZ COMPOSER CHARLES MINGUS FOUGHT FOR EQUALITY
- Mandy Mericle, OUT DAMNED SPOT: GENDER, MADNESS, AND VERDI'S LADY MACBETH
- Miranda Penley, INTERACTION OF FASHION, DANCE MOVEMENT, AND DANCE MUSIC IN KING LOUIS XIV'S COURT
- Jackson Van Horn, RADIOHEAD AND THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC THEORY
- Rachel Whitman, DEFINING MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: CAUSES AND COPING STRATEGIES
KUDOS AND OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS
Music Therapy alumna Mary Frances (Newcomb) Allen, '05, and her group "Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band" collaborated with "Secret Agent 23 Skidoo" on the album Infinity Plus One, which won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Children's Album.
The HSoM's Music Therapy program has enjoyed other significant achievements in recent months:
- HSoM alumnus Tim Honig, MMT '14. MT-BC published "Heterotopia: A Tool for Understanding Therapeutic Space," in the current issue of the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
- Alexa Dorris Economos, MMT '15, MT-BC with HSoM Senior Lecturer Melody Schwantes and consumer Tyler O’Keefe published "Resource-Oriented Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Use in a Skilled Nursing Facility: Development and Case Example," in Music Therapy Perspectives, based on Economos’ clinical work during her graduate study.
- "Health Outcomes of a Series of Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music Sessions: A Systematic Review," by HSoM music therapist Cathy McKinney, HSoM alumnus Tim Honig, MMT '14, is forthcoming in the Journal of Music Therapy.
- HSoM alumna Anna Ward, MMT '15, published "Music Therapy Interventions for Deaf Clients with Dual Diagnosis" in the online journal, Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, based on Ward's clinical work, which was supervised by HSoM music therapist Melody Schwantes.
Solid State Logic, the manufacturer of the new recording console in the Bob Gilley Recording Studio, has included a featured article about the studio and the new console on its website's homepage.
With best wishes for week five of the Spring 2017 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