Announcements, January 23, 2017

After a four-day first week of classes, we settle in for the semester. The next weeks prior to Spring Break bring us three more audition days for identifying the incoming fall 2017 class.  

  

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

The Viola Studio Recital occurs Friday, January 27, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.

Saturday, January 28, is the HSoM's third audition day for identifying members of the entering Fall 2017 class.

 

LOOKING AHEAD  

HSoM Deans' Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, February 1, at 5 pm.

The annual HSoM Endowed Scholarship Recital occurs Thursday, February 2, at 8 pm, in the Recital Hall. A reception will follow.

Harmonia Baroque performs Sunday, February 5, at 4 pm, in Rosen.

The UNC-Greensboro Faculty Woodwind Trio performs Monday, February 6, at 8 pm, in Rosen.

The HSoM Faculty Potpourri occurs Tuesday, February 7, at 8 pm, in Rosen.

 

HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)

HSoM faculty conductor Mélisse Brunet will make her guest conducting debut this weekend with the orchestra Symphoria based in Syracuse, NY. Part of the casual series, the concert "Music of the Masters" includes Haydn's Symphony No. 44, Haydn's Trumpet Concerto featuring John Raschella, and Beethoven Symphony No. 8. She is stepping in for Music Director Larry Loh who will be conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

 

KUDOS AND OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS

HSoM alumna Alexa Dorris Economos (MMT, 2015) and music therapy faculty member Melody Schwantes published an article with Tyler O'Keefe, in Music Therapy Perspectives, entitled, "A Resource-Oriented Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Use in a Skilled Nursing Facility: Development and Case Example." It is available for advance access on the MTP website. 

On January 11, HSoM faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman presented a talk on performing electroacoustic music and gave a recital at the University of South Carolina.


With best wishes for week two 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