Announcements, March 27, 2017

This week brings the third of our 2016-17 faculty showcase concerts, The Faculty Gala Concert, titled "An Evening of Musical Colors," featuring over a dozen HSoM faculty members, and next week will feature the University's guests "The Nile Project."  See EVENTS for details. Although the long-range forecast includes no snow, we're aware that this is Boone...anything can still happen.     

 

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 spring HSoM "Faculty Gala Concert" occurs Tuesday, March 28, at 8 pm, in Rosen.

Guest artist composer Chris Mercer will perform in a "Surround Sound Concert" on Thursday, March 30, at 8 pm, in Spencer Rehearsal Hall (BMC 119).

The NILE PROJECT will be in residence at Appalachian from Sunday, April 2, through Tuesday, April 4. A final concert will occur Tuesday evening (4/4) at 8 pm in the Schaefer Center. $$  As the musicians complete their tour across North Carolina, the project is garnering strong press coverage. The following is a video clip from UNC-TV, based on the group's experience at NC State University, as follows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGwPs7mmtQo

 

LOOKING AHEAD 

Dean's Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, April 5, at 5 pm.

Brass Chamber Ensembles perform Wednesday, April 5, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall. 

Appalachian Opera Theatre presents Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Thursday-Saturday, April 6-8, at 8 pm, and Sunday, April 9, at 2 pm, in Rosen. $$

Brass Studio Ensembles perform Monday, April 10, at 8 pm, in Rosen.

Woodwind Chamber Ensembles perform Tuesday, April 11, at 8 pm, in Rosen.

 

HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)

The Symphony of the Mountains (Kingsport, TN) will be performing Verdi's famous "Requiem" on April 1 at the Eastman Employee Center in Kingsport. Guest artists will include Voices of the Mountains, King University Choir, ETSU Chorale, ETSU Choir, East TN Belle's, Bucsworth Choir and four soloists, including HSoM faculty contralto Mary Gayle Greene. 

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

HSoM faculty music education specialist Susan W. Mills published a book chapter entitled "Ethnography of a Southern Roots Musical Community: Field, Swamp and Internet" in Contemporary Research in Music Learning Across the Lifespan: Music Education and Human Development edited by Jennifer Bugos (Routledge Publications).  The chapter outlines an innovative ethnographic study of middle-aged and older adults who participate in Swamp Sista musical activities, with implications in music education for adult learners.  A preview is available https://www.book2look.com/embed/9781317231509 

HSoM faculty musicologist Reeves Shulstad presented a poster titled "The Microtonalists of the 1980s: the influence of Tui St. George Tucker" at the Society of American Music conference on March 25 in Montreal, CA.

 

With best wishes for week ten 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