Fall begins as we enter our seventh week of the semester. The EVENTS and LOOKING AHEAD sections demonstrate that our calendar is very full for these next weeks, including faculty recitals, guest artist appearances, and ensemble performances.
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 Havana Cuba All-Stars perform in concert on Tuesday, September 27, at 7 pm, in the Schaefer Center (part of The Schaefer Center Presents series) $$
The HSoM Advisory Board meets on Friday, September 30, from 10 am to 2 pm.
The Appalachian Wind Ensemble performs in concert on Sunday, October 2, at 3 pm, in Rosen. This concert will be a tribute to the late Dr. William Gora, Appalachian's Director of Bands from 1976-2006.
Symphony Band performs in concert on Monday, October 3, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Deans' Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, October 5, at 5 pm.
HSoM faculty oboist Alicia Chapman and hornist Karen Robertson perform in recital on Wednesday, October 5, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM faculty pianist Rodney Reynerson performs in recital on Thursday, October 6, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Faculty Trios, including HSoM faculty bassoonist Jon Beebe, oboist Alicia Chapman, clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman, pianist Junie Cho, and pianist Christina Hayes, will perform on Sunday, October 9, at 4 pm in the Recital Hall.
Guest artist clarinetist Ed Riley performs a master class on Tuesday, October 11, at 6 pm, in the Recital Hall.
HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)
HSoM faculty guitarist Doug James has an active performance calendar in October as he collaborates with Pascuale Rucco in the Rucco-James Duo:
- 10/3, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
- 10/5, UNM, Albuquerque, NM
- 10/7, Albuquerque Academy (Informances)
- 10/8, GIG! (performance venue) Santa Fe, NM
- 10/10, Albuquerque public schools (Informances)
- 10/14-15, Texas A&M Guitar Festival, College Station, TX (Concert and masterclasses)
- 10/24-25, Benevento Guitar Festival, Italy (Concert and masterclasses)
- 10/29, Piccolo Teatro Caligula, Aversa, Italy
KUDOS AND OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS
HSoM faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman performed in recital and gave a masterclass at the University of Tennessee on September 20th. In addition to performing a program of electroacoustic works, she performed an improvisatory piece with UT's Electroacoustic Ensemble.
112 high school singers representing 26 school from across the state were in attendance at the 24th annual Honors Chorus Workshop on Saturday, September 24, led by HSoM director of choral activities Steve Hopkins. These students rehearsed together, had a session to help them with sight reading (led by Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass), and then went through a mock audition monitored by HSoM students.
With best wishes for the seventh week of the 2016-17 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