The 2015-16 academic year has begun at ASU. Auditions for the Hayes School of Music's ensembles conclude today (mostly), and classes are up and running. We have three full weeks this year before Labor Day, so we'll build up significant momentum before that holiday.
Looking Ahead
- The fall ASU faculty/staff meeting will occur on Friday, August 28, at 2:30 pm, in the Schaefer Center. HSoM Professors of piano Rodney Reynerson and Bair Shagdaron will open the meeting with a performance of Brahms Hungarian Dances #1 and 5 for piano four hands.
- ASU Convocation occurs Thursday, September 3, from 10 am till noon, in the Holmes Convocation Center.
- Monday, September 7, is a University holiday (Labor Day).
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- HSoM faculty oboist Alicia Chapman and faculty violist Eric Koontz join members of the Asheville Symphony of Friday, August 21st for a concert of chamber music for oboe and English horn with strings and piano at the Country Club of Asheville. The concert, consisting of music by Jean Français, Robert Kahn, Ravel, Martinu and Mahler, will begin at 8:00pm.
- 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 on Monday, November 9, at 7:30 pm, in Winston-Salem's Stevens Center. Jay Jackson has worked throughout the summer to coordinate activities and logistics related to the event, and we will be providing information to HSoM colleagues as plans are finalized. I hope that all will consider attending the NCMEA conference and the concert, as a way of supporting our students and future recruitment efforts for the Hayes School.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- Music Industry Studies alumnus Travis Gordon, '06, has been named Senior Creative Director for Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) Nashville, following three successful years on UMPG's creative team, including work with forty major label cuts and four No.1 songs in the past twelve months. www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=185731
With best wishes for week 1 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