A new month begins, and we realize the semester is flying quickly. This week's highlights include our annual Faculty Potpourri, a concert featuring solo and chamber performances by HSoM faculty (Tuesday night at 8 pm in Rosen).
Events
For complete listings of performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: http://music.appstate.edu/calendar and http://music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
- The HSoM "Faculty Potpourri" concert occurs Tuesday, February 2, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Harmonia Baroque performs on Sunday, February 7, at 4 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- The HSoM Advisory Board meets Friday, February 12.
- "Todd Wright's Valentine Evening" occurs Friday, February 12, at 8 pm, in Rosen
- Saturday, February 13, is the HSoM's fourth audition day for selecting the incoming class for Fall 2016.
- The Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performs on Sunday, February 14, at 2 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
- Symphony Band Performs on Tuesday, February 16, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- HSoM graduate voice student Jason Nichols will perform in the Southeast Region Finals of the Metropolitan Opera Competition on February 7, in Clayton State University's Spivey Hall, in Atlanta.
- The following presentations will occur this Friday at the Teach4Tech Fair on campus:
- "Teaching in Kahoot(s) with our Students" — HSoM faculty music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass and Master's candidate David Marvel
- "How Technology Made Me a Composer" — Master's candidate Benjamin Dawson
- "Gamification in Education" — panel discussion including HSoM faculty music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass
- HSoM undergraduate Grant Smith will perform as one of three finalists for the Texas State Trombone Symposium—Michael Rath Jazz Trombone Solo Competition, on February 21 in San Marcos, TX.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- The Marching Mountaineers participated in Blowing Rock's Snowflake Parade on Saturday, January 30. For pictures of the event, see the following URL: http://www.hcpress.com/news/pictures-from-saturdays-winterfest-parade-featuring-asu-football-champions-2.html
- The following students had research accepted for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research to be held at UNC-Asheville on April 7-9:
- Caleb Dalby, THE NECESSITY OF THE PROVISION AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF BRAILLE MUSIC IN EDUCATION
- Zach Lloyd, HARMONIC STRUCTURES IN BRAHMS' BALLADES
- Shelly McCluskey, INFORMED SONGWRITING FOR MUSIC THERAPY TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS
- Miranda Penley, "CONCEIVED IN DEFIANCE": FRANCIS FLORENTINE HAGEN'S OVERTURE IN F MAJOR
- Doug Poteat, INCORPERATING GRADUATE MUSIC THEORY INTO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
- Jasmine Tilden, THE EFFECTS OF THE MUSIC TUTORING LAB ON GRADES AND ATTITUDE
- HSoM faculty music theorist Andrew Hannon's article "Helping Non-Singers Overcome Fear and Anxiety in Aural Skills" was published in most recent edition of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy's E-journal. He will also present this research at the College Music Society's Great Lakes conference at Indiana University-South Bend (April 1-2).
- HSoM faculty music theorist Andrew Hannon's composition Two Lost Loves has been accepted for presentation at the following College Music Society conferences: Mid-Atlantic at Winthrop University (Feb. 26-27), Great Plains at the University of Missouri-KC (Mar. 4-6), and Great Lakes at Indiana University-South Bend (April 1-2). Additionally, HSoM faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman will be performing this work at the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lake conferences.
With best wishes for the fourth week of the spring 2016 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