These are the most glorious days of the High County autumn. We'll take a breather during the University's upcoming fall break.
Events
For complete listings of Spring 2015 performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: www.music.appstate.edu/calendar and www.music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
- HSoM woodwind and string faculty members perform "An Evening with Britten and Brahms" on Tuesday, October 13, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Thursday-Sunday, October 15-18, is ASU's Fall Break.
- Community Band performs Tuesday, October 20, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- Woodwind Chamber Ensembles perform Wednesday, October 21, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Phi Mu Alpha Marching Band Festival occurs Saturday, October 24 (all day).
- "Jon Beebe [HSoM faculty bassoonist] and Friends" perform Sunday, October 25, at 4 pm, in Rosen.
- Octubafest occurs Monday, October 26, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Jazz Ensemble II performs Tuesday, October 27, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Collegium Musicum performs Wednesday, October 28, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Flute Ensemble performs Thursday, October 29, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Steely Pan Band performs Friday, October 30, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
- The Halloween Monster Concert occurs Saturday, October 31, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- The Marching Mountaineers will perform on Tuesday, October 13th, at 10:00am in the Schaefer Center as part of the APPlause! K-12 Performing Arts Series.
- HSoM faculty jazz guitarist Andy Page will perform in a Gypsy Jazz Workshop and Gypsy Guitar Display, with Jerry Sims, at The First Annual Clemson Jazz Guitar Festival, on October 15th & 16th at Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Other festival offerings will include The History of the Archtop Guitar/Benedetto Jazz Guitar Display, with Howard Paul; a clinic with Barry Greene; student ensemble performances and masterclasses; Tales From The Studio with Steve Watson; and a Guitar Ensemble Reading Session with Bert Ligon. The festival wraps up with the Tim Haden Memorial Guitar Concert Friday, October 16, from 8 to 10pm.
- HSoM alumna Joanna Pepple will present "Sustaining a Musical Pedagogy across Continents: The Leipzig Conservatory and its Impact on American Musical Institutions" at the College Music Society National Conference, November 7, 2015.
- 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
Last week's listing of 2014-2015 HSoM Music Education graduates included one error and an omission:
- Stephen Taperek has relocated from Nash County to a new position with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Charlotte.
- Audrey Sutton Bass has begun a position with Greenville County Schools in Greenville, SC.
With best wishes for week 9 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
**If you'd like to have something included in future iterations of these announcements, please send me an email with "announcements" in the subject line. Please feel free to send me information about artists (HSoM colleagues and others) who will collaborate in faculty recitals. My listings here sometimes miss those details. I'll be happy to add family/personal announcements, too. Please submit announcements as pdf's or in plain text, unformatted (no special spacing, bullets, etc.). Please include hyperlinks as appropriate.
**Please send information about upcoming off-campus performances and presentations by faculty and students. I'll include them in this "HSoM On the Road..." section.