We'll see fall begin on Wednesday, and the season's color is already obvious. Main events for the week include a performance by guest saxophone and percussion duo Bent Frequency, our Fall Open House for prospective students, and the return of Ms. Cornelia Laemmli Orth to the Rosen podium as she conducts next Sunday's concert by the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra.
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
- Guest artists Bent Frequency (saxophone and percussion) perform Tuesday, September 22, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- ASU's fall Open House for prospective students is Saturday, September 26, 9 am to 12 pm, in the Holmes Convocation Center.
- Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performs on Sunday, September 27, at 2 pm, in Rosen
- Guest artist organist Keith Weber performs in recital on Tuesday, September 29, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- The HSoM Advisory Board meets on Friday, October 2.
- Wind Ensemble performs on Sunday, October 4, at 3 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
- Faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman performs in recital on Sunday, October 4, at 6 pm, in Rosen.
- Symphony Band performs on Monday, October 5, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- Two HSoM alumni will present their research at the upcoming Popular Music and Communities Graduate Student Conference at Case Western University, October 2-3, 2015:
- Catherine (Williams) Hall (Florida State) – "'Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock!': Music and Heroism in the Harry Potter Fandom"
- Trevor Nelson (Michigan State) – "Bottoms Up: Parody, Camp, and Homonormative Critique in the Music of Willam Belli"
- 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
- Congratulations and thanks go out to HSoM faculty and staff for performing in and facilitating our three concerts last week: the Evening of Encores, the multi-ensemble performance with the University of Zululand Choir, and the Frank Ward recital. Special thanks go out to Jon Beebe for coordinating the Evening of Encores, which included seventeen faculty and staff members in performance, to Suzi Mills for coordinating our Zululand colleagues' activities along with conductors Priscilla Porterfield and Keith McCutchen, to Priscilla Porterfield for planning Mr. Ward's appearance, which featured our string faculty quartet, to Brent Bingham and the stage crew for their logistics, and to Scott Wynne and his audio crew for making sound happen. By my count, twenty-six HSoM faculty and staff colleagues were directly involved in the performances, which provided a brilliant start for our 2015-16 season.
With best wishes for week 6 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