We'll dry out this week after record rainfall in the High Country over the past 12 days. We look to our loved ones, friends, and colleagues in South Carolina and other areas of the southeast who experienced far worst, and we send best wishes for quick recovery and opportunities for next great accomplishments. Meanwhile, we enjoy the gorgeous fall weather now upon us as we move toward next week's 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
- Symphony Band performs on Monday, October 5, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center. The concert will feature the world premiere of HSoM colleague Bill Harbinson's transcription of his orchestral work "Of Fire and Ice."
- HSoM faculty pianist Rodney Reynerson performs in recital on Sunday, October 11, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- HSoM woodwind and string faculty members perform "An Evening with Britten and Brahms" on Tuesday, October 13, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- Thursday-Sunday, October 15-18, is ASU's Fall Break.
- Community Band performs Tuesday, October 20, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Woodwind Chamber Ensembles perform Wednesday, October 21, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- The Phi Mu Alpha Marching Band Festival occurs Sunday, October 24 (all day)
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 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
HSoM Music Education alumnus Phillip Riggs, who teaches at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina, has been named one of twenty-five national semifinalists for the Grammy Foundation's 2016 Music Educator Award. www.cbsnews.com/news/2016-grammy-music-educator-award-reveals-25-semifinalists/
Patricia Ferguson Bean, the first African-American member of the Marching Mountaineers, was awarded an honorary Appalachian baccalaureate degree on Friday, October 2, during our celebration of fifty years of racial integration at Appalachian State. Chancellor Everts conferred the degree directly to Ms. Bean.
The following 2014-2015 HSoM Music Education graduates have begun new full-time teaching jobs, continuing our trend of nearly 100% career placement for the degree program:
- Laura Arevalo-Gallego, Hilburn Academy, Wake County
- Steven Austin, Forrestview High School, Gaston County
- Jennifer Beck, Wheatmore High School, Randolph County
- Anthony Benson, East Alexander Middle School, Alexander County
- Omar Colon, Brassfield Road Elementary School, Wake County
- Michael Grimes, Holly Ridge Middle School, Wake County
- Elijah Helms, Goldsboro High School, Wayne County
- Abby Johnson, Catawba Springs Elementary School, Lincoln County
- Casey Jones, East McDowell Middle School, McDowell County
- Katelyne Lagroon, Inman Intermediate School, Spartanburg SC
- Trestan Peck, Metropolitan School Cairo, Egypt
- Dylan Scaringelli, Thomasville Middle School, Davidson County
- Lorena Schakel, Piney Grove Middle School, Forsyth County
- Marena Scott, Elkin Elementary School, Surry County
- Tyler Stark, Central Cabarrus High School, Cabarrus County
- Stephen Taperek, Nashville Elementary School, Nash County
With best wishes for week 8 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