This week, as March begins, we also welcome guest artist percussion ensemble Percuba from El Instituto Superior de las Artes in Havana, Cuba. The ensemble will perform Saturday, March 4, at 8 pm, in Rosen. These artists will also conduct workshops and master classes throughout their residency March 3-7.
FACULTY AND STAFF BUSINESS
The HSoM Promotion and Tenure Committee will meet on Friday, March 3, immediately following our full Faculty Meeting. The purpose of the P&T meeting will be to vote on ten graduate faculty applications. Before attending the meeting please take the time to review the Application Letters and Curriculum Vitae. All supporting materials can be found on the AsULearn site under Committees.
The Hayes School of Music welcomes its first of three candidates for our cello faculty position, Dr. Ellie Wee. She is currently on faculty at Stonehill College in Massachusetts and will be on our campus this Monday and Tuesday, February 27-28. A schedule of the public events for her visits has been made available to the HSoM faculty, and posters announcing those events are found on each floor of the Broyhill Music Center. All faculty, staff, and students are very welcome to join the search committee for Dr. Wee's chamber coaching, faculty chamber reading, cello lessons, string methods class, and public recital.
ASU Faculty Senate has notified me that Reeves Shulstad's term as our Faculty Senator expires at the end of this academic year. We will, therefore, elect a colleague for the next three-year term at our March 3 HSoM faculty meeting. Please consider nominations or self-nominations for this important faculty governance position. According to Senate by-laws Reeves is eligible for reappointment to another term.
EVENTS For complete listings of performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: https://music.appstate.edu/news-events/performance-calendar and http://music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
Dean's Advisory Council meets Tuesday, February 28, at 11 am.
Members of the HSoM faculty and student body, conducted by director of orchestral activities Mélisse Brunet, perform three "Twentieth-Century Chamber Music Masterpieces" Tuesday, February 28, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Deans' Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, March 1, at 5 pm.
The Student Composers Concert occurs Wednesday, March 1, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Jazz Ensemble II performs Thursday, March 2, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
The HSoM full faculty meets Friday, March 3, at 11 am.
Saturday, March 4, is our fifth and final audition day for identifying the incoming fall HSoM class. The Hayes Young Artist Competition (1 pm in Rosen Concert Hall) will be a highlight of the day's activities.
Guest artist percussion ensemble Percuba performs Saturday, March 4, at 8 pm, in Rosen. These artists—colleagues from Havana, Cuba's Instituto Superior de las Artes—will also conduct workshops and master classes throughout their residency March 3-7. See attached flyer.
HSoM faculty saxophonist Scott Kallestad performs Sunday, March 5, at 4 pm, in Rosen.
The annual Women Composers Concert occurs Monday, March 6, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
The Miguel Zenon Jazz Quartet performs Tuesday, March 7, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center. $$
LOOKING AHEAD
March 11-19 is Appalachian's Spring Break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 20.
HSoM ON THE ROAD and AROUND CAMPUS (upcoming)
- Eight HSoM students have been invited to present academic papers at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) conference, scheduled for April 6-8 in Memphis, TN. HSoM music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass and musicologist Reeves Shulstad serve as mentors for the student scholars:
- Andrew Byrd, AN ANALYSIS OF WAGNERIAN LEITMOTIFS
- Erin Ingram, BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION: WORTH THE FIGHT?
- Zach Lloyd, MUSIC THEORY PEDAGOGY AND THE BENEFITS AT AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
- Caleb McMahon, CHANGES FOR CHANGE: HOW JAZZ COMPOSER CHARLES MINGUS FOUGHT FOR EQUALITY
- Mandy Mericle, OUT DAMNED SPOT: GENDER, MADNESS, AND VERDI'S LADY MACBETH
- Miranda Penley, INTERACTION OF FASHION, DANCE MOVEMENT, AND DANCE MUSIC IN KING LOUIS XIV'S COURT
- Jackson Van Horn, RADIOHEAD AND THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC THEORY
- Rachel Whitman, DEFINING MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: CAUSES AND COPING STRATEGIES
KUDOS AND OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS
The UNC-Charlotte College of Arts and Architecture has named HSoM faculty guitarist Doug James for its 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards. http://coaa.uncc.edu/news/coaa-announces-2017-distinguished-alumni-awards
With best wishes for week seven of the Spring 2017 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
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