Performances

Performance Calendar and Live-stream

Welcome to the Hayes School of Music's Performances page! On this page you can plan a visit for an upcoming concert or watch most concerts live on video. Concert videos are only available to watch live as they are happening, so mark your calendar for the following events! The live-streamed video will appear a few minutes before the recital begins. While you are waiting for your scheduled program to begin, you may see some highlights from previous performances or interviews with Hayes School of Music professors. 

Scroll down to find our performance calendar with more details about upcoming concerts. 

All performances are free admission unless specified below. Most concerts will be live-streamed (any exceptions will say "not live-streamed" in their listing below). Concert information programs can be found on this page or in a monthly view in our Performance Calendar below. 

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Performance Calendar

Upcoming Performances

March Musical Medley
Tuesday, March 19 ⋅ 8:00 – 9:30pm
Enjoy performances and presentations by students and faculty, connecting music with science, the seasons, history, and more! The performers include Dr. Priscilla Porterfield and the Treble Choir; Dr. Dave Wells, bassoon; Dr. Dakota Corbliss, horn; Dr. Hiu-Wah Au, piano; Dr. James Douthit, piano; Dr. Soo Goh, clarinet; and student vocalists Sofi Rohlmann and Hannah Popham with Dr. Susan Slingland, piano. Among the pieces featured on the concert is the prize-winning bassoon composition Seas of the Moon by composition professor Dr. Roger Zare. Students will speak about and perform songs from an 1851 Jenny Lind songbook known as a Poison Songbook - whose original version had arsenic mixed in the cover of the book!

Bach's Lunch
Wednesday, March 20, 1:00-1:50pm in the Rotunda of Central Dining Hall
Featuring Jazz Combos from the Hayes School of Music, coached by Dr. Adam Booker

A collaboration between the Hayes School of Music and Campus Dining, Bach’s Lunch is a free concert series with live music of different genres each month! Several dining options are available, but no purchase is necessary to enjoy the concert. Learn more at music.appstate.edu/lunch. Also note parking information at parking.appstate.edu/visitor-parking - the Rivers Street Deck is conveniently located across the skybridge from the dining hall. 

Student Recital - Colton Hurley, piano
Thursday, March 21⋅8:00 – 9:00pm

Faculty Recital: Dr. Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham and Dr. Roya Farzaneh, flute, and Dr. Monica Song, piano
Friday, March 22⋅6:00 – 7:00pm
Flutist Dr. Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham has performed throughout North America, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Her performance experience spans 400 years of flute history, including Renaissance, Baroque, nineteenth-century, and modern flutes. Dr. Roya Farzaneh leads a versatile career as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. She holds the position of principal flutist with the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra and serves as the 2nd flute for the Symphony of the Mountains. Award-winning pianist Dr. Monica (Hyebin) Song’s recent highlights include recitals at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and Alma Mater Cultural Center in Korea, Teatro Auditorium Collegio Vescovile Barbargio in Italy, and more.
The flutists and pianist will perform compelling multi-movement works from three eras: J.S. Bach’s Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1039; Charles Koechlin’s Sonata for 2 Flutes, Op.75; and Yuko Uebeyashi’s Au-Delà Du Temps.

Student Recital - Elizabeth Helsabeck, percussion
Friday, March 22⋅8:00 – 8:30pm

Student Recital - Lauren Bleuel, violin
Saturday, March 23⋅12:00 – 12:30pm

Student Recital - Sofi Rohlman, soprano
Saturday, March 23⋅2:00 – 3:00pm

Student Recital - Jordan Korzelius, piano
Saturday, March 23⋅4:00 – 5:00pm

Student Recital - Rebeca Coronel, flute
Saturday, March 23⋅6:00 – 6:30pm

Student Recital - Juanel Figueroa, violin
Saturday, March 23⋅8:00 – 8:30pm

Student Recital - Gavin Armstrong, clarinet
Sunday, March 24⋅12:00 – 1:00pm

Student Recital - Kenneth Schechter, trombone and Jack Wilhelm, Bass-Baritone
Sunday, March 24⋅4:00 – 5:00pm

Appalachian Symphony Band and Appalachian Wind Ensemble: Collaborations and Premieres
Sunday, March 24⋅6:00 – 7:30pm, The Schaefer Center
In this concert, the Appalachian Symphony Band and Appalachian Wind Ensemble are joined by Dr. Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham, faculty flute soloist, in Cécile Chaminades’s Concertino for Flute, and Dr. Jake Taylor and the University Singers in Randall Thompson’s setting of a Robert Frost poem. The concert features Pastorale by HSOM faculty composer Dr. Roger Zare, as well as two world premieres: To Feel the Winds of Heaven (2023) by Brittany J. Green and Petrichor: A Short Symphony in the Rain (2024) by graduate student Jimmy McKenzie.

Spring Faculty Chamber Concert #2
Sunday, March 24⋅8:00 – 9:30pm
Nine faculty collaborate on wonderful 20th-century and contemporary works, including Quiet City by Aaron Copland, Aria for Oboe and Piano by Jennifer Higdon, The Maid of the Mist by Herbert L. Clarke arr. David Marlatt, and the premiere of the new Carl Sandburg Suite by Barry E. Kopetz! Performers include Jay Jackson, percussion; Brent Bingham, trumpet; Dakota Corbliss, horn; Joseph Brown, trombone; Sam Ambrose, tuba; Alicia Chapman, oboe/english horn; James Stokes, Jr., trumpet; Joby Bell, organ; and Catherine Garner, piano. 

Student Recital - Alexi Hummings, percussion and Douglas Hoffman, composition
Monday, March 25⋅8:00 – 9:00pm

Music Humanities Community Conversations Series

New this Spring, the Music Humanities Community Conversation Series provides a forum for students, faculty, and staff at Appalachian State University and community members to engage current topics in music humanities through invited talks and workshops given by scholars, artists, and cultural leaders from Appalachian State and the surrounding region. Learn more and see upcoming topics at music.appstate.edu/speakerseries

February 22 Speaker: Dr. Sophia Enríquez, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Music, Latino/a Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University
"Fandango Futurities: Listening for the Nuevo South and an Emerging Southern Son"
Thursday, February 22 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Schaffel Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center (BMC 129)
With Q&A and Reception

This event is sponsored by the Hayes School of Music with generous co-sponsorship from the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University.