Hayes School of Music

Music Humanities Community Conversations Series 

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. 

Events will be in Schaffel Recital Hall or Rosen Concert Hall in the Broyhill Music Center:

• January 28: “We’re All in This Together”: Making a PHRE Phish Scene - Dr. Robert James Wuagneux (Hayes School of Music)
• March 5-6: Brian Harnetty (Independent Musician, Scholar) Residency - "Re-Animating the Sound Archive" Talk; Performance and discussion of Thomas Merton: Words and Silences
• March 20: "Thinking “Things” Over: On the Lives of Musical Instruments" - Dr. Elizabeth A. Clendinning (Wake Forest University)
• Date TBA: Community Music in the High Country

About the Series

• The events are free and open to the public.
• Attendees may park in the Schaefer Lot, Broyhill Lot, or Peacock Lot for free from 5:00pm to the end of the event.  The Broyhill Music Center is at 813 Rivers St, Boone, NC, 28608. 
• For more information, contact Dr. Jacob Kopcienski, via email at kopcienskija@appstate.edu or by phone at 828-262-7385.
• This series is sponsored by the Hayes School of Music, with several events generously co-sponsored by the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University.