FEBRUARY 25, 2010 ISSUE
Hayes School of Music This Week
The concert schedule at the Hayes School of Music features a showcase of singer-songwriters, a tribute to Chopin, 19th century classical guitar and a performance by last semester’s Concerto-Aria Competition winners.
Unless otherwise indicated, concerts take place in the Broyhill Music Center on the ASU campus. For more information about any of these performances, call 828-262-3020.
Symphony Orchestra Featuring Concerto-Aria Winners Thursday
James Allen Anderson conducts the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra in a performance this Thursday, February 25, at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
The evening features performances by the Concerto-Aria Competition winners—harpist Callie Mitchell, pianist Aaron Ames and violinist Vanessa Chumbley.
Mitchell will perform Maurice Ravel’s “Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet.” Ames will perform the allegro from Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op. 73.” Chumbley will perform the allegro from Sibelius’s “Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47.” The orchestra and the University Singers will perform “Second Suite” from “Daphnis and Chloe” by Maurice Ravel.
Hickory native Mitchell began her harp studies at age 16. A harp performance major at ASU, she studies with Jacquelyn Bartlett. She has performed across North Carolina, Ireland and China with the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra.
Originally from Northern California, Ames has played piano for 16 years. He is in the master of music degree program at ASU and has performed as a soloist, in ensembles and as an accompanist.
Chumbley of Atlanta is a junior music major at ASU. She attended the UNC School of the Arts, and in 2005 she won the Buckhead Youth Orchestra concerto competition. She is the recipient of the 2007-08 Hayes Young Artist Scholarship.
MEISA Unplugged Saturday
Talented student singer-songwriters will perform in MEISA’s Unplugged concert this Saturday, February 27, in the Recital Hall at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and admission is $3.
MEISA is the Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association based in ASU’s Hayes School of Music. Celebrating its third anniversary, MEISA Unplugged will highlight eight individuals who auditioned in November for a chance to be on stage.
This year’s finalists are Ashley Heath, Nathan Brown, Tyler Brown, Stephanie Nash, Tyron Young, Nick Davison, Jenna Smith and Shay Lovette.
Student Piano Recital Sunday
Senior music education major Matthew Powers performs a piano recital this Sunday, February 28, at 2:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Fourteen students of piano professor Rodney Reynerson will perform pieces by Chopin in honor of Chopin’s 200th birthday.
Chopin’s Birthday Concert Sunday
The 200th birthday of composer Frederick Chopin will be celebrated with a performance of his works this Sunday, February 28. Fourteen students of Rodney Reynerson, professor of piano, will perform beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
The program includes seven nocturnes, including “Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9. No. 2,” “Fantasy-Impromptu in C-sharp minor” and “Etude in C Minor, Op.10, No. 12” known as the “Revolutionary Etude.”
Chopin’s birth certificate indicated he was born February 22, 1810. The composer, however, said he was born March 1. Chopin wrote more than 200 pieces for solo piano.
“His literature is the most popular of all composers among pianists and audiences,” Reynerson said. “Chopin understood the nature of the piano better than anyone before him.”
Student Voice Recital Sunday
David Clark, a senior music performance major, will present a voice recital at 6:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall this Sunday, February 28. Admission is free.
Doug James and Pasquale Rucco Classical Guitar Sunday
The duo of Pasquale Rucco and Doug James will perform this Sunday, February 28, at 8:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Rucco and James specialize in the guitar literature of the early 19th century performed on authentic instruments of the period. The two first met and became friends at guitar festivals in northern Italy during the early 1990s. They have now been performing together for more than 10 years, charming audiences worldwide with their interpretations of music from the first true “golden age” of the guitar.
Faculty Recital Series: ‘Keys, Hammers, Mallets and Beaters!’ March 1
Keys, hammers, mallets and beaters are the common thread in the Monday, March 1, Faculty Recital Series program at ASU. The recital features percussionists Rob Falvo and Colin Choat and pianists Rodney Reynerson and Bair Shagdaron in an 8:00 p.m. concert in Rosen Concert Hall.
The program includes Dimitri Shostakovich’s “Concertino, Op. 94” performed by Reynerson and Shagdaron; Fred Furple’s “Responding to What Is” performed by Falvo, Choat and Shagdaron; and Béla Bartók’s “Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion” performed by all four musicians.
Appalachian Concert Band March 3
The Appalachian Concert Band performs Wednesday, March 3, at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free. Graduate student Les Turner and associate professor John Stanley Ross direct the band.
The program features David R. Holsinger’s “Havendance,” “Honey Boys on Parade” by Edward V. Cupero, Scott Boerma’s “Poem,” Steven Reineke’s “Into the Raging River” and John Mackey’s “Undertow.”
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