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Email Announcements Received Today:

1) Hayes String Ensemble Performs Nov. 19

The Hayes String Ensemble will perform works by Mozart, Hovhaness, Dohnányi  and  Fauré Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. in Appalachian State University’s Broyhill Music Center’s Recital Hall. Admission is free. Ensemble members are Amanda Gentile, violin, Audrey Sutton, viola, Nick Paolino, cello, and Rodney Ward, piano. The program includes “Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478” by Mozart, “String Trio, Op. 201” by Alan Hovhaness, “Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10” by Ernö V. Dohnányi and “Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15” by Gabriel Fauré.

2) Appalachian Guitar Symphony Performs Nov. 20

Classical works written or transcribed for guitar will be performed by the Appalachian Guitar Symphony Thursday, Nov. 20. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free. Dr. Douglas James directs the 39-member symphony. The program includes the allegro from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3,” Ravel’s “Pavane for a Dead Princess,” “Tantra” by Carlos Rafael Rivera and selections from Alan Hirsh’s “Holiday Suite.” Featured soloists are Rory Parrish playing Astor Piazolla’s “Romantico,” Zac Richey on “Villanesca” from Enrique Granados’ “Spanish Dances” and R.J. Wuagneux on Joaquin Turina’s allegro from “Sonata, Op. 61.”

3) Appalachian Symphony Orchestra Performs Major Works by Schumann and Bruch

When the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performs works by Schumann and Bruch Nov. 21, they will be performing compositions each composer wrote for a beloved family member. The concert, featuring Robert Schumann’s “Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120” and Max Bruch’s “Concerto in E Minor for Clarinet and Viola, Op. 88,” begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free. Dr. Chung Park is the conductor.  Hayes School of Music faculty members Dr. Andrea L. Cheeseman, clarinet, and Dr. Eric Koontz, viola, will join the symphony for the Bruch performance. Schumann wrote his composition in 1841 and intended it to be a birthday present for his wife, Clara. He wrote in his diary that he intended to write a “Clara symphony” and “in it I will paint her a picture with flutes and oboes and harps.” The work was then shelved for 10 years after it received a cool reception when it was first performed in December. After heavy revisions, the reworked symphony was performed in 1853, this time dedicated to violinist Joseph Joachim. The symphony is an early example of the cyclic form in symphonic writing, using recurring musical themes presented in different forms throughout the composition. Bruch’s concerto was written 1911 for his son, Max Felix Bruch, who was a clarinetist. The composition was first performed in 1912 featuring the younger Bruch as a soloist. The composition, however, was soon “lost” in part to the audience’s lukewarm reception. Bruch’s composition was not published until 1942 during the apex of the World War II, which made obtaining parts for study or performance a challenge. The symphony and other compositions by Bruch were later discovered in an London auction house in 1991, rekindling interest in the symphony. Koontz presented one of the first European performances following the work’s rediscovery in January 2000 with colleagues of the National Orchestra of Catalunya (Catalonia) in Barcelona. “I’m very pleased and proud to have had the opportunity to help move this beautiful and masterfully written work back into the public’s collective ear,” Koontz said. “When Chung Park invited me to play a concerto with the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra, I suggested we present Bruch’s Double Concerto here in North Carolina. Happily, he was enthusiastic about the work. Joining me for the performance is faculty clarinetist Dr. Andrea Cheeseman from the Hayes School of Music.”