December begins with a 60-degree day, and we look toward the completion of classes, final concerts—including Friday's annual Holiday Scholarship Concert—and recitals, finals week and juries, and Commencement.
For details about performances and current news from the Hayes School of Music, please see "Music Notes from the Dean" on the News and Events Page of the music.appstate.edu website.
With best wishes from the Broyhill Music Center,
-Bill
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William L. Pelto, Ph.D.
Dean, Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-3029
December begins with a 60-degree day, and we look toward the completion of classes, final concerts—including Friday's annual Holiday Scholarship Concert—and recitals, finals week and juries, and Commencement.
The Experience at Christ Lutheran Church
Pride of Providence Marching Band
Providence Mixed Chorus
Providence Chamber Singers
Providence Men's Chamber
Olympic Independent Percussion
Open Mic. at Evening Muse
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Various Songs from Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, First Book of Baritone/Bass solos, Folk Songs for Solo Singers Volumes I and II.
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 17, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
TriM Music Honor Society Member (2012-present)
Furman Young Artist Vocal Experience (2013 Summer)
All County Choir Member (2013 and 2014)
Choir Department Outreach Committee Member (2013-2014)
All State Choir Member (2014)
Vice President of Choir Department (2014-2015)
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Son Tutta Duolo-Scarlatti
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling-Ball
Vaga Luna, Che Inargenti-Bellini
Les Papillons-Chausson
I Saw Him Once-Les Miserables
L'Heure Exquise-Hahn
Komm, Süsser Tod-Bach
Beau Soir-Debussy
Come Ready and See Me-Hundley
La Promessa-Rossini
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
Kathleen Seymour- voice- 6 years
Kathleen Nungesser- piano- 2 years
List Musical Involvment for past three years:
2011 South Carolina Governor’s School Discovery Program for Voice
2011 Conway Teenstar Runner-Up
2012 Long Bay Teachers’ Association Showcase Pianist
2011, 2012, 2013 Panther Idol Participant
2011, 2012 Conway Crawl Performer
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Plyler Park Summer Concert Series Performer
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Conway Christmas Parade Performer
2013 Conway Teenstar Winner
2011, 2012 Columbus County Fair Talent Winner
2011 Kidzbop Kidstar Semifinalist
2013 MLK Jr Talent Contest 2nd Runner Up
2014 Carolina Idol Finalist
2014 Scholars Academy Talent Show Winner
2014 Distinguished Young Woman of South Carolina Talent Winner
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Classical
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace (Prayer of St. Francis)
American Lullaby by Gladys Rich
O’ Rest in the Lord by Mendelssohn
Ombra Mai Fu by Handel
Vergin, tutto amor by Durante
There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea
Oh! Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
The Willow Song
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
Mary Had a Baby
Musical Theater
Still Hurting from The Last Five Years
How Are Things In Glocca Morra from Finian's Rainbow
Mama Who Bore Me from Spring Awakening
Something Good from The Sound of Music
If I Were a Bell from Guys and Dolls
I’m Not Afraid of Anything from Songs for a New World
Jazz/ Standards
Blue Skies by Ella Fitzgerald
I Know You Know by Esperanza Spalding
Something’s Gotta Give by Ella Fitzgerald
I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me by Ella Fitzgerald
Airmail Special by Ella Fitzgerald
Baby I’m A Fool by Melody Gardot
One Note Samba by Jobim
Skylark by Johnny Mercer
Taking A Chance on Love by Vernon Duke
Satin Doll by Johnny Mercer
Don’t Be That Way by Ella Fitzgerald
It Could Happen To You
Doncha Go Way Mad
Lullaby of Birdland
I Got Rhythm
Popular Music
What Are You Doing New Years Eve by Barbara Streisand
All of Me by John Legend
Hallelujah, I Just Love Him So by Eva Cassidy
Something’s Gotta Hold On Me by Etta James
You Lost Me by Christina Aguilera
Ironic by Alanis Morissette
A Love That Will Last by Renee Olstead
Beautiful by Christina Aguilera
4 and 20 by Joss Stone
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
I have been a part of my high schools top choir for the past two years and have had solos and also have been a part of quartet solo. I performed a solo at my voice recital.
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Skylark by Johnny Mercer
I'm Not That Girl by Stephen Schwartz (from Wicked)
In His Eyes by Frank Wildhorn (from Jekyll and Hyde)
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 17, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
Joan Kelly (fall 2010- winter 2011)
Teresa Bledsoe (spring 2012- present)
List Musical Involvment for past three years:
Providence High School
Choral Ensembles under the direction of Teresa Setzer
Mixed Ensemble-2011-2012
Concert Choir- 2012-13
Women's Chamber- 2014-present
Chamber Singers- 2012-present
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile - Francesco Durante
Solvejg's Song- Edvard Grieg
Must the Winter Come So Soon?- Samuel Barber
A New Life from Jekyll & Hyde- Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn
Gimme Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie- Jeanine Tesor and Dick Scanlan
The Music and The Mirror from A Chorus Line- Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban
If I Had a Fine White Horse from The Secret Garden- Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon
Breathe from In The Heights- Lin-Manuel Miranda
A Fine, Fine, Line from Avenue Q- Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Impossible from Cinderella- Rogers and Hammerstein
Worst Pies In London from Sweeney Todd- Stephen Sondheim
Wait from Sweeney Todd- Stephen Sondheim
By the Sea from Sweeney Todd- Stephen Sondheim
Bride's Lament from The Drowsy Chaperone- Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Show Off from The Drowsy Chaperone- Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Woe is Me from 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee- William Finn
A Boy Like That from West Side Story- Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
Honors Chorale
Chamber Choir
The Wiz (as The Yellow Brick Road and A Citizen of Oz)
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Loveliest of Trees by john Duke
Climb Every Mountain by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Le Violette by Alessandro Scarlatti
Tornami a Vagheggiar by George Frederic Handel
Deh Vieni non Tardar by Mozart
Poor Wandering One by Arthur Sullivan
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
NC Male Vocal Arts Symposium-2011, 2012
NC Honors Chorus-2012, 2013, 2014
MCHS Production of Wizard of Oz-Mayor of Munchkin City
MCHS Production of Hairpsray-Link Larkin
MCHS Production of Once Upon a Mattress-Sir Harry
MCHS Mixed Ensemble-2011-12
MCHS Concert Singers-2012-Present
Contracted Street Performer at Apex Jazz Festival-2012, 2013, 2014
NC Governor's School East Choir-2014
NCMEA Young Composers Showcase Award Recipient-2014
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot-Burleigh
Sebben Crudele-Caldara
O Mistress Mine-Quilter
Stars-Schonberg
Lucky to Be Me-Bernstein
It Takes Two-Shaiman
All State Chorus,Tri-M Honor Society,Choir,Dance Educators of America/ Musical Theater, Performed in the Watermelon Festival, Performed with the Steve Creech jazz band.
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Black Swan, Gia il sole dal Gange, Caro Mio Ben, Deep River, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Orange Colored Sky,Satin Doll, To Make You Feel My Love, My Funny Valentine,Black And Gold, This Will Be, Seasons of Love, Man in the Mirror,The Christmas Song, Santa Baby, Little Drummer Boy,Christmas Time is Here, Melt My Heart to Stone, Young Beautiful, I Dreamed a Dream, On my Own, Mary Did You Know,Can I Come Over, You Will Always be my Baby, He Won't Go, Some Where Over The Rainbow,Ain't Misbehavin',La Sha Ch'io Pianga
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
Mari Palmer Voice Studio:
2011-2014
Lori Volpe Voice Studio:
2014- present
List Musical Involvment for past three years:
Apex High School Intermediate Women's Choir
Apex High School Honors Women's Choir
North Carolina State Honor's Choir 2012/2014
Acapella Club
Musicals: Bye Bye Birdie, Curtains
Mari Palmer voice camp: 2012-2013
Mari Palmer voice recital from 2011-2013
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Per La Gloria- Giovanni Bononcini
When I have sung my songs- Ernest Charles
Summertime- Porgy and Bess
Bill- Showboat
Think of me- Phantom of the Opera
Monica's Waltz- The Medium
Not A day goes by- Merrily we Roll Along
Too Much in Love to care- Sunset Boulevard
I'll Know- Guys and Dolls
Caro Mio Ben- Giuseppe Giordani
I have dreamed- The king and I
Unusual Way- NINE
Falling in love with love- The boys from Syracuse
Thinking of Him- Curtains
Who will love me as I am?- Sideshow
I could have danced all night- My fair Lady
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
All County Choral Ensemble, Gaston County Choral Ensemble, Lightshine (church youth choir), Volunteer Choir Director at the West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club (Girl Scout Gold Award), Highland Tech Chorus, Highland Tech Honors Ensemble, piano lessons, Open Mic performances at Zoe's Coffee House, National Anthem performances at sporting events and Relay for Life, Music and Liturgical Arts Week at Lake Junaluska, Talent Shows at Highland Tech and Music Week, Ensemble Performances at Relay for Life, Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens and Habitat for Humanity.
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Open Mic Performances at Zoe's Coffee House, Talent Shows at Highland and Music Week, Descant Solo in Gaston County Choral Ensemble concert, Solos in high school concerts and church concerts.
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 17, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
Sarah Dempsey (2011-2013)
Dr. Liz Frazer (2013-Present)
List Musical Involvment for past three years:
Spring 2013-Current: Member of the North Carolina Master Chorale
Spring 2014: NATS Classical Competition
Fall 2014: NATS Musical Theater Competition
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
When I Have Sung My Songs by Ernest Charles
Quella Fiamma by Benedetto Marcello
I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly by Henry Purcell
Heffle Cuckoo Fair by Martin Shaw
Deh Vieni, Non Tardar by Mozart
Amarilli Mia Bella by Giulio Caccini
Into The Night by Clara Edwards
Vanilla Ice Cream by Jerry Bock
Show Me by Lerner and Loewe
O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini
Allerseelen by Richard Strauss
Where The Bee Sucks by Thomas Arne
Over The Land Is April by Roger Quilter
Christmas Lullaby by Jason Robert Brown
O Del Mio Dolce Ardor by Cristoph Willibald von Gluck
Verborgenheit by Hugo Wolf
Apres Un Reve by Gabriel Faure
Let My Song Fill Your Heart by Ernest Charles
We Deserve Each Other by Richard Rogers
Where Or When by Rogers and Hart
The Girls Of Summer by Stephen Sondheim
A Way Back To Then by Jeff Bowen
All-County Choir 2011-2014
All-State Choir 2012-2015
Honors Chorus 2012-2014
Mars Hill Choral Festival 2013-2015
Superior Rating at Solo Ensemble 2013-2014
Advanced Chorus 2011-2015
Women's Singing Group "Glendalough" 2012-2015
Erwin high Talent Show 2012-2013"Dorothy" in the Broadway musical "The Wizard of Oz" 2012"Jo March" in the Broadway musical "Little Women" 2013"Cinderella" in the Broadway musical "Into the Woods" 2014
Asheville Community Theatre "Broadway Bootcamp"
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair- Joseph Haydn
Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento- Giovanni Paisiello
Goodnight My Someone- Meredith Willson
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 17, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to:
North Carolina Honors Chorus
Buncombe County All-County Chorus
North Carolina All-state
Mars Hill Choral Festival
Bakers Wife (Into the Woods)
Meg March (Little Women)
Solo Ensemble
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Ave Maria, Schubert
Gia il Sole Dal Gange, Scarlatti
Tu Lo Sai, Torelli
Broughton Chorus (9, 10, 11, 12)
aCAPella (Highest Level) (12)
Carolina Spirit (Showchoir) (10, 11)
Concert Choir (9)
Treasurer and Founding Member of the Broughton Chapter of the Tri-M Music Honor Society (12)
Broughton Orchestra (9, 10, 11, 12)
Second Chair Cellist
Most Improved Orchestra Musician Award (9, 10)
Broughton Jazz Band piano accompanist (12)
Youth Band at Highland United Methodist Church (10, 11, 12)
London International Choral Festival (2012-13)
Piano Lessons (9, 10, 11, 12)
Voice Lessons (11, 12)
Guitar Lessons (9, 10)
Solo in Queen of Hearts Assembly (2014)
Solos in Fall Chorus Concerts (2012, 2013, 2014)
Solos in Spring Chorus Concerts (2012, 2013)
Solos in UNC-CH Summer Music Camp Friday Night Cabaret (2013, 2014)
Solos in UNC-CH Summer Music Camp Thursday Night Recital (2012, 2014)
UNC-CH Summer Music Camp for Voice (2012, 2013, 2014)
UNC-G Summer Music Camp for Voice (2013)
UNC-G Summer Music Camp for Piano (2014)
Lamar Stringfield Music Camp for Strings (2013)
List your solo repertoire during the past three years:
Evensong by Lisa Lehmann from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
The Lass from the Low Countree by John Jacob Niles from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
The Lord is my Shepherd by Peter Tchaikovsky from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
O Rest in the Lord by Felix Mendelssohn from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? by George Frideric Handel from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
L'heure exquise by Reynaldo Hahn from The First Book of Soprano Solos
Pur dicesti, o bocca bella by Antonio Lotti from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
I Dreamed a Dream by Claude-Michel Schonberg from Les Miserables (Key of F Major)
Die Meigstersingers (top choral group)-2 years
Student conductor-1 year (for Die Meigstersingers)
Private Piano lessons-see above
Teaching myself to play guitar-3 months
YouTube URL 2:
Preferred Audition Date:
Saturday, January 31, 2015 (Scholarship Consideration)
If invited for a personal audition, do you plan to: