The Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (FADE) is a popular semi-annual concert featuring Appalachian faculty and students showcasing their talents in choreography and performance. The 2023 FADE includes original choreography by Dance Studies faculty members Sherone Price, Kevin Warner, and Chris Yon. Student choreographers creating new works for each program will be announced at a later date. As many as […]
This is just one of the 200 concerts a year held at Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, most free to attend. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances for the most up-to-date information on our events and to watch live-streamed performances. If you would like concert listings and Hayes School of Music news in your email inbox every […]
This is just one of the 200 concerts a year held at Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, most free to attend. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances for the most up-to-date information on our events and to watch live-streamed performances. If you would like concert listings and Hayes School of Music news in your email inbox every […]
This event is co-sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents series and Appalachian JournalPoet Liz Robbins' (she/her) third collection, Freaked, won the 2015 Elixir Press Annual Poetry Award, judged by Bruce Bond; her second collection, Play Button, won the 2012 Cider Press Review Book Award, judged by Patricia Smith. Her first collection is Hope, As the […]
For 31 years, the Holiday Scholarship Concert has been an annual tradition to usher in the holiday season in the High Country! This year we welcome Dr. Dakota Corbliss as the Holiday Scholarship Concert Artistic Director, succeeding Dr. Stephen Hopkins in this important role. Dr. Corbliss is the Assistant Professor of Horn and directs the Master of Music […]
This is just one of the 200 concerts a year held at Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music, most free to attend. Visit music.appstate.edu/performances for the most up-to-date information on our events and to watch live-streamed performances. If you would like concert listings and Hayes School of Music news in your email inbox every […]
About Events Registration Educator Resources FAQs(This is a virtual presentation.) STEM-based learning with a JUNGLE BEAT! Roger Day, a favorite of APPlause! Series audiences, has partnered with the Birmingham Zoo to create an interactive, multimedia educational program that celebrates the behind-the-scenes heroes who make zoos “safe and fun”: the ZOOKEEPERS! There’s […]
photo by Tom Devlin PhotographyOne of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences, Carmina Burana is an epic, captivating choral masterpiece. A massive orchestra and huge chorus join forces for Carl Orff’s infamous ode to love, drink, and living life to the fullest. Brahms’ "Academic Festival Overture" opens the concert.FEATURINGWestern Piedmont SymphonyMatthew Troy, Music Director The […]
photo by Tom Devlin Photography One of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences, Carmina Burana is an epic, captivating choral masterpiece. A massive orchestra and huge chorus join forces for Carl Orff’s infamous ode to love, drink, and living life to the fullest. Brahms’ "Academic Festival Overture" opens the concert. FEATURING Western Piedmont Symphony Matthew […]
Presented by Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities, with support from North Carolina Humanities. Join Dr. Stéphanie Mazan (French and Francophone Studies), Dr. Julie Shepherd-Powell accompanied by Trevor McKenzie (Appalachian Studies), and Sherone Price and Baba Khalid Saleem (Theatre and Dance) for an interactive introduction to global and local rural dance cultures. The event is part of High Country Humanities' ongoing series "Connecting Local […]
Urban Bush Women's "Women's Resistance," photo by Hayim HeronUrban Bush Women40th Anniversary: Legacy + Lineage + Liberation In honor of Urban Bush Women’s 40th Anniversary, Legacy + Lineage + Liberation celebrates the power of Women(+) in an evening of new and classic works that transcend genres and amplify the voices of Women(+) of color. This dynamic program features iconic works […]
About Events Registration Educator Resources FAQsTwo-time Grammy Award-winning Terrance Simien brings us an educator’s workshop that pairs with his in-person APPlause! Series concert Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco. Learn about the history of this fascinating and entertaining American roots music and listen as Terrance demos the instruments and […]
About Events Registration Educator Resources FAQsphoto credit: Jake SpringfieldTwo-time Grammy Award-winning Black American roots music group Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience bring us Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco. Learn about the history of this fascinating and entertaining American roots music and hear “Gonna Take You There,” the […]
by Jaclyn Backhausdirected by Gina Grandi Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets: Students $10, […]
This event is co-sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents series and Appalachian JournalKeith S. Wilson is a game designer, an Affrilachian Poet, and a Cave Canem fellow. He is a recipient of an NEA Fellowship, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, and an Illinois Arts Council Agency Award, and has received both a Kenyon Review Fellowship and […]
by Jaclyn Backhausdirected by Gina Grandi Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets: Students $10, […]
by Jaclyn Backhausdirected by Gina Grandi Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets: Students $10, […]
GRAMMY Award winner Ashley McBryde has made a name for herself with her standout, critically acclaimed albums, all of which found the Arkansas native straddling lines between traditional country, rock-tinged roots and point-blank biker-bar riffs, leading American Songwriter to boast her “music balances gutsy rocking with classic country, folk and even slight bluegrass influences.” With […]
by Jaclyn Backhausdirected by Gina Grandi Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets: Students $10, […]
by Jaclyn Backhausdirected by Gina Grandi Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets: Students $10, […]