Axe ’Em, Jacks!
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Dr. Kevin Sedatole, former band director at Stephen F. Austin State University, will return to campus to guest conduct the SFA Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 23, in Cole Concert Hall.
Sedatole is one of five guest conductors who will be leading the Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony during the concert, which precedes the SFA bands' annual conducting symposium the next day.
Sedatole, who taught at SFA from 1991 to 1996, will be the clinician. He is currently director of bands and chair of the conducting area at Michigan State University.
Poetry and music education topic of free lecture
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Mark E. Turner, associate professor of elementary music education for Stephen F. Austin State University, will deliver a lecture, "Rhythm, Language and Meaning: Expanding on the Research of Daniel Levitin," from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, March 23, in the Music Recital Hall (Room 160) of the Wright Music Building.
Tickets still available for Celtic-inspired music and dance show at SFA
Champion step dancers of The StepCrew will fuse three distinct dance forms-Irish step, traditional tap and Ottawa Valley step in an energetic, Celtic-inspired performance of music and dance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.'Pen, Pigment and Metal' exhibition features SFA art and fiction
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - A collaborative project between Stephen F. Austin State University student writers and artists will culminate in the opening of "Pen, Pigment & Metal: Collaborate" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in Griffith Gallery, located in Griffith Fine Arts Building, Room 208.
For the project, fiction-writing students, under the direction of Assistant Professor Andrew Brininstool, wrote short stories that the art metal/jewelry students, directed by Assistant Professor Lauren B. Selden, responded to by creating three-dimensional works of art.
SFA saxophone students chosen to compete
Four SFA saxophone students will compete against other top quartets and/or soloists at the North American Saxophone Alliance competitions in Tempe, Ariz. March 15 through 18. Pictured, from left, are Brownsville graduate student Robert Palermo; Lufkin graduate student Matt Mahaffey; Lake Mary, Fla., senior Elena Pedersen; and Harker Heights graduate student Alvin Eclavea.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Four Stephen F.
Acclaimed Celtic fiddlers, dancers to perform at SFA
The StepCrew, with its fusion of Irish step, traditional tap and the loose-limbed Ottawa Valley step dancing, will present its Celtic-inspired show in W.M. Turner Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, as part of the Stephen F.Local violinist named concertmaster of All-State Orchestra
Violinist Payton Andrews, son of Reese and Carolyn Andrews and a student in the SFA Music Preparatory Division, recently performed in the All-State Philharmonic Orchestra as concertmaster.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Payton Andrews, son of Reese and Carolyn Andrews of Nacogdoches, recently performed as concertmaster, or first chair violin, of the All-State Philharmonic Orchestra at the Texas Music Educators Convention in San Antonio.
SFA art galleries closed during spring break
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Art galleries operated by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will be closed during the university's spring break.
SFA Heritage Development Summit to feature rural life experts
A 2008 Pulitzer-prize finalist, Bill Bishop (pictured on left) and Dee Davis, an expert on rural societal issues (on right), will both be among the featured speakers at the Heritage Development Summit on Thursday, March 8, at Stephen F. Austin State University.An expert on rural societal issues and a Pulitzer-prize finalist will be among the speakers featured at the second annual Heritage Development Summit on Thursday, March 8, at Stephen F.
SFA A Cappella Choir to perform
The SFA A Cappella Choir will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, in Cole Concert Hall. The program includes works the ensemble recently performed for choral directors from seven states and pieces the choir will sing during its 11-day European tour in May.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - When the Stephen F. Austin State University A Cappella Choir presents it concert at 7:30 p.m.