NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Trombone Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a mixture of choir, octet and quartet performances in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Directed by Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone in the School of Music, and Luke Vacca, adjunct professor of low brass, the choir will perform “Tower Music” by Vaclav Nehlybel, and a trombone octet will perform “Icarus” by Uruguayan musician Ricardo Arbiza, among other works.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host its annual Deck the Halls: Using Evergreens to Decorate for the Holidays seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 3 at the Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. 
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Twelve students in the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music were selected for TMEA All-Region High School Orchestra and Middle School Orchestra at recent auditions at Kilgore Middle School.

A total of 103 middle school students and 88 high school students from across East Texas auditioned.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The School of Theatre and Dance at Stephen F. Austin State University will present the fall student-choreographed and student-produced Danceworks concerts Nov. 10 through 12 in the Lucille Norton HPE Complex on the SFA campus.

The Danceworks concerts are choreographed by senior dance students majoring in dance education or performance and choreography, according to Heather Samuelson, SFA’s dance program director.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University has a full slate of events scheduled for Homecoming 2022, including a concert, a parade and an alumni auction, in addition to the football game against Utah Tech University at 2 p.m. Oct. 29 at Homer Bryce Stadium.

The fun is already underway with the SFA Alumni Association’s online Homecoming Auction 2022. Through Oct. 30, participants can bid on items ranging from donated homemade SFA keepsakes to exotic vacation getaways. All proceeds go toward SFA Alumni Association student and alumni programming.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Student ensembles in the Sound Recording Technology program at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Mill Room at Banita Creek Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” will be the highlight at a concert of the Stephen F. Austin State University Symphony Orchestra when the ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Conducting the SFA Symphony Orchestra is Dr. Gregory Grabowski, director of orchestral activities for the university. He describes “Pictures at an Exhibition” as “a wonderful suite that takes the listener on a journey through an exhibition of different pieces of art.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – There is still time to bid on unique works of art in the 12 X 12 Scholarship Fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Visual Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University and benefiting students in the SFA School of Art.

Anyone may silently bid on the exclusive one-of-a-kind pieces on display at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — No matter how you feel politically about President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $10,000 of student debt, you need to consider the economic realities of it, said Dr. Mikhail Kouliavtsev, chair of the Department of Economics and Finance in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business.