Concerts at the Hayes School of Music
Todd Wright and Friends will host ‘An Evening of Valentine’s Jazz’ on Feb. 14.
Where will you spend Feb. 14?
Those in the know make
the annual jazz concert at Appalachian State University their Valentine’s Day tradition.
“An
Evening of Valentine’s Jazz with Todd Wright and Friends” begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music
Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Joining saxophonist Wright, who directs the
Hayes School of Music’s jazz studies program, are guitarist Andy Page, pianist Keith McCutchen,
bassist Joe Crosswell and drummer Rick Dilling.
The program for the evening includes many
romantic favorites, such as “What is This Thing Called Love,” “Funny Valentine,” “Just the Two of
Us” and “Be My Love.”
Other compositions on the program are “I’m Beginning to See the Light,”
“’ll Be Seeing You” and “Nice Work if You can Get It.”
Violin chamber music featured Feb. 15
The music of Grainger, Martinů and Franck will be performed Feb. 13 during “An Evening of Violin Chamber Music” at Appalachian State University.
The Hayes School of Music performance begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
The performance features violinist Nancy Bargerstock accompanied by pianist Bair Shagdaron, violist Eric Koontz, violinist Chung Park and cellist Corinne Cassini. All are members of the music faculty at Appalachian.
The musicians will perform “Molly on the Shore” by Percy Grainger, “Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola” by Bohuslav Martinů and “Quintet for Piano and Strings” by César Franck.
