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School Of Music Faculty Recital Series Continues With APPropos! Sings Love Songs

BOONE – The Hayes School of Music Faculty Recital Series presents “APPropos! Sings Love Songs,” Tuesday, Nov. 2.

The recital will start at 8 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University’s Broyhill Music Center. Admission is free. For more information about the Faculty Recital Series or “APPropos! Sings Love Songs,” call the Hayes School of Music at (828) 262-2030.

“APPropos! Sings Love Songs” will feature love songs that have spanned generations. Solos include Nancy Hamilton’s and Morgan Lewis’ “How High the Moon,” Cole Porter’s “In the Still of the Night” and Harold Arlen’s and E.Y. Harburg’s “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” along with several other selections. Two ensemble pieces and one instrumental will also be performed.

Faculty vocalists include Julia Pedigo, Priscilla Porterfield, Mary Gayle Greene, Randall Outland and Joseph Amaya. Instrumentalists include Arthur Unsworth on piano, William Gora on saxophone, Rick Dilling on percussion, and Jeremy Downing on bass.

Unsworth has high expectations of the concert. “The concert includes a great variety of moods and tempos,” he said. Priscilla Peebles will perform “Once Upon A Time.” Joseph Amaya will sing “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.” Mary Gayle Greene will sing “How High the Moon” and Outland will perform “On a Clear Day.’”

There is also a little humor during the recital with Randall Outland performing “Makin’ Whoopie.”

Joseph Amaya will perform the Latin composition “Besame Mucho” and Greene will perform the classic “Autumn Leaves.”

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