The 2023 Appalachian Heritage Festival will be held on September 23 at various locations on the Shepherd University campus. Read the Full Story >>
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2023 Appalachian Chamber Music Festival Notes Places That Inspire
This year’s Appalachian Chamber Music Festival will feature sixteen musicians in twelve performances taking place between August 17 and 27. Read the Full Story >>
Appalachian Chamber Music Festival Presents Winter Concerts
Ring in the new year with a series of three concerts organized by the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival (ACMF) on December 29, 30, and 31. Read the Full Story >>
Friends of Music Announces 2022-2023 Concert Season
The Friends of Music 2022-2023 season starts this month with a performance by the Two Rivers Chamber Quartet on September 25. Read the Full Story >>
Mozart Concert On March 19 & 20
The Friends of Music will resume their 2021-2022 concert season with two performances of an all-Mozart concert by the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra. Titled “Winds for Wolfgang,” the concert will feature famous selections from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” and “Magic Flute,” and the entirety of his Serenade No. 10 (“Gran Partita”). The Orchestra’s music director, Jed Gaylin, will conduct. Read the Full Story >>
American Pops Orchestra — Oct 29
The American Pops Orchestra, led by Maestro Luke Frazier, a West Virginia native, recently performed two concerts locally, both of which were filmed for rebroadcast as part of the Orchestra's One Voice: The Songs We Share series. Both concerts will air on PBS on October 29. Read the Full Story >>
Music Performance Transposed for COVID-19
The Music School at Shepherd University makes a point to be a highly personalized experience for its students. In contrast to many programs at larger institutions, Shepherd is focused on undergraduates and emphasizes the opportunities for its students to study directly with faculty. Unfortunately, the very adjectives that one would use to describe music programs in general and Shepherd’s program specifically — intimate, group, performance, together — also describe the activities the health department advises against during the pandemic health crisis. Read the Full Story >>
Local Father-Daughter Duo Strikes the Right Chord
Sophie Scudieri was a toddler when her parents would find her prancing around the house with guitar in hand, singing about giraffes and learning the frustration of the occasional broken string. About 12 years later, Sophie is composing, playing, and singing with her father, Scooter, in their band Flowers and Birds. Read the Full Story >>