BOONE—Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music presents a faculty recital featuring Dr. Bethany Wiese on tuba, accompanied by Dr. Junie Cho on piano. The performance will take place Sunday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.

The afternoon’s selections are “Harmoniae Saltantes” by Fabrizio Fontanot, “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major” by J.S. Bach, “Vocalise” by Sergei Rachmaninoff and “Concertino for Tuba and Piano” by Eugene Bozza.

A native of Davenport, Iowa, Wiese currently serves as instructor of tuba and euphonium at Appalachian. Prior to this appointment, she spent two years as a fellow of the New World Symphony (Miami Beach). She has been named the winner of several recent competitions, including the International Citta di Porcia Brass Competition (Italy), the Musician’s Club of Women Scholarship Competition (Chicago) and the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Competition (Chicago). Wiese earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern University under the guidance of Rex Martin. She also earned degrees from Yale University and Lawrence University, studying with Mike Roylance and Marty Erickson.

Cho joined the faculty of Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music in 2014. Previously, she was on the piano faculty at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music Diploma Programs in New York, where she also served as dean of students. She is frequently invited to adjudicate competitions and to give master classes in various institutions and festivals in the United States and Korea. She recently returned from teaching abroad as visiting professor of piano at Yeungnam University in Korea. After graduating from Seoul National University with the President’s Award, she studied at Indiana University, the Mannes College of Music and Manhattan School of Music where she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Her teachers include Nina Svetlanova, Lilian Kallir, James Tocco, Marylene Dosse and Claude Frank.

About the Hayes School of Music

The Hayes School of Music prepares young musicians for professional lives as performers, composers, music educators, music therapists, conductors and music industry professionals, ensuring the next generation of musical leadership for the state, region and nation. Noted for quality instruction by national and internationally recognized faculty musicians, the school offers four undergraduate degree programs and three graduate-level programs.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.

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