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All students in the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division who tried out for all-region orchestras recently were selected to participate in either the middle school or high school regional ensembles, according to Pat Barnett, Music Prep director.

“We are so very proud of our students,” Barnett said.

As a result, six middle school students and eight high school students will join the all-region orchestras when they perform Saturday, Dec. 6, at Longview High School.

Auditions were held Oct. 18 at Grace Community School in Tyler.

Chloe Cook was named concertmaster for the all-region middle school orchestra. Catherine Meisenheimer and Sheetal Bapu were both selected as first violinists. Mattie Chauvin was selected as principal for the second violins. Megan Petti and Ashlynn McBroom were also selected as second violinists.

Joanna Schlaudt, Anne Metz, Annaleigh Andrews, Grace Dekerlegand, Andria Sowell and Aaron Bertke were selected first violins for the high school all-region orchestra. Isaiah Bertke was selected to play second violin in the orchestra. Lauren Robinson, cello, was also selected to be a member of the all-region orchestra.

Teachers for these students are Jennifer Dalmas, Brenda Josephsen and Evgeni Raychev.

The Music Preparatory Division is an outreach program of the SFA School of Music. For additional information about private and group lessons, contact Barnett at (936) 468-1291 or visit music.sfasu.edu/prep.

The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will present an exhibition of student photography showing Nov. 3 through Jan. 10 in the Reception Hall Gallery in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

The exhibition will include both traditional photographs and tintypes, according to Johanna Warwick, assistant professor of photography in the School of Art. The photographs are from a seven-day camping trip advanced photography students took during this past Maymester to Santa Fe, N.M.

“Every Maymester, we go camping for a week and return to school and make prints the following week,” Warwick said. “Previous trips have been to Big Bend. During the trip, we visit national parks, nearby cities and art museums and do a tintype workshop with Bostick & Sullivan (a supplier for handcrafted photography).”

All SFA art exhibitions are free and open to the public.

The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches. For information on this and other SFA exhibitions, call (936) 468-1131.

The Stone Fort Wind Quintet at Stephen F. Austin State University will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The concert is a joint presentation of the SFA College of Fine Arts and School of Music and is a feature of the Cole Performing Arts Series. The

quintet includes SFA music faculty members Christina Guenther-Scott, flute; John W. Goodall, oboe; Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Staci Spring, bassoon; and Charles Gavin, horn.

The recital will feature a variety of repertoire, including a classic Franz Danzi quintet, a recently rediscovered quintet by Malcolm Arnold, dance- and rhythm-inspired music by Henrique de Curitiba and Valerie Coleman, and a piece by Raymond Premru featuring trombone.

Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone at SFA, will join the group for Premru’s Concertino for Solo Trombone and Woodwind Quartet.

“Original compositions for this combination of instruments are rare in the repertoire, and we are delighted to collaborate with our talented colleague to perform this intriguing work,” Spring said.

The group will also perform Arnold’s Wind Quintet, Op. 2, written and performed in 1942. It then disappeared for more than 60 years and was re-discovered after the clarinetist (who took it home for safekeeping) died in 1999, according to Spring.

“Arnold’s other wind quintet, Three Shanties, is one of the most popular works in the quintet repertoire and was written around the same time,” she said. “We feel this work deserves equal recognition, and it has been a joy to put the piece together.”

The quintet will also perform Danzi’z Quintet in G minor, Op. 56, No. 2 and Coleman’s “Umoja.” “Umoja” is the Swahili word for “unity,” and is the name for first day in the celebration of Kwanzaa.

“With the exception of the standard Danzi quintet, most of this repertoire is brand new to us, and we are very excited to present this eclectic program,” Spring said. “There is sure to be something for everyone to enjoy.”

Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $3 for students and youth. For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407 or visit www.finearts.sfasu.edu.