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    Faculty members of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will be the featured performers during the annual Pi Kappa Lambda Recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

    “This concert showcases our diverse faculty and their talent,” said Deborah Dalton, SFA associate professor of voice and president of the local chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.

    “In addition, all proceeds benefit the Pi Kappa Lambda scholarship we give each year to the sophomore music major with the highest grade point average,” Dalton continued. “For the past few years, awards were given to several sophomores with 4.0 grade-point averages.”

    The musicians have selected a wide range of musical styles and will perform in a variety of solo and ensemble settings.

    Faculty vocalists to perform include sopranos Debbie Berry and Charlotte Davis, mezzo-soprano Nita Hudson, tenors Richard Berry and Bruce Fowler and baritone Scott LaGraff. Guest mezzo-soprano Kimberly LaGraff will also appear on the program.

    Also performing will be pianists Mario Ajero, Mary Cooper, James Faucett, Geneva Fung, Gene H. Moon, Ron Petti and James Pitts; clarinetist Christopher Ayer; violinist Jennifer Dalmas; percussionist Scott Harris; cellist Evgeni Raychev; string bassist J.D. Salas and trumpeter Gary Wurtz.

    The recital is a joint presentation of the SFA College of Fine Arts and School of Music and is a part of the 2011-2012 Cole Performing Arts Series. Cole Concert Hall is located in the Wright Music Building at 2210 Alumni Drive.

    Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. For tickets or more information, please visit www.finearts.sfasu.edu or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.

    Charles Gavin, professor of horn at Stephen F. Austin State University, has invited eight of his colleagues to perform with him during his faculty recital, “Mozart Interrupted,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

    Joining Gavin for W.A. Mozart’s “Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452” will be SFA faculty members James Pitts, piano; John W. Goodall, oboe; Christopher Ayer, clarinet; and Susan Nelson, bassoon.

    Melissa Nabb, viola instructor in the SFA Music Preparatory Division, and faculty members Jennifer Dalmas, violin; Gene H. Moon, viola; and Evgeni Raychev, cello, will join Gavin in the presenting Mozart’s “Quintet for Horn and Strings, K 407.”

    “These are both monumental chamber works featuring the horn,” said Gavin. “It will be a genuine pleasure to perform them with the artist faculty at SFA.”

    Gavin will also play two horn solos, Vitaly Buyanovsky’s “Espana” and Steven Winteregg’s “Blue Soliloquy.”

    “‘Espana’ features several styles of Spanish folk music, and even calls for the horn to imitate Flamenco-style guitar, while ‘Blue Soliloquy’ explores the world of blues and jazz,” Gavin explained.

    Gavin joined the SFA music faculty in 1984 where he teaches horn and chamber music and is a member of the SFA Faculty Brass Quintet.

    In addition to his teaching responsibilities at SFA, Gavin maintains an active performing schedule. He was a soloist at the 23rd International Horn Symposium and regularly performs at regional horn workshops.

    In April, Gavin was named the first recipient of the College of Fine Arts Faculty Dean’s Award.

    “Mozart Interrupted” is a joint presentation of the SFA College of Fine Arts and School of Music and a part of the 2011-2012 Cole Performing Arts Series. Cole Concert Hall is located in the Wright Music Building, 2210 Alumni Drive.

    Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. For tickets or more information, please go to www.finearts.sfasu.edu or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.

    More than 100 historians and students will make presentations on historical subjects of interest at the annual fall meeting of the East Texas Historical Association Sept. 22-24 at the Hotel Fredonia. The association is headquartered on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

    Among the session topics are “African Americans in East Texas,” “East Texas Religious Influences,” “Law and Order in East Texas,” “Literary Texas” and two sessions that will discuss the practice of public history in the region. Representatives from more than 20 colleges and universities and from throughout Texas and the South will participate.

    A Sept. 23 banquet will feature an address on the intersection of history and memory by association president Tom Crum of Granbury. It will be followed by a reception in the Old Town Center hosted by the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau.

    The nominal registration charge allows for entry to all sessions for the entire length of the meeting; there also is a special one-day registration. Both may be purchased at the event.

    The East Texas Historical Association was founded on the campus of SFA in 1962 and is dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of East Texas’ unique heritage. The association encourages the preservation of historical buildings and, through its primary publication, The East Texas Historical Journal, strives to share the rich history with which this section of Texas is endowed.

    For additional information concerning the meeting or the association, call (936) 468-2407 or e-mail sosebeem@sfasu.edu.