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Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone at Stephen F. Austin State University, will release a newly recorded CD during a recital and reception Friday, March 24, at Christ Episcopal Church.

“Playing Favorites” features Scott on trombone, accompanied by Dr. Ron Petti, director of accompanying for the SFA School of Music, on piano. Scott and Petti have been touring to promote the release of the CD with recent performances at Texas Tech University, Texas Christian University, the University of Oklahoma and, forthcoming, the University of Alabama.

In a review of the CD, Colin Clarke with Fanfare Magazine writes, “There is absolutely no doubt as to the sheer eloquence of Deb Scott’s trombone playing,” and that Scott is “an astonishingly talented brass player; one awaits her next release with anticipation.”

The CD, released by Navona Records, features a collection, as the title suggests, of Scott’s favorite works. One piece specifically composed for her by SFA Professor of Composition Stephen Lias is among the selections. “River Runner” sets to music a three-day trip by Lias, Scott and their spouses through Big Bend’s Santa Elena Canyon. Derek Bourgeois’s Trombone Concerto, William Goldstein’s “Colloquy,” and Jean-Baptiste Arban’s variations on “The Carnival of Venice” are also featured.

The first woman to attain a doctorate in trombone performance at the University of North Texas, Scott was a featured soloist and faculty member last year at Trombonanza in Santa Fe, Argentina. She has performed with the Shreveport Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Longview Symphony, the Twentieth Century Unlimited Orchestra in Santa Fe, the New Mexico Music Festival Orchestra in Taos, the Orchestra of the Pines, the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, the Greeley Philharmonic, and the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Circus Band. She has performed with such artists as J.J. Johnson, Louis Bellson, Diane Reeves, Frank Mantooth, Phil Woods, Lee Greenwood, the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots.

The mini recital will be at 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary followed by a reception at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall with refreshments provided by Newk’s Eatery. Admission is free. CDs and downstream cards will be available for purchase. Christ Episcopal Church is located at 1430 N. Mound St.

For more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS or visit www.finearts.sfasu.edu.

The exhibition “Andy Warhol: Art Is Anything You Can Get Away With,” showing in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, will close with an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 25.

The exhibition features a small slice of the renowned artist’s enormous oeuvre, in particular, his “Silver Clouds” – helium-filled silver clouds that drift in the air. The exhibition also includes three of his large screen prints and several of his Polaroid photos.

The open house coincides with Stephen F. Austin State University’s next Showcase Saturday and Nacogdoches Main Street’s Shop & Stroll, also on March 25. Showcase Saturdays bring hundreds of prospective SFA students and their parents to Nacogdoches to tour the campus, meet faculty and staff and attend campus and community events. Shop & Stroll boasts special savings, prizes and more at downtown shops and businesses.

The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House is SFA’s historic downtown art gallery.

“We want to encourage all prospective students, but especially prospective art students, and their parents to come see our facility,” said John Handley, director of SFA galleries.

The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.

The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University’s historic downtown art gallery, will be open regular hours during spring break.

Currently showing is the exhibition “Andy Warhol: Art Is Anything You Can Get Away With.” The show features a small slice of the renowned artist’s enormous oeuvre, in particular, his “Silver Clouds” – helium-filled silver clouds that drift in the air. The exhibition also includes three of his large screen prints and several of his Polaroid photos.

Making the exhibition possible are The Andy Warhol Museum, The Andy Warhol Foundation and Texas Christian University. It is sponsored in part by the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts, Nacogdoches Junior Forum and the Texas Commission on the Arts, which is the state affiliate the National Endowment of the Arts.

The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. Regular hours are from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The art center will observe regular hours March 22 through March 25 but will be closed the following two weeks for the installation of Texas National 2017, which opens Saturday evening, April 8.

Griffith Gallery in the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus will be closed during spring break and will reopen Tuesday, March 21. Showing is “The Collector Collects: Art from Private Nacogdoches Collections.” Regular hours are from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday during fall and spring semesters.

For more information, call (936) 468-1131.

Stephen F. Austin State University students and faculty members in the James I. Perkins College of Education’s Department of Human Services recently presented research at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference in San Antonio.

During the four-day conference, participants attended workshops and events, including featured, practitioner conversations and interest group networking sessions, mini-skills, papers, symposiums and poster presentations, and a keynote address.

“This conference is essential to ensuring students develop as future school psychologists,” said Dr. Nina Ellis-Hervey, director of SFA’s School Psychology Assessment Center and assistant professor. “Students gain the opportunity to engage in professional discussions about their research and work with one another and their professors. They also network with other graduate-level students and professionals in the field from across the United States.”

SFA doctoral student Roselia Juan was a first-time participant and said the experience was memorable.

“This conference provides an opportunity to listen to inspirational stories and testimonies,” Juan said. “It highlighted the importance of working with integrity and learning up-to-date techniques about how to appropriately execute our profession.”

Juan presented a poster detailing the role of bias in school discipline with Juan Chen, an SFA doctoral student in school psychology from Shanghai, China. Their research showcased results that indicated significant differences in the preferred method of disciplinary actions among teacher candidates upon diverse students. The study’s results spotlighted the importance of diversity and cultural education in teacher-preparation programs.

“During our poster presentation, we had several people from all across the nation stop and ask questions about our study,” Juan said. “The experience was humbling and exciting, as we had several people comment positively on our research.”

Additionally, Dr. Daniel McCleary, SFA assistant professor of human services, and Chen presented a poster titled “Building math fact fluency in China through adapted cover-copy-compare.”

“This research is about how adapted cover-copy-compare procedures helped a Chinese student in Shanghai improve her math fluency,” Chen said.

SFA doctoral student Ashley Doss and McCleary presented a study titled “Implications of the Impact of Parent Perceptions on Military Children,” which was based on Doss’ thesis. This presentation informed practitioners how parental perceptions of the military lifestyle may affect adolescents.

“This is a great conference to attend for graduate students, because many of the sessions and outings are planned and designed to assist graduate students in networking,” Doss said.

Ellis-Hervey, Doss and DeShae Davis, also an SFA doctoral student, conducted a mini-skills workshop where they discussed the development of school psychology assessment centers.

Ellis-Hervey also presented a mini-skills workshop with McCleary titled “How to design, create and implement four math fluency interventions.”

The NASP is a professional association representing more than 25,000 school psychologists, graduate students and related professionals throughout the U.S. and 25 other countries. The world’s largest organization of school psychologists, NASP works to advance effective practices to improve students’ learning, behavior and mental health.