Music

Array ( [0] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 97932 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:20:16 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:20:16 [post_content] => Dr. Marc Ashley Foster is Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Choral Activities at High Point University (HPU). In his nine years at HPU, Dr. Foster has overseen a significant expansion of the Department of Music, with the addition of 23 new music faculty, 90 music majors/minors, 133 students singing in choirs, 13 new instrumental ensembles, and over 375 students in private lessons. Dr. Foster has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and comes to High Point after serving as the Director of Worship Arts Ministries at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi and as the Artistic Director of the Mississippi Chorus.   Dr. Foster received a Doctor of Music Arts degree (DMA) in Choral Conducting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a Master of Sacred Music degree (MSM) from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and the Bachelor of Music Education degree (BM Ed) in Choral Conducting and Voice from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.   Dr. Foster has served as the Research and Standards Chair for College/University Choirs for the North Carolina American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and has served as the Music in Worship Chair for the Mississippi chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. Dr. Foster has lectured, conducted clinics, workshops, and honor-choir events internationally in Prague, Czech Republic; York, England; and Vienna, Austria; and nationally throughout Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina. Dr Foster was the conductor for the 9th/10th grade North Carolina All-State Chorus in May, 2015.   His choirs have been honored to perform solo concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York; recent conference and convention performances include being the featured collegiate choir performing at the North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA) Conference in 2013; the regional conference of the College Music Society (CMS) in March 2015; the North Carolina American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Conference in September, 2015 and 2018; the Southern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Chattanooga, TN in March, 2016; and was honored to be one of the featured collegiate choirs at the Quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon in May, 2016. January through May 2017, Dr Foster and a choral ensemble from High Point University spent the semester in Prague, Czech Republic, studying and performing concerts and recitals throughout Europe. The HPU Chamber Singers have also been featured on several compact disc recordings from Hinshaw Music Inc., and have been honored to premier choral works by Dan Forrest, Richard Waters, James Green, David Schwoebel, and others.   His church choirs have appeared at such venues as the Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church of South Georgia, the dedication service for the Mississippi United Methodist Bishop, Hope Morgan Ward, and the Annual Conferences of the Mississippi United Methodist Church. His youth choirs have been featured at events for the William Winter Institute on Racial Reconciliation and the Annual Civil Rights Pilgrimage of United States Congressmen and Congresswomen to Mississippi.   Dr. Foster is the proud father of Michael and Pearson, who attend Ledford High School in Davidson County and is married to Dr. Catheryn Shaw Foster, professor and coordinator of Music Education at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC. 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Dr. Meixner is also the Founder, Executive Director and Conductor of the North Carolina Brass Band, a professional ensemble comprised of many of the finest brass players and percussionists in North Carolina. He also serves as principal euphonium of the Piedmont Wind Symphony, a professional wind symphony based in Winston-Salem, NC.   Dr. Meixner has a national reputation as both a conductor and performer with several professional and university ensembles, and has been a featured euphonium soloist and chamber musician at many national and international music conferences and festivals. In addition, Dr. Meixner has numerous recordings to his credit, including roles as conductor, soloist, and chamber musician.   Dr. Meixner’s career as a euphonium soloist and chamber musician is highlighted by his album, “Praxis” – music for euphonium and percussion, released on the Potenza Music label. This album includes works for euphonium with percussion ensemble and euphonium/percussion duo. Music on the recording includes the compositions and percussion virtuosity of Dr. Nathan Daughtrey.   Dr. Meixner has held the position of Assistant Conductor of the River City Brass, where he played euphonium full time for six years. Dr. Meixner has been featured with the RCB on several performances, both as a euphoniumist and conductor. In addition to his duties with the RCB, Dr. Meixner played euphonium and trombone for several years with the River Bottom Quartet, a diverse low brass chamber group composed of River City Brass members. Other chamber ensemble activity includes playing euphonium in Tubas In The Sun, a quartet of tuba and euphonium talent in central North Carolina. Dr. Meixner has previously served on the faculties of UNC-Greensboro, Slippery Rock University, the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas Woman’s University. He also served as the Euphonium Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, where he completed a DMA in Euphonium Performance.   Dr. Meixner has been active promoting and commissioning new music for the euphonium, including several pieces for euphonium and percussion on his album “Praxis”. Other commissions include the 2010 composition for euphonium and wind ensemble, “Cri de Coeur”, by renowned American composer Libby Larsen.   In addition to “Praxis”, Dr. Meixner can also be heard on numerous other recordings, including his previously released solo album, “Genesis”, and on the River Bottom Quartet’s album, “In Too Deep”, both of which received glowing reviews.   Brian Meixner is a Willson Performing Artist. www.brianmeixner.com [post_title] => Brian Meixner [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => brian-meixner [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-08-09 15:00:08 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-08-09 19:00:08 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=97479 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 98220 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:24:58 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:24:58 [post_content] => Dr. Wei Jiao joined the Department of Music Faculty at HPU as an Assistant Professor of Piano.  Dr. Jiao has served as a faculty member, collaborate pianist, and music instructor at Queens University of Charlotte, Catawba College, and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.  Passionate about teaching, music education and community service, she has maintained private studios in Charlotte, Greensboro, and for the Catawba Community Music Program in Salisbury while also teaching at UNCG’s Summer Music Camp.   Dr. Jiao received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she studied with Dr. Andrew Willis, the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Syracuse University under Steven Heyman, and the Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance degree from Columbus State University, where her mentor was Dr. Betty Anne Diaz.   As a versatile soloist and devoted chamber musician, Dr. Jiao has given performances in a variety of venues nationally and internationally including North Carolina, Ohio, New York, Georgia, Maine and China.  In recent years, she regularly performs in solo and duet recitals partnering with her husband, Jacob Hahn, in local and regional concert series and at major universities including the Piedmont Artist Series, the Catawba Artist Series, High Point University, Capital University, Youngstown State University, Queens University of Charlotte, and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.  In 2015, she had the opportunity to perform on Vladimir Horowitz’s legendary Steinway & Sons Model D piano at the piano faculty concert at Queens University of Charlotte.  Previously, Jiao was awarded the Grand Prize in the UNCG Student Artist Concerto Competition, and performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra.  Jiao also won the concerto competition at Columbus State University resulting in a performance with the university orchestra.  She received the Alternate prize in the Young Artist Piano Competition of the Georgia Music Teachers Association, first prize scholarship from the Atlanta Music Club, and was awarded the Young Artist Fellowship from Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Summer Festival in Maine.   Through the UNCG Summer Fellowship Grant, Jiao was able to research contemporary Chinese piano music in China.  Including a personal interview with Pulitzer Prize of Music Winner Dr. Zhou Long, Jiao’s doctoral dissertation focused on the exploration of Chinese and Western Elements in contemporary Chinese composer Zhou Long’s works for solo piano.   Dr. Jiao is affiliated with numerous professional organizations including the College Music Society and Music Teacher’s National Association.  She has adjudicated local and state level piano competitions, auditions, and piano contest-festivals for the NCMTA, The Charlotte Piano Teachers Forum, and the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs.  She presented the lecture “Piano Pedagogy Around the Globe” with Russian and American colleagues at the NCMTA conference.  Actively promoting piano duet repertoire to local piano teachers, Dr. Jiao and her husband gave a lecture recital on elementary and intermediate piano duet music for Greensboro Music Teacher’s Association.   Born in Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China, Jiao began her piano training at the age of five, and continued her professional piano and musical training at the music conservatory in her hometown.  She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China.  She came to the United States in 2003 as the recipient of the full scholarship Woodruff Award from the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. 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He received the High Point University “Innovation and Creativity in Teaching” Award in 2021.   An avid supporter of global education experiences, Dr. MacLeod has led several student performance tours in Costa Rica as part of the Centro Cultural Costarricense/Norteamericano “Promising Artists of the 21st Century” program, and was HPU faculty leader for the Prague Institute in spring 2015. He spent two summers as a guest artist/lecturer in China and was awarded an honorary faculty post at Shaoguan University (Guangdong, China) in 2017. He has taught HPU study abroad courses in Austria and the Czech Republic and is currently on faculty with the “HPU Humanities in London” Maymester program.   Dr. MacLeod maintains an active career as a singer, spanning classical and musical theatre genres. He has appeared as a soloist in a variety of national and international venues, including Opera North, Utah Festival Opera, Opera Omaha, Central City Opera, Mobile Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Piedmont Opera, Greensboro Opera, Opera on the James, Eastern Music Festival, Carolina Ballet, Center for Contemporary Opera, the Tucson Symphony, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the National Symphony of Costa Rica, and Carnegie Hall. 2022 performances include the bass solos in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Carolina Ballet’s 25th anniversary celebration, Rob Kapilow’s The Polar Express and soloist in the annual Independence Day tour with the North Carolina Symphony, and Father in Piedmont Opera’s production of Ragtime. He also received a state department grant from the U.S. Consulate in Marseille, France, to perform an ocean conservation-themed recital tour, which culminated in a performance in Monaco for Prince Albert II and invited guests; he will perform the same concert in the Washington National Gallery music series on Earth Day 2023.   In addition to his role at HPU and performing engagements, Dr. MacLeod serves as chorus master for North Carolina Opera. He holds degrees from Northwestern University, Florida State University, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 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Initially a jazz singer, Burrows switched to the classical genre to further her vocal studies culminating in numerous vocal awards: a winner in the Oralia Dominguez International Opera competition in Mexico, a finalist in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera competition where she was also voted the “Outstanding Future Artist” award, the Oregon Governor’s Arts Award recipient and the Outstanding Achievement award at USC in Los Angeles. She has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Santa Fe Orchestra, Boston Pops and Symphony, Tanglewood Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, Phoenix Chamber Orchestra and Pops, New Jersey Symphony, June Opera Festival of New Jersey, Eugene Opera, New York Repertory Theater, Pasadena Chamber Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Orchestra, Oxford Symphony Orchestra and Oregon Bach Festival. Some of the conductors she has worked with include; Seiji Ozawa, Helmuth Rilling, Marin Alsop, John Williams, Gunther Schuller and the late, great Leonard Bernstein.   Chosen twice as a Vocal Fellow at Tanglewood Music Festival, she established a long standing relationship with Leonard Bernstein touring with him through Europe and Russia for his 70^th birthday gala year. It was Bernstein that invited her to substitute for an ill Christa Ludwig, performing his Jeremiah Symphony at Tanglewood leading to future performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Pops.   Though Burrows is known predominantly for her recital and symphonic works, she is equally at home on the opera stage. Some of her more notable opera roles include; Rosina, Dorabella, Maddelena , Cenerentola, Nancy (Albert Herring), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Sesto, Baba (The Medium) and Helen Potts (Picnic/World Premier 2009).   Her reviews have called her “the next Janet Baker” (Albuquerque Journal), “hauntingly beautiful voice” (Eugene Register Guard), “Praiseworthy vocalism…” (New York Times), and referring to her opera performance of Rossini’s Cenerentola, the New Jersey Star Ledger stated “the role is hers forever!”   Burrows received her B.M. from the University of Oregon after studying abroad at the Guildhall School of Music in London. She was a student of mentor, Arleen Augér and coached exclusively with Gwen Koldofsky at the University of Southern California where she pursued her M.M. In 2006, Burrows returned to academia and received her DMA at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. In addition to teaching at High Point University, Dr. Burrows is a performing artist and member of the voice faculty at SongFest International Music Festival in Los Angeles. Many of her students have won voice competitions at the state, regional and national levels. 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Turner also teaches courses in the General Education curriculum, the Honors Scholar program, and the Service Learning program.   Turner’s scholarship has been published in the Indiana Theory Review, Virginia Review of Asian Studies, and Music Theory Online, and has focused on Schenkerian theory, scholarship of teaching and learning, and the music of Isang Yun. His current research concerns traditional and popular music of Japan, with a focus on the shamisen. From 2014-2017, he served as the President of the College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter and he also performs regularly as a cellist, in collaboration with pianist Mayumi Osada. 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