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The State of Music Education in Today's Schools Scott Sheehan President of NAfME (National Association for Music Educators) Monday, Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. A nationally recognized advocate and leader for the advancement of music education, Scott Sheehan is the Director of Bands and Music Department Chairperson at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. The town has been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education in the United States by the NAMM Foundation for the past eight years under Scott's leadership. In addition to his duties at the school, Mr. Sheehan was a finalist for the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award and is an Educational Clinician for Conn-Selmer. Chanticleer Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The GRAMMY® Award-winning ensemble Chanticleer is known around the world as "an orchestra of voices" for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over a million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts around the world. Chanticleer's repertoire is rooted in the Renaissance, and has continued to expand to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, and a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements. Omar Lopez-Cepero, tenor Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Omar Lopez-Cepero is of Puerto Rican descent and grew up outside of Atlanta. His family exposed him to the arts, but it wasn't until his high school teachers cultivated his talent as a singer that he began to consider it as a career. He went on to the University of Miami to study Classical Vocal Performance and has been lucky to carve out a widely varying career. Omar has been seen on Broadway in such shows as American Idiot, On Your Feet!, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Judas in the 50th Anniversary Production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and in the world premiere of the musical adaptation of The Notebook. He has also been seen on television with guest starring appearances on The Detour, Blue Bloods, and Vegas. Building a Community of Musicians Maestro Peter Rubardt & Dr. Hedi Salanki-Rubardt Monday, Feb. 12 at 2:30 p.m. Drs. Peter Rubardt and Hedi Salanki- Rubardt are distinguished musicians calling the Gulf Coast home. Peter is Music Director of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Hedi is Distinguished University Professor of piano and chamber music at the University of West Florida. Both earned doctorates at Juilliard and have nurtured a community of musicians dedicated to making music at the highest levels. Their presentation touches on the importance of networking, relationship building, and community outreach in the music profession. Vienna Boys Choir Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The Vienna Boys Choir is the world's foremost children's chorus. For six centuries, these young cultural ambassadors have been adored the world over for their wide range of repertoire, purity of tone, and generosity of musical spirit. Over centuries, illustrious composers have written masterpieces for the Boys Choir of the Imperial Chapel, including Mozart, Bruckner, Gluck, and Schubert. They are beloved the world over for their lively singing style and beautiful tone. Townsend Presents Mercer University Townsend School of Music | music.mercer.edu Jubilee Artists Series and Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy, and the Arts "rough the invisible hands of music, the soul is touched and healed," Josephine "Jo" Phelps Fabian said. In her life, Fabian was a dedicated arts patron, donor, board member and advocate who loved classical music and opera. She equently attended concerts at Townsend School of Music. rough e Fabian Center for Musical Excellence, the Jubilee Artists Series features leading artists performing concerts that are ee or low cost to the general public, making the best of music available to all, while the Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy, and the Arts is meant to open the eyes of other professionals and scholars to new ideas, presented especially for students, artists and arts administrators in the community. Norman Menzales, flute Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Filipino-American flutist Norman Menzales joined the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra in 2021. Praised for his "…warm, attractive sound" by the Winston-Salem Journal, Menzales has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Western Piedmont Symphony, among others. He's shared the stage with Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, and Leonard Slatkin. Born in Georgia, Menzales began studying flute at the age of 12. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, he obtained a Master of Music with a Performer's Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, where he served as teaching assistant for world renowned flutist and pedagogue, Bonita Boyd.