February 16, 2022, 1:44 pm
Dr. Kyle Zeuch, director of choral activities and assistant professor of music, was the conductor of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 8 Honors Choir on Feb. 11. Dr. Zeuch, who also is the music director of the Harrisburg Choral Society, worked with 205 high school students in Williamsport to present a concert.
February 14, 2022, 9:37 pm
Dr. Scott Eggert, professor emeritus of music, composed an organ showpiece, Michelangelo Fantasy, for the dedication recital at Market Square Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg on Friday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Virtuoso organist Ken Cowan will perform the nearly 30-minute piece, which was commissioned expressly for the event.
February 16, 2021, 7:20 pm
Professor Jeff Snyder, chair and professor of music and director of music business, moderated a panel with four other higher education recording and music business directors for the Millennium Music Conference. Snyder and his fellow faculty facilitated “A perspective of the future of the music industry: post pandemic by music educators.” The discussion centered on preparing music industry/recording students for a shifting post-COVID landscape.
February 3, 2021, 7:57 pm
Dr. Kyle Zeuch, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, published an op-ed in PennLive earlier this week. In “Why we need to sing again,” he shares the mental and emotional benefits of communal singing, and encourages all to join a choir once it is safe to do so.
January 21, 2021, 3:12 pm
Michelle Barraclough, adjunct professor of music, and students MacKenzie Kyzer ’21 and Alydia Marangoni ’22 published “Flute Tools in the Age of COVID-19 Examining Practicality” in the December issue of The Flute Examiner. The students, part of Barraclough’s fall Flute Pedagogy class, discussed the practicality of various devices used on the flute to aid in COVID-19 protection in the article.