APSU Department of Music establishes scholarship in honor of Norma Jean Smith
June 11, 2019
Clarksville, TN – A scholarship to benefit students has been established by the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Music to honor the memory of the late Norma Jean Smith.
Smith was an administrative assistant at APSU for 36 years. She worked in the Department of Music from 1990 to 2015.
Gateway Chamber Orchestra’s Winter Baroque Concert Ushers in Holiday Season, December 6th
November 20, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Cumberland Bank & Trust Winter Baroque concert will be presented by The Gateway Chamber Orchestra at the Madison Street United Methodist Church, December 6th, 2015 at 3:00pm.
Gateway Chamber Orchestra’s holiday concert tradition features Charpentier’s inspirational Mass based on traditional French Christmas carols (Noels).
Gateway Chamber Orchestra To Host Second “Winter Baroque” Concert On December 8th
December 3, 2013
Clarksville, TN – In 1939, Italian composer Alfredo Casella performed a little-known choral work by Antonio Vivaldi. The piece was about 200 years old, but after two centuries of neglect, Vivaldi’s “Gloria” struck a cord with Casella’s audience. The Baroque masterwork, originally composed as part of the Catholic Mass, is now a holiday staple, performed in churches across the globe each December.
At 3 p.m. on Dec. 8, the Gateway Chamber Orchestra and Choir will feature the famed work at the Madison Street United Methodist Church during the GCO’s second annual Winter Baroque Concert.
Gateway Chamber Orchestra and Chorus to perform “Winter Baroque” concert December 2nd
November 24, 2012
Clarksville, TN – In 1731, the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Sacred Cantata No. 4, also known as “Sleepers, Wake,” to be performed on the 27th Sunday after Trinity.
It’s a remarkably beautiful piece from the Baroque era, but the timing of its performance was a bit unfortunate.
Austin Peay State University honors exemplary professors during Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony
April 27, 2012
Clarksville, TN – On Tuesday afternoon, Austin Peay State University recognized five professors with the highest distinctions awarded to faculty members during the University’s annual Honors and Awards Ceremony.
Dr. Mary Lou Witherspoon, professor of mathematics, was named the recipient of the 2012 APSU Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award. The award is presented annually to a faculty member or department chairperson who has completed a minimum of four years of full-time teaching at Austin Peay. [Read more]
February 26th concert to showcase Clarksville’s newest semi-professional Gateway Choir
February 24, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The city of Clarksville is deceptively large. Sure, there’s the small town charm of Franklin Street and the local university, but spread over about 95 square miles, more than 130,000 people call the city home. For a couple of faculty members in the Austin Peay State University music department, that makes Clarksville large enough to need certain cosmopolitan attractions.
“We feel Clarksville should have an orchestra of its own, and there should be a choral component to go along with that,” Dr. Gregory Wolynec, APSU associate professor of music, said. [Read more]