For more information:
Bob Edwards
Public Relations Department Assistant
Glenville State College
Glenville, West Virginia
(304) 462-7361x7610
Glenville, WV—The Glenville State College chapter of Collegiate Music Educators National Conference will host the 2007 West Virginia conference. Over one hundred Music Education students from colleges and universities all over West Virginia will be visiting GSC. The conference will start on Sunday, November 4, 2007 and conclude with lunch on Tuesday, November 6, 2007.
Glenville State College students won the honor of hosting the 2007 conference after submitting a successful presentation at the 2006 conference in Huntington, West Virginia. After seeing and hearing what Glenville State College students had to offer, CMENC members from all over the state unanimously elected to come to GSC for the 2007 conference. Glenville State College has hosted the event several times. “The GSC Music Education program has been well respected across the state for many years, hosting the CMENC once again emphasizes the excellence of our program,” said Dr. Carol Benton, Glenville State College Assistant Professor of Music.
Glenville State College music education students make up the West Virginia CMENC executive board. Officers include President Randall Cook, Vice President Lori Ware, Treasurer Jessica Jaffre, Secretary Lindsay Burns and Historian Greg Morgan.
The three-day conference will include numerous clinics presented by visiting experts in music education from public schools, colleges, and universities around West Virginia. Julia Lee, a GSC alumna and Arts Supervisor for the West Virginia Department of Education, will be the keynote speaker for the conference banquet on Sunday. There will also be three public performances during the conference. On Sunday, November 4, the Mountain State Brass Band from Charleston West Virginia will perform at 7:00 p.m. in the GSC Fine Arts Auditorium. The concert is open to the public; tickets will be sold at the door for $2.00. An Honors Recital will be held on Monday, November 5, at 6:00 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The recital will feature collegiate musicians from West Virginia colleges and universities. This recital is free an open to the public. Also on Monday evening, November 5, the Mountainaires Barbershop Chorus will perform at 8:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. This concert is also open to the public; tickets are just $2.00 and will be sold at the door.
For more information about the 2007 CMENC or the GSC Music Education program, contact Assistant Professor of Music, Dr. Carol Benton at (304) 462-7361 ext. 7345.
