Presentations/Professional Services/Publications/Scholarship

Timothy Meyer Altman

• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Lead and perform with UNCP student Brass Quintet (students, staff) in concert. Pembroke, NC. April 11, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) North Carolina Symphony Board of Trustees meeting. Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center (NC State campus). Raleigh, NC. April 15, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) adjudicate UNCP Marching Band Drum Major auditions. Pembroke, NC. April 17, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Conduct Duplin County High School All-County Band. Wallace-Rose Hill High School. Teachey, NC. April 19, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform as principal trumpet with the Carolina Philharmonic. Pinehurst, NC. April 27, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Coordinated/Conducted UNCP concert band in a collaborative performance with Fayetteville Technical Community College with guest composer, Brittany Green (UNCP alum). Pembroke, NC. May 2, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform and coordinate with Blackwater Brass Quintet for UNCP Graduate Commencement. Pembroke, NC. May 3, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Organize/conduct UNCP concert band at Undergraduate Commencement. Pembroke, NC. May 4, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Adjudicate Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra brass auditions (2nd trumpet, tuba, bass trombone). Pembroke, NC. May 5, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) recruiting (meeting students, teaching free private lessons) at FTCC (Fayetteville Technical Community College). Fayetteville, NC. May 9, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform with Brass Quintet at Campbell Law School Graduation, Memorial Hall. Raleigh, NC. May 10, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform as principal trumpet with the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle at Carolina Theatre. Durham, NC. May 12, 2024
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Give Feedback to recent graduate Ryan Godwin as he conducts Harnett Central High School band concert. Lillington, NC. May 14, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Adjudicate Solo and Ensemble performances at Cleveland High School. Clayton, NC. May 16, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Meeting with Jonathan Kierspe with Yamaha Corporation of America. May 17, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform as principal trumpet of the Carolina Philharmonic. Pinehurst, NC. May 18, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform with Brass Quintet at St. Mary’s School Graduation. Raleigh, NC. May 19, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform with Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. Fayetteville, NC. May 24, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform in Festival of Trumpets at Disneyland as part of the International Trumpet Guild conference. Anaheim, CA. June 2, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) recruited and organized audition for a prospective music student. Pembroke, NC. June 6, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) article published with Meggan Hollis co-author “What Did They Say?” Music Educator Journal https://www.ncmea.net/member-resources/music-educator-journal
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Completed Technical Reviews for the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt for the Fulbright Student Program. Noha Salah, senior program officer. August 1, 2024
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform/present for Kiwanis club for Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. Fayetteville, NC. August 9, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform (trumpet) at Laurinburg Presbyterian Church.  Laurinburg, NC. August 18, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform (trumpet) on the New Music Student Orientation recital. Pembroke, NC. August 19, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) perform with the Brass Quintet for the New Student Convocation at UNC Pembroke. Pembroke, NC. August 19, 2024.Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Perform for the 50th Anniversary of the Marching Virginians (Virginia Tech). Blacksburg, VA. September 7, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) North Carolina Symphony Board of Trustees meeting (appointed to the board by Governor Roy Cooper). Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center (NC State campus). Raleigh, NC. September 17, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Meeting for UNCP Holiday Extravaganza planning (event is Dec. 5). September 17. Pembroke, NC. September 17, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Endowed Chair event (as principal trumpet, my chair endowed by Dr. Shereff). Fayetteville Arts Council. Fayetteville, NC. September 18, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Work with trumpet student from Jack Britt High School. Fayetteville, NC. September 22, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Judge at Pinecrest High School marching band competition. Pinehurst, NC. September 28, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Present for UNCP Music at Student Activity Fee forums in University Center 251, Pembroke, NC. October 1 & October 2, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Work at UNCP Music booth for Pembroke Day. Pembroke, NC. October 3, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Perform (bass) with Vocal Quartet (a capella). Blacksburg, VA. October 5, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Serve on Recital Committee for Eric Brown. Pembroke, NC. October 7, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Conduct George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” (soloist Dr. Mark Tollefsen, piano), Pete Meechan’s “Machines” (soloist, Dr. John Beck, percussion), and premiere commissioned work in memory of my father (“Glory and Grace” composed by alumnus, Marvis Rorie), and prepared UNCP student to conduct a work at UNCP Band concert in GPAC. Pembroke, NC. October 8, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Perform (trumpet) at Haymount United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, NC. October 13, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Planning meeting for UNCP Holiday Extravaganza (event is Dec. 5), Pembroke, NC. October 15, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Perform (trumpet) and lead UNCP Brass Quintet. Pembroke, NC. October 16, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Judge at Grays Creek High School marching competition. Fayetteville, NC. October 19, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Perform (trumpet) at Haymount United Methodist Church. Fayetteville, NC. October 20, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Premiere work for trumpet and percussion by Kristian Schembri (composer in attendance), and premiere work by Joshua Fleetwood (UNCP alumnus) for trumpet and piano. Pembroke, NC. October 24, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Judge at Union Pines High School marching competition. Vass, NC. October 26, 2024.
• Timothy Meyer Altman (Music) Perform trumpet recital on Community Congregational Church concert series (with Dr. Van Hassel and Dr. Tollefsen). Southern Pines, NC. October 27, 2024.

Larry Arnold

• Larry Arnold, bassist in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” Temple Theatre. Sanford, NC.February 23-26, March 2-5, March 9-12,  2023.

Daniel Bukin- Coming Soon!

Joshua Busman 

• Joshua Kalin Busman was invited to give the keynote address at the annual Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium, which brings together PhD students in music from the University of Georgia, University of Florida, and Florida State University in Athens, GA on Saturday, October 14, 2023.
• Joshua Kalin Busman Elected to the executive board of the North Carolina Honors Association
• Joshua Kalin Busman, completed work as a member of the W.W. Norton Digital Media Authors Team for the forthcoming 5^th edition of The Enjoyment of Music, Essential Listening textbook.
• Joshua Kalin Busman, “History Corner with Dr. B,” Adventures with Arthur, Season 2, https://fb.watch/3zK-iOdWLz/

Garrison Gerard- Coming Soon!

Kalem Graham- Coming Soon!

Joanna Ross Hersey- Coming Soon!

Lindsey Jacob

• Lindsey Jacob presented “Integrating Core Music Curriculum into the Music Theory Classroom.” North Carolina Community College Fine Arts Conference. February 2023.
• Lindsey Jacob, served as Lead Reader and Artist Grant Panelist for the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County Mini Grants. August 2023-April 2024.
• Lindsey Jacob, Faculty mentor for student Jaylen Jones who performed a saxophone concerto, Concerto After Mendelssohn for Tenor Saxophone and Wind Ensemble by David DeBoor Canfield. UNCP Concert Band Concerto Competition Winners Concerto. GPAC. Pembroke, NC. February 2024.
• Lindsey Jacob (Music) Performed Original Solo Saxophone Composition “Reflection,” Tui @ 100 Symposium, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, September 2024.
• Lindsey Jacob (Music) Original Composition “Lucidity” Performed by Dr. Lucas Borges, Click Fest 2024, Ohio University, Athens, OH, September 2024.
• Lindsey Jacob (Music) Faculty Saxophone Recital, UNCP Moore Hall Auditorium, Pembroke, NC, September 2024.

Jaeyoon Kim

• Jaeyoon Kim (Music) performed the tenor solo of Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Florence Symphony Orchestra on May 6, 2024, at Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center, South Carolina. 

Piper Pack-Smith

• Piper Pack-Smith won a BroadwayWorld Regional (Phoenix) Award for Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance for her work with Kinky Boots at Paradise Valley Community College, January 2024.

José Rivera

• José Rivera, Lecture Presentation, Choral Music of Latin America. Vanderbilt University. Nov, 2023.
• José Rivera, Conductor, Hannover All-County Treble Chorus, Wilmington, NC Feb 2024
• José Rivera, Author, Anthology Latin American Choral Music, Oxford University Press, (Manuscript Accepted)
• José Rivera, Presider, Higher Education General Meeting, (NCMEA) North Carolina Music Educators Conference, Winston Salem, November 2023

Mark Tollefsen

• Mark Tollefsen (Music), “Peter and the Wolf: A Musical Story with Puppets,” supported by a grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Multimedia performance with Jae Won Kim (Music) and UNCP students, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, NC. April 2024.
• Mark Tollefsen (Music), “Peter and the Wolf: A Musical Story with Puppets,” supported by a grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Multimedia performance with Jae Won Kim (Music) and UNCP students, Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, Fayetteville, NC. April 2024.
• Mark Tollefsen (Music) adjudicated the Durham Music Teachers Association’s annual Performance Festival, Duke University, Durham, NC. May 2024.

Aaron Vandermeer

• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Brass Quintet Performance (trumpet) at UNCP Graduate Commencement. Pembroke, NC. May, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). University Band Performance (trumpet) at UNCP Undergraduate Commencement. Pembroke, NC. May, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Sandhills Community College Jazz Ensemble concert (trumpet). Southern Pines, NC. June, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Sandhills Community College Jazz Ensemble concert (trumpet). Southern Pines, NC. July, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Sandhills Community College Jazz Ensemble concert (trumpet). Southern Pines, NC. August, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Musical Theatre at the Sunrise Theatre: The Sound of Music (trumpet) (six performances). Southern Pines, NC. August, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Brass Quintet Performance (trumpet) at UNCP New Student Convocation. Pembroke, NC. August, 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). UNCP Jazz Combo I performance at DSA Student Leadership Award Ceremony. Pembroke, NC. April 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). UNCP Jazz Combo I performance at Faculty Appreciation Banquet. Pembroke, NC. April 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). UNCP Jazz Combo I/Percussion Ensemble Recruiting Tour (six performance, five NC schools). North Carolina. May 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). UNCP Jazz Combo I performance at New Music Student Orientation Recital. Pembroke, NC. August 2024.
• Aaron Vandermeer (Music). Organizer: UNCP New Music Student Orientation. Pembroke, NC. August 2024.

Joseph Van Hassel

• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), music reviewer for Percussive Notes. April 2024 – present. 
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), timpanist for Carolina Philharmonic Concert. Pinehurst, NC. April 2024. 
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), percussionist for Florence Symphony Orchestra Concert. Florence, SC. May 2024. 
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), percussionist for Johnny Mathis, The Carolina Opry Theater, Myrtle Beach, SC. May 2024. 
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), timpanist for Carolina Philharmonic Concert. Pinehurst, NC. May 2024. 
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), timpanist for Fayetteville Symphony Concert. Fayetteville, NC. July 2024.
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), Chair, Percussive Arts Society New Music/Research Committee. April 2024 - present. 
• Joseph Van Hassel (Music), President, North Carolina Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. April 2024 - present.