Four SFA saxophone students will compete against other top quartets and/or soloists at the North American Saxophone Alliance competitions in Tempe, Ariz. March 15 through 18. Pictured, from left, are Brownsville graduate student Robert Palermo; Lufkin graduate student Matt Mahaffey; Lake Mary, Fla., senior Elena Pedersen; and Harker Heights graduate student Alvin Eclavea.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Four Stephen F.

Violinist Payton Andrews, son of Reese and Carolyn Andrews and a student in the SFA Music Preparatory Division, recently performed in the All-State Philharmonic Orchestra as concertmaster.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Payton Andrews, son of Reese and Carolyn Andrews of Nacogdoches, recently performed as concertmaster, or first chair violin, of the All-State Philharmonic Orchestra at the Texas Music Educators Convention in San Antonio.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Art galleries operated by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will be closed during the university's spring break.

A 2008 Pulitzer-prize finalist, Bill Bishop (pictured on left) and Dee Davis, an expert on rural societal issues (on right), will both be among the featured speakers at the Heritage Development Summit on Thursday, March 8, at Stephen F. Austin State University.

An expert on rural societal issues and a Pulitzer-prize finalist will be among the speakers featured at the second annual Heritage Development Summit on Thursday, March 8, at Stephen F.

The SFA A Cappella Choir will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, in Cole Concert Hall. The program includes works the ensemble recently performed for choral directors from seven states and pieces the choir will sing during its 11-day European tour in May.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - When the Stephen F. Austin State University A Cappella Choir presents it concert at 7:30 p.m.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Choral Union and Women's Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a joint concert, "Expressions: An Eclectic Program of Choral Songs from the Heart," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

David Howard, SFA associate director of choral activities, directs both ensembles.

The Choral Union, an auditioned 70-voice mixed choir, will open the concert with three works that serve as a "sampling for the energetic musical expressions, both sacred and secular, of 20th-century Argentina," said Howard.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Jazz music will fill W.M. Turner Auditorium as the Swingin' Axes and Swingin' Aces of Stephen F. Austin State University present a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8.

Under the direction of SFA Associate Professor Deb Scott, the Aces will begin the concert with a program that includes Gordon Goodwin's arrangement of Cole Porter's "It's All Right with Me" and Oliver Nelson's "Black, Brown, and Beautiful," featuring Nacogdoches sophomore Jacob Barnhill on alto saxophone.

Collaboration between the DeWitt School of Nursing and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics has led to pioneering research, prompting a statewide initiative to address the nursing shortage in Texas.

Collaboration between two SFA academic areas has led to pioneering research, prompting a statewide initiative to address the nursing shortage in Texas.