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Congratulations to OSU alumnae Emily Thielen, choral director at Crescent Valley High School and Aubrey Peterson, choral director at Corvallis High School on their choirs' achievements at the OSAA State Choir Championships on Friday, May 4. CVHS took second place and CHS took third place. Congratulations to all of the choirs that participated.

OSU student Josh Rish, a senior in choral music education, was honored to have two of his choral compositions performed at the OSAA State Choir Championships at George Fox University last week. Sweet Home High School performed "Psalm of Life" and Corvallis High School performed "Invictus."

Assistant Professor of Music, Jason Silveira, recently presented his research at the 2012 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Biennial conference held in St. Louis, MO. Two of Silveira’s recent research studies were selected by NAfME and the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) to be presented at the biennial conference. His study "Measuring Listeners’ Perceptions of Expressivity over Time" was presented at the conference’s research poster session, and his paper "The Perception of Pacing in Music Classrooms and its Relationship to Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Intensity" was presented at the Affective Response Special Research Interest Group session. Additionally, Silveira was recently elected as the Chair for the Affective Response Special Research Interest Group for the 2014–2016 term. He also has forthcoming publications in the Research Alliance of Institutions for Music Education and International Journal of Music Education, and is currently working on another affective response study, which builds on his existing research regarding expressivity in music.