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Nief-Norf's Synnergy event celebrates contemporary music with free programming open to the public

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Melony Dodson talks with Alex Dally, Executive Director of Nief-Norf, about Synnergy 2025

Nief-Norf's innaugural Synnergy event, celebrating contemporary music, is taking place from June 11th-14th in various venues throughout Knoxville. The schedule includes four faculty recitals, six masterclass sessions, seven concerts, two panel discussions, and two interactive workshops in which attendees will be able to play some music together. The four day event will also include several premieres, as well as the 2025 International Call for Scores Showcase. Learn more about the festival and the program of events in this interview with Nief-Norf's Executive Director, Alex Dally.

These events are free and open to the public, but RSVPing is highly encouraged. For a detailed schedule of concerts and events, including performance locations, visit https://www.niefnorf.org/synnergy

Melony calls the beautiful mountains of Boone, N.C., home, although she was born near Greensboro, N.C. There’s just something about those Blue Ridge Mountains that got in her blood and never left after she moved there to attend Appalachian State University (ASU). While at ASU, she majored in piano performance and music therapy and began to cultivate a love for accompanying and for collaborating with other musicians. This soon led her to earn a master’s degree in collaborative piano at the University of Tennessee, which she attended from 2006-2008.