{"id":2696,"date":"2011-06-03T18:04:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T18:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2013-01-09T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T20:05:26","slug":"andy-soucy-%e2%80%9972-receives-distinguished-music-alumni-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/06\/03\/andy-soucy-%e2%80%9972-receives-distinguished-music-alumni-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Soucy \u201972 Receives Distinguished Music Alumni Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2698\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/06\/SoucyChesebrough1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2698\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/06\/SoucyChesebrough1.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/06\/SoucyChesebrough1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/06\/SoucyChesebrough1-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Soucy \u201972 (right) receives the 2011 KSC Outstanding Music Alumni Award from Dr. Jim Chesebrough.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Londonderry Music Director <strong>Andy Soucy \u201972<\/strong> received the Music Department\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2010\u20132011 at the KSC Jazz Band concert in April. This award is presented each year to an alumnus who, in the opinion of the music faculty, has distinguished themselves as a musician, music educator, or as a representative of Keene State College.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Mr. Soucy was president of the New Hampshire Music Educators Association from 1983\u20131987, and was Chairman for the New Hampshire All-State Music Conference from 1999 to 2005.\u00a0 In 1995 he was honored as \u201cTeacher of the Year\u201d by the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce; was named \u201cMusic Educator of the Year\u201d by the New Hampshire Music Educators Association (NHMEA) in 2000; and was named \u201cCitizen of the Year\u201d by the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce that same year. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame for NHMEA in 2006. The Derry-Londonderry Chamber of Commerce recently recognized him as \u201cCitizen of the Year\u201d for 2010.<\/p>\n<p>While on campus, Mr. Soucy made class presentations, visited with faculty, met with former Londonderry students who now study at Keene State, and shared ideas on music education and NHMEA with NHMEA President-Elect, Dr. Sandra Howard. Keene State College is proud to recognize one of its own who has accomplished so much and been recognized for his success by so many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Londonderry Music Director Andy Soucy \u201972 received the Music Department\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2010\u20132011 at the KSC Jazz Band concert in April. This award is presented each year to an alumnus who, in the opinion of the music faculty, has distinguished themselves as a musician, music educator, or as a representative of Keene State &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/06\/03\/andy-soucy-%e2%80%9972-receives-distinguished-music-alumni-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Andy Soucy \u201972 Receives Distinguished Music Alumni Award<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":2698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27,431],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alumni","tag-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}