Student saxophonists excel

▪ Abel Jaimes won a saxophone position in the Young Adult Honors Wind Ensemble to perform at the Musikverein in Summer 2020. Vienna, Austria. ▪ Lauren Gordon has been selected as the guest soloist with Sycamore Springs Middle School Band in Spring 2020. ▪ Edgar Blandon was hired as a Music Mentor for Kids in…

Professional soloist competition winner

Saxophone professor Todd Oxford won First Place in the Professional Soloist Category of the American Protégé International Woodwinds & Brass Competition, New York. Oxford’s other recent activities of note include:            ▪ Nominee: International Acoustic Music Awards – Instrumental Division, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.        ▪ Hired by University Interscholastic League Music Division to…

Opera production places in national Competition

The Magic Flute, produced at Texas State University’s beautiful Performing Arts Center, was awarded Third Place in Division V of the The National Opera Association 2018-2019 Opera Production Competition. Directed by Marc Reynolds and conducted by Jacob Harrison, the production was strengthened by “the wonderful TXST voice teachers and our amazing vocal coach Kristin Roach,”…

Piano Day

Another successful TXST Piano Day was held on November 9, offering lessons, masterclasses, presentations, and a Q/A session with 7 piano faculty members. The day included a special piano recital by current and former students. Piano professors Daria Rabotkina and Jason Kwak headed up the project, with great contributions from lecturers and senior lecturers Kyung…

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