Looking Forward webinar

On September 11 Dr. Lynn Ledbetter, Professor of Violin, participated in an E Learning Webinar, “Learning From Our Students: Results from ASTA’s Nationwide Survey on Student Experiences in School Orchestra” presented by the American String Teachers Association. Members of the ASTA Looking Forward Committee, including Dr. Ledbetter, Dr. Kasia Bugaj of Florida State University, Leslie…

Trombonist’s coast-to-coast summer

Dr. Martin McCain had a busy summer, beginning with performing in the conference big band at the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers May 11-14. He was invited to play several subscription concerts as guest bass trombonist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra throughout the ’21-’22 season, and spent several weeks with the ensemble during…

TXST musician toured with Boston Crusaders

Undergraduate music student Nolan Hopkins toured nationally over the summer with the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps. Founded in 1940, the organization is the third-oldest junior drum and bugle corps in the nation and a founding member of Drum Corps International. Composed entirely of brass players, percussionists and color guard members under the age…

Alumnus receives Fulbright award

School of Music alumnus Samuel Gaskin has received a Fulbright Study/Research award to study with organist-composer Jean-Baptiste Robin at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles (CRR de Versailles). Additionally, he will be studying jazz piano and organ improvisation, with the goals of investigating the pedagogical methods of the French conservatory, mutual cultural exchange, and…

Martin receives Choral Advocacy Award

Dr. Joey Martin, Director of Choral Actiivities, received the 2022 Choral Advocacy Award from the Texas Choral Directors Association. This award “honors conductors, educators, administrators, and other individuals who have been advocates for singing and ardent supporters of the choral arts within the community, school, or place of worship.” Congratulations to Dr. Martin on this well-deserved recognition!

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