a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
The Texas State Chamber Orchestra returned from a fabulous tour of Eastern Europe. Led by director Carolyn Watson and faculty soloists Ames Asbell and Karla Hamelin, they performed in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. Associate Dean Mary Ellen Cavitt helped lead the tour. They also visited places such as Budapest’s Castle Hill and Heroes’ Square, Esterhazy…
Donors with fond memories of Tilden piano teacher Betty Dickinson have funded a $260,000 endowment in her name. The endowment benefits participants in the Texas State International Piano Festival, directed by Dr. Jason Kwak and set for June 3-11 at the Performing Arts Center.
The open-access student computer lab in the Music Building, directed by Hank Hehmsoth, has received a Texas State grant of $45,000 to upgrade equipment. All 24 workstations will get new, faster computers and continue to offer specialized music software for student use in music course work and creative projects.
The Hill Country Youth Chorus, directed by Lynn Brinckmeyer, completed their 2016-1017 concert season the first week of May. Singers in the choir represent approximately 10 different schools each year. When the choir started in 2005 they established the tradition of “charging” an admission fee for their spring concert. The “fee” is a bag or…
Michael Martinez will attend the Eastman School of Music with an assistantship and will be the 1st trombonist accepted into the DMA program in four years. Michael Johnson will enter the DMA program at the University of Alabama and will be the teaching assistant for the trombone studio and theory department. Matthew Flores will attend…
Michael Martinez was accepted into the Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy in Canada in addition to the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. Michael Johnson was accepted into the Southeast Trombone Symposium’s Participant Class. Camden Scarborough was accepted into the Collegium Musicum Schloss Pommersfelden International Summer Academy. Ramiro Cortez was accepted into the Collegium Musicum Schloss…