The Stars At Night Faculty Showcase on February 6 in the TXST Performing Arts Center featured premieres of six new compositions by Thomas S. Clark. Performers included Ames Asbell, viola, Ian Davidson, oboe, Richard Hall, electronics, Karla Hamelin, cello, Youna Hartgraves, voice, Kari Klier, marimba, Joey Martin, piano, and Vanguel Tangarov, clarinet. Cello students Boris Chalakov, Joshua Adams, Terri Boutte, Simon Reid, Anna Trevino, and Gabriel Vazquez also performed.
Since 2008, Clark has led the School of Music at Texas State University as Director and Professor of Composition. The years 2016 and 2017 have been unusually productive for him as a composer, completing 11 new pieces. His compositions have been performed at festivals throughout the U.S.A., in Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, three times at “Moravian Autumn” Brno International Music Festival in the Czech Republic, and at the Festival Internacional Alfonso Reyes in Monterrey, Mexico. Several of his works, affiliated with BMI, are published by Borik Press and recorded on Centaur Records.