a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
As part of Duo 35, Todd Oxford gave performances at College Music Society/National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors International Conference. Vancouver, British Columbiaat University of Texas at Arlington – International Students, Inc.; and at Texas A&M University. Commerce, Texas. He also was soloist for the Dark and Stormy Concert at the Austin Theological…
Saxophone professor Todd Oxford has been nominated for Texas State Artist – State Musician. This designation is the highest designation that the Texas State Legislature gives in the arts. Texas State Artists serve one-year terms and represent the state’s artistic legacy, receiving statewide recognition.
On October 26, the Austin-based choral ensemble Conspirare, directed by Texas State School of Music’s Artist in Residence, Craig Hella Johnson, and TXST viola professor Ames Asbell performed at the interment of Matthew Shepard’s ashes at Washington National Cathedral. The service was live-streamed and covered by national news media.
TC writes: “I am tempted to claim that this weekend was a routine success for the School of Music, but it was truly extraordinary. Three spectacular blockbuster performances: Saturday night, Bobcat Marching Band‘s dazzling half-time show under the direction of Kyle Glaser for a Homecoming crowd of 15,000 at Jim Wacker Field. Sunday afternoon, Texas…
The president of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education has announced that TXST music professor John Lopez will be the 2019 recipient of the William Aguilar Cultural Arts Award. This award “recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly to the understanding of the national Latino community and/or culture through the fine, creative, and performing…
Grammy-winner and Texas State Artist-in-Residence Craig Hella Johnson and his Austin-based choral ensemble Conspirare gave the first Chicago-area performance of Johnson’s monumental work, Considering Matthew Shepard, at the Ravinia Festival’s Martin Theatre. The performance included TXST instrumental music faculty Ames Asbell and Vanguel Tangarov. The Chicago Tribune published an admiring review of the performance and…
The Texas State Choirs have launched a new podcast, “Texas State Choirs Today.” Hosted by Associate Director of Choral Activities Jonathan Babcock, the podcast features interviews with guest artists and faculty. This season will include interviews with composers Gwyneth Walker and Jocelyn Hagen; Ralph Allwood, O.B.E. former Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College,…
Three hundred and sixty-five days go by and it is a year. Ten of those years pass and it is a decade. Ten decades pass and the overwhelming feeling of a hundred years passing by is a century filled with rich memories and evolution. The upcoming year, 2019 – 2020, the Bobcat Bands are planning…