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 State Symphony Orchestra under the direction of new maestro Jacob Harrison in Evans Auditorium performed brilliantly the entire 7 movements of The Planets Op. 32 by Holst, a massive, iconic masterpiece of the orchestral repertoire.
- Sunday evening in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, professors Ron Ulen, baritone, and Joey Martin, piano, gave a stunningly beautiful duo recital in which Schumann’s beloved 16-song cycle Dichterliebe Op.48 was staged imaginatively as a one-character opera scene.
“Students rose to the height of their growing abilities, led and inspired by our awesome faculty. Wow!”