a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Jazz faculty Hank Hehmsoth was feature-interviewed for the Fredericksburg Jazz Festival that took place on April 13, 2019. The articled appeared in the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Kerrville Daily Times, and Heart Beat of Texas Magazine. In it, Hehmsoth discussed the different aspects of jazz and how it can mold students. Before the festival, jazz faculty…
Dr. Martin McCain performed two weeks as guest Principal Bass Trombonist with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. While in southeast Asia, McCain led a masterclass for the trombone studio at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory on the campus of the National University of Singapore. Dr. McCain also performed as guest 2nd trombone with the Memphis Symphony…
Laura Brackney, a Texas State graduate composition student, was featured in the Austin-based arts magazine Sightlines about her upcoming premiere of a new score performed live to a historic silent film. The score will premiere on April 12 at the Bullock Museum in Austin, TX featuring Brackney on keyboard and Henna Chou on cello. For…
TXST was well represented at South Texas Chapter of NATS at Del Mar University on Saturday, April 6. With support from collaborative pianists Alexis Korbe and Joung-A Yum, the following TXST singers took first-place honors: Karissa Kim, Pedro Valdez and Gavin Magee. Second place: Reese Landis, Lucas Phillips, Darrin Ruiz, and Abraham Villarreal. Finalist Trenton…
Lauren Gordon, a saxophone student at Texas State, received notification on April 4 that she won the tenor saxophone position to perform with the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project in Schladming, Austria this summer as part of the Mid Europe Music Festival. Associate Professor of Saxophone Todd Oxford is very proud of her for securing…
On Thursday afternoon, April 4, theory professor Dr. Cynthia I. Gonzales delivered an invited two-hour lecture via video stream to the graduate Music Theory Pedagogy class at Youngstown State University, Ohio. Dr. Gonzales discussed how to develop harmonic listening skills that lead to taking harmonic dictation successfully. The graduate students enjoyed singing along with her…
Texas State alumnus Luca Cubisino (MM in Piano Performance) has developed and will be directing the Advanced Preparatory Piano Program, a division of the Frost School of Music Preparatory Program at the University of Miami.
Michael Johnson (MM ’17) has recently been appointed as a professor at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, AL. He is currently in the 2nd year of his doctoral degree at the University of Alabama. Congratulations, Michael!
Recent saxophone student accomplishments: ▪ Undergraduate student Peyton Grover received the TMEA Collegiate Music Educator Award and nominated for the LBJ Civic Leadership Award at Texas State. ▪ Undergraduate student Coy Reid was nominated for the TXST Ralph Harrel Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior and was accepted for a live audition with the United States…
Todd Oxford was featured soloist with the New Texas Symphony Orchestra performing Debussy’s Rapsodie at the Moody Performance Hall in Dallas, Texas. Other recent activities included: ▪ Adjudicator for the Coltman National Chamber Music Competition, Butler School of Music, Austin. ▪ Audition applicant for the American Prize in Instrumental Solo Performance, Danbury, Connecticut. ▪ Audition…