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 Utah Hamrick joined Hehmsoth to work with high school players from more than a dozen Texas Hill Country schools. Alumnus and former student of Hehmsoth, Jason Younts is producer of the festival, as well as Director of Bands for FISD.