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Congratulations to John Vinzant for being selected as the School of Music’s Outstanding Graduate Student for 2019-2020. Mr. Vinzant will be recognized at the College of Fine Arts and Communication Circle of Achievement and at the School of Music BRAVO awards. Additionally, Mr. Vinzant ranked third among all candidates in the College of Fine Arts…
Congratulations to Jenna Quiroz for being selected as recipient of the School of Music’s Excellence in Graduate Studies Award for 2019-2020! Ms. Quiroz will be recognized at the School of Music BRAVO awards this Spring!
The TXST Jazz Ensemble performed last Saturday at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival. Originally slated to perform Friday, the Jazz Ensemble experienced major travel delays, pushing their performance back to Saturday evening. However, once the Ensemble arrived, all travel woes quickly faded as they had a fantastic time representing our University at the Festival!…
This past weekend the TXST Jazz area put on their 32nd Hill Country Jazz Festival. The Festival kicked off Friday night with the Eddie Durham Jazz Celebration. At the Celebration, the Jazz Faculty presented Director of the School of Music, Dr. Thomas Clark, a proclamation naming him the 2020 Jazz Laureate at Texas State. Over…
Congratulations to the Hill Country Jazz Bones on being named Honorable Mention in the International Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition for the 2nd year in a row. Hill Country Jazz Bones finds themselves listed alongside other notable programs such as the Frost School of Music and the UNT College of Music. This is the…
The TXST Choral Department is excited to announce that three of their students were selected by recorded audition to participate at the upcoming Southwestern American Choral Directors Convention in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Southwest division is comprised of 8 states having some of the finest choral programs in the country. Graduate students Jenna Quiroz and…
Dr. Martin McCain was recently interviewed on Episode 129 of The Brass Junkies podcast which features some of the top brass performers and pedagogues across the globe.
On January 26th, Dr. Martin McCain was the featured guest artist at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Trombone Day where he performed a recital and led a masterclass. Dr. McCain was also invited as guest bass trombonist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra where he performed Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie.
Please join the TXST School of Music Trumpet Faculty in congratulating the following students who submitted recordings and were named quarter-finalists in the prestigious National Trumpet Competition, which is being held at Messiah College in March over Spring Break: Undergraduate Solo Division Noel Ayala-Loera Small Trumpet Ensemble Division Alejandro Gutierrez Jenny Mountz Jose Vela Scott…