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Dr. Cynthia I. Gonzales, Regents’ Teacher and Associate Professor, was elected to the Society for Music Theory’s Executive Board as a Member-at-Large. Her three-year term begins at the conclusion of the SMT conference in November. Dr. Gonzales is currently President of the Texas Society for Music Theory, a three-year term that concludes in March 2021.
Joshua Rodriguez, Bachelor of Music in Music Studies (Choral Concentration) minor in Music Composition student, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation Bettylou Scandling Hubin Scholarship for Music Technology. This scholarship will fund the professional production of an album featuring his latest compositions. The production will take place at the Texas State…
Graduate Instructional Assistant (GIA) Andi Ivins was recently nominated by John Fleming, Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, to be part of the Graduate House of Representatives–a position which she happily accepted! Ivins is a native of San Antonio, Texas and received her undergraduate in Music Composition from the University of Texas at San Antonio…
Congratulations to the following students who have been named recipients of the Texas Music Educators Association Collegiate Music Educators Award: Christian Clow Rachel Fredrick Rebecca Martinez Matt Pehl Kate Thane Sara Trogdon Anarra Whitcher These Bobcats will be awarded an honors cord to wear during commencement and certificates from the TMEA office. We are incredibly proud…
The original Clark’s Rules for Musician Success are seven basic principles to live by. They have worn well, largely drawn from my observation of the common traits of great musicians I’ve had the good fortune to meet or work with. As I head toward the end of my administrative career, I reflect now on the…
This week we checked in with one of our student teachers, Christopher Murphy, on how the transition to online delivery has altered his field experience. Murphy is currently serving his elementary student teaching placement within Austin ISD. With the outbreak of COVID-19, AISD elected to move to online instruction a few weeks before Governor Abbott’s…
The end of my 12th year as Director of the School of Music was to be my last before retirement, after 49 years of college teaching and administration. It’s not at all the kind of celebratory last year of my career that I was expecting! And as it turns out, also not my last year.…
Jazz Associate Professor Hank Hehmsoth was slated for multiple performances at major festivals in April, including “A Night of Blues & Jazz” – Williamson County at Berry Creek Country Club, feature performer at “The Georgetown Jazz Festival”, and a special club date appearance with legendary trumpeter Randy Brecker. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, these…
The Texas State Viola Ensemble was slated to perform at the 2020 American Viola Society Festival in Knoxville this June. However, due to ongoing events with COVID-19, the festival has been postponed to 2021. While this delay is an unfortunate necessity, there is some exciting news coming out of our viola studio! Over Spring Break,…
As we each realize how important our health, family, and community are to us, we realize things about ourselves as musicians and members of our Somos Músicos School of Music community . . . We miss being together and making music together so much that even the remote togetherness of a group Zoom session is…