a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Rich Harney Over the summer, retiring Director Dr. Thomas Clark and Jazz Piano & Composition Professor Hank Hehmsoth worked with Ms. Maria Thompson, executrix for the estate of Austin’s widely respected pianist, composer, and recording artist, Rich Harney, to receive a donation gift of his Baldwin grand piano to the School of Music. Appraised at…
The studio of Dr. Todd Oxford has continued to stay busy accomplishing great things , both by the students and Dr. Oxford himself. Recent accomplishments of the studio include: Dr. Todd Oxford Activities Applicant for the Center for International Studies, Verena and Kenneth J. Wilson Latin American Research Award. To support collaborative research, teaching, and…
Texas State School of Music Associate Professor of Practice Hank Hehmsoth released a commissioned production of “Basement Panorama”, a quarantine video, performed entirely remotely by John Mills TIMES TEN, the award winning ten piece jazz group in Austin, Tx. Hank is both video editor, and performing pianist in the video. “Basement Panorama” is a new composition…
Dr. Nico Schüler recently published articles on “The Development of Computing Technology and Its Influence on Music-Analytical Methods and Encoding: 1940s through 1980s” and on “New Discoveries on African-American Composer Jacob J. Sawyer (1856-1885)” in peer-reviewed journals. He was a Keynote Speaker at the 13th Biennial International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis in Belgrade,…