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Artist-in-Residence Dr. Craig Hella Johnson was recently interviewed by Fox News’ Bryan Llenas for their America Together segment in celebration of Pride month. The two spoke spoke on Johnson’s life from growing up in northern Minnesota mining town in a religious family moving forward learning to accept himself. Llenas says “music and the stage saved his…
Dr. Kevin E. Mooney‘s article “Erlkönig: Goethe, Schubert, and Resurrecting the Son” has been published in the College Music Symposium Vol. 61, no. 1 (2021).
On Wednesday, May 5th, Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright presented the Superintendent’s Coin of Excellence to Pfluger Elementary Music Teacher Beth Wilson, who is an alum of the Texas State University School of Music! Hays CISD said the following about Wilson on their Facebook page: Wilson, who has taught music at Pfluger since 2013,…
At the Honors College Awards Ceremony on May 4, 2021, Dr. Kevin Mooney received the John R. Hood Honors Professor of the Year Award. “This award is chosen by Honors students and awarded to a professor who has taught an Honors class in the fall or spring semester. As we aim to provide a laboratory…
In February we reported that Texas State University School of Music student Cutter W. González had been admitted to the International Conducting Workshop & Festival (ICWF) in Lviv, Ukraine for this August. We are happy to announce that he was selected to receive a special additional Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) for this venture! Earlier this semester Cutter…
Dr. Alec D. Scherer, Assistant Professor of Music Education, published “High School Band Directors’ Perceptions and Applications of Democratic Rehearsal Procedures in Concert Band Rehearsals” in volume 39 issue 3 of Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. Respondents (N = 216) to the study were members of the National Association for Music Education who…
Music Theorist Dr. Cynthia I. Gonzales delivered two invited presentations on 24 April 2021 at the inaugural SmartMusic Connect virtual event. She modeled how to teach aural skills using “The Listen-Sing Method, Vol. 1,” Gonzales’ own collection of aural skills exercises published in SmartMusic. Both presentations are now available online: “Listen-Sing: Aural Skills for K-12”…
Dean John Fleming invited Associate Professor Hank Hehmsoth to present at the UT Austin OLLI Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The webinar series entitled: “Inspired by Art: Traditional and Non-traditional Uses of Art to Impact Society.” Hehmsoth lectured on “Creativity_Where Does It Come From?” Thursday, April 29, 2021, 1:00PM-2:10PM CT.
Dr. Martin McCain, Professor of Trombone, was invited by the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” to be a featured artist at the American Trombone Workshop on April 3rd. McCain led an interactive virtual masterclass on warmup techniques and daily routines which was viewed live by over 1000 trombonists across the globe. On April 17,…
Todd Oxford Activities Adjudicator for Charleston International Music Competition. Charleston, South Carolina. Adjudicator for 7th ENKOR Int’l Winds and Percussion Competition. London, United Kingdom. Applicant for Presidential Fellow. Selection Pending. Texas State University. Nominee for Grammy Music Educator Award. The Recording Academy and Grammy Museum. Los Angeles, California. Host for Bobcat Saxophone Studio Alumni Recital.…