a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research for the College of Fine Arts and Communication, was recently published in the December 2020 issue of the Southwestern Musician. Dr. Brinckmeyer’s article, Motivating Middle School Singers, outlines strategies she has found effective in teaching young singers by keeping music education exciting and motivating. Dr. Brinckmeyer,…
Dr. Craig Hella Johnson, Texas State University Artist-in-Residence, and Grammy award-winning group Conspirare have stayed active in sharing their music. During the month of November Conspirare celebrated Native American Heritage Month by recognizing and showcasing alto Keely J Rhodes and tenor David Kurtenbach Rivera. Rhodes can be heard in “Freedom Song” and “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” and Rivera performed…
Daris Hale, Ian Davidson, and Stephen Girko published a pair of recordings earlier this month. This project brought together faculty from the School of Music and students from the Texas State University Sound Recording Technology Program. Student engineers Nicte Sobrevilla (’21) and Tommy Metzger (’19) captured the sound in the initial recording sessions in Evans…
Krystyn Jensen has received the National Outstanding Advisor Award from Sigma Alpha Iota for her work as Chapter Advisor to the Texas State University Theta Omega chapter. Since being initiated into Theta Omega in Spring 2004, she has been active in SAI serving in multiple collegiate and alumni chapter officer positions (including President at both…
Texas State University Artist-in-Residence, Dr. Craig Hella Johnson, is spearheading a new two-year faculty workgroup called Catalyst. The primary focus of Catalyst is tackling issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the School of Music. Dr. Johnson is joined this year by faculty and staff visionaries including Utah Hamrick, Adah Jones, Daveda Karanas, Martin McCain, Ludim Pedroza,…
Dr. Nico Schüler recently published a book chapter on “Contextuality and Interdisciplinarity in Digital Music Research: History, Current Projects, and A Case Study” in the book Contextuality of Musicology – What, How, Why and Because (ed. by T. Popović Mladjenović, et al., Belgrade, 2020). He also published articles on Conjunto and on Pansori in Music…
Ms. Sa Ra Park, a graduate music theory student supervised by Dr. Nico Schüler, won the 2020 Hewitt-Oberdoerffer Award for the Best Student Paper in the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter for her paper on “Domenico Scarlatti’s Musical Style: His Keyboard Sonata K. 288”. Ms. Park was also invited to be part of a graduate…
Recent activities and achievements by Dr. Todd Oxford, students of his studio, and alumni of his studio include: Todd Oxford Activities ▪ Nominee as a candidate for the Texas Commission On the Arts “Texas State Artist”. This designation is the highest designation that the Texas Legislature gives in the arts. Texas State Artists serve one-year…
Music Studies major and saxophonist Christopher Martinez recently received the Texas Music Educators Association Outstanding Music Educator Award. This designation is awarded to students across the entire state of Texas who demonstrate exemplary leadership, maintain a very high GPA, and who have contributed to the profession of music education as a university student. Congratulations Christopher! We are…
On Tuesday, November 17th, the Texas State Symphonic Winds presented their first in-person performance of the Fall 2020 semester under the direction of Dr. Kyle Glaser and graduate conductors Chase Failing and Tess Jones. Clad in performance masks and bell covers, Symphonic Winds presented a socially distanced outdoor concert featuring works by Delibes, Holst, Grainger, Tchesnokov,…