a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Dr. Martin McCain was recently invited to be guest bass trombonist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The program included Bruckner’s Symphony #4 and Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 performed by Yuja Wang. While in Toronto, McCain was in residence at the University of Toronto where he led a brass chamber music masterclass, trombone masterclass,…
Krystyn Fleschauer, TXST Coordinator of Academic Success Initiatives, is one of the Texas State Staff Council’s 2022 recipients of the Dr. Lawrence Estaville – Employee Excellence Award. This award was developed to honor a staff member whose actions, deeds, and work ethic over the previous year exemplifies overall excellence in service to Texas State University.…
Alumnus Peyton Grover and the San Marcos High School Rattler Marching Band received a glowing write up in the “San Marcos Daily Record”. https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/news/marching-ahead-rattler-band-earns-superior-ratings-prepares-area-marching-contest
Dr. Kevin Mooney‘s book Texas Jazz Singer: Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond (2021) has won a Certificate of Merit in the 2022 Association for Recorded Sound Collections award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Jazz. He will be among the winners in multiple categories recognized during an awards…
The Texas State Mysterium for New Music ensemble performed recently at the Austin New Media Art & Sound Summit hosted by the COTFG, an organization sponsored by the Salvage Vanguard Theater 501(c) and supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division. The Summit featured several national and international musicians and is described…
The Texas State Mysterium for New Music recently performed for the third year in a row at the 2022 Classic Game Fest in Austin, TX. The Classic Game Fest is considered “the biggest retro gaming event in Texas,” with an estimated attendance this year of over 15,000. The ensemble performed music from several well-known video…
TXST student teacher Erik Gamez recently went viral on TikTok leading his elementary classroom in their greeting song: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRuXnDxF/
Bobcat saxophone alumna Emilee Biles is working as an Assistant Sound Designer in New York City in the Broadway Production of “Cost of Living” at the Manhattan Theater Club. Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, Martyna Majok’s powerhouse play is hailed by The New York Times as “gripping, immensely haunting and exquisitely attuned.”
Bobcat saxophone alumna Emily Gazeley as Assistant Band Director at Taylor High School has helped with multiple wins this fall at Marching Band Competitions including: Class 4A Champions at Lost Pines Marching Festival in Bastrop; In Prelims, Taylor HS received the highest 4A score in Music & Visuals, and also ranked the highest for percussion…
Bobcat saxophone alumnus Peyton Grover is Director of Bands at San Marcos High School, winning multiple prizes this fall at Marching Competitions to include: 1st in class 6A and 1st in finals overall at the Seguin Marching Festival; 1st in class, 1st in Color Guard, 1st in Percussion at Capitol City Marching Festival; 1st in…