a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Eastern Music Festival will present the world premiere July 20 of a piece by Michael Ippolito called “Wand’ring Fire” for percussion and harp. The piece was commissioned by John Shaw, percussionist, and Anna Kate Mackle, harpist, both faculty artists with Eastern Music Festival.
Matt Hurtado (BM 2015) currently lives in Japan where he performs on euphonium with the Yokohama Euphonium Ensemble and trombone at Universal Studios Japan.
Daveda Karanas (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Richard Novak (Assistant Professor) recently took their voice students to the 2022 SOUTH TEXAS NATS Chapter Student Auditions, hosted by Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. Finley Hagan (Sophomore/Vocal Performance, at left) and Brissa Trondle (Freshman/Music Studies, below center), both students from Prof. Karanas’ studio, placed 2nd in…
SPC William Fettig (BA 2019) continues to serve his country as a musician with the Eighth Army Band stationed in Seoul, South Korea.
Voice Assistant Professor Daveda Karanas recently performed the title role of The (Montana) Mikado with Intermountain Opera Bozeman in Bozeman, Montana. A brand-new and revolutionary adaptation of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s 19th-century English comic opera. Avoiding the problematic negative stereotypes of its original Japanese setting, Intermountain Opera Bozeman doubled down on The Mikado’s satirical…
TXST Music Alumus Amy Dixon Hatch will receive her Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of North Texas this spring. In the fall, she begins as an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Music Theory at the University of Texas at Arlington. At the recent meeting of the Texas Society for Music Theory, Amy presented…
Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer recently conducted the West Virginia Elementary All-State Honor Choir in Charleston, West Virginia. One hundred twenty 4th, 5th and 6th graders earned the privilege to sing at the 2022 West Virginia Music Educators Association Conference.
Trombone professor Martin McCain recently performed at Carnegie Hall with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra to a sold-out audience. The Gateways Orchestra made history by being the first African-American orchestra to be invited to be featured in a Carnegie Hall season. The program included works by Brahms, Walker, Price and a world-premiere with Grammy Award…
Thomas Clark, retired Texas State music professor and former School of Music Director, has published an online e-book, Mapping the Music Universe. With a composer’s perspective, the three-part work explores and maps multifaceted musical dimensions of time, pitch, form, and creativity. Dr. Clark also recently launched his own YouTube channel, TClark Art Music, providing listening…
Ruben Balboa III, Lecturer and Assistant Director/Coordinator of the award-winning University of Texas String Project, will present a masterclass for the 2022 American Viola Society Festival & 47th International Viola Congress this June.