a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
TxState School of Music jazz faculty members Russell Haight, Russell Scanlon, and Hank Hehmsoth gave lecture presentations, performed with the Grammy nominated Austin based group Times Ten, and recruited at the International Jazz Educator’s Convention JEN in San Diego, California.
Todd Oxford was a featured soloist for the annual Hawaii University International Conference on the Arts. He also presented a master class as part of an educational series including saxophonists Pete Christlieb and Jon Gordon sponsored by Hawaii Saxophone Foundation at the University of Hawaii. Oxford was an adjudicator for Music Teacher’s National Association Young…
In the fall semester, student composers Kristian Rodriguez, Charles Wolf, David Gonzalez, Thomas Franki, Adrian Coburn, Elizabeth Massad and Nathan Mays collaborated with the Texas State Chorale and University Singers to create new choral pieces. Visiting professor Matthew Oltman led several sessions with the composers to discuss idiomatic writing for choir and to give feedback…
Gordon Jones, director of Texas State’s Gamelan Lipi Awan, gave a workshop November 22 for students of a UTSA world music class. In thanking him, UTSA Associate Professor Mark Brill wrote to Gordon, “The students profited enormously from your expertise and gentle guidance on how to play the various instruments. It was a rare opportunity…
Dr. Martin McCain spent a week in October performing with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina on their subscription concert series. A few weeks later, McCain was the trombone guest artist at the 6th Annual Zagreb Brass Festival in Zagreb, Croatia. He presented a 3-day masterclass at the Croatian National Theatre of Zagreb in…
Steinway & Sons has named Washington Garcia as an official Steinway Artist. This distinction is given to the elite pianists of the world. As Steinway describes,”For decades Steinway & Sons has cultivated special relationships with pianists from every genre. From classical pianists like Lang Lang, to jazz stars like Diana Krall, to pop icons like…
Mariachi Nueva Generacion won First Place at the 20th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza Friday, November 21. This is their 7th first place victory in 9 years! Congratulations to the students of the Texas State Mariachi Nueva Generacion for their wonderful performance and first place win, and to their director, John Lopez, and singing coach, Michelle…
Drs. Russell Haight, Kevin Mooney, Nico Schuler, and Mary Ellen Cavitt received “Favorite Professor Awards” from the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter at Texas State University in November.
Mary Ellen Cavitt gave the Keynote Address and three additional presentations at the recent Association for Music in International Schools Music Education Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. “Goal Imaging, Kinesthetic Empathy, and Romance” (keynote) “Understanding Chord Tuning, Balance, and Intonation” “Using Heuristics to Improve Instrumental Tone Quality” “Self Evaluation in Your Ensemble; Do You Hear What…
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers has published a book by Dr. Nico Schüler, Computer-Assisted Music Analysis (1950s-1970s): Essays and Bibliographies. Dr. Schuler describes the book with this abstract: “Computer-assisted music analysis, which emerged about 60 years ago, provides analytical tools that help solve stylistic, comparative, structural, and other problems. Most research in this area has been…