a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Butch Miles was honored by the Zildjian Cymbal Company with a gold alloy mixture which comprises the making of the world famous Zildjian cymbals encased in a crystal award in recognition of being a Zildjian endorser for over 40 years. He was also honored by Conn-Selmer with a Lifetime Achievement Award for over 35 years…
Dr. Dimitar Ninov saw his article “Functional Nature of the Cadential Six-Four” published in Musicological Annual LII/1, University of Ljubljana Press. Book 3 of the Made in SA piano series for children published by Kefáli Press also included two of his compositions.
“Utah Hamrick, director of jazz ensembles and instructor of jazz bass at Texas State University, spent a week in Chile this August working with students at the Projazz Institute in Santiago. The Projazz Institute had its beginnings in 1982 as the Academy of Music Projazz. The project grew in 1985 with the addition of renowned…
The Texas State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carolyn Watson is a semifinalist in the 2016 Ernst Bacon Memorial Award in the Performance of American Music, College/University Division, for its role in the world premiere at Texas State of the commissioned opera Lady Bird: First Lady of the Land by Sheldon Harnick and Henry Mollicone.
Todd Oxford’s “Tango Magnetism” Album won two Global Music Awards Silver Medals for Best Instrumentalist and Best Album. Additionally, his live recording as a member of the Synaesthesia Saxophone Quartet of William Bolcom’s Badinerie from “Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble” won the Global Music Award Silver Medal for Best Instrumental. Global Music Awards…
As part of a Fulbright project in Chile, Hank Hehmsoth gave a workshop to the ProJazz Institute in Santiago: “Innovative, Creative, and Successful Techniques for the Practice of Music.”
Conductor Carolyn Watson, Director of Orchestral Studies at Texas State, has been selected as an official observer for the 2016 Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. The second annual session of the Institute takes place November 26 — December 11, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. From 2013 to 2015 Watson…
President Trauth has announced the 2016 honorees for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Service. Senior Lecturer and bassoon instructor Daris Hale is being recognized for her superior service to the university and her profession, in particular for her leadership in the campus-wide Fulbright program at Texas State.
The Texas State University Trombone Choir, under the direction of Dr. Martin McCain, recently performed the National Anthem at the Dell Diamond for the Round Rock Express game on Texas State Night. The performance can be found here .
Dr. Rebecca M. Doran Eaton presented a paper, “Musical Metamorphosis: Breaking the Fourth Wall Through Diegeticizing and Metacaesura,” at the 11th annual Music and the Moving Image Conference in New York City May 27, 2016. The conference draws a range of scholars from all over the world, including musicologists, music cognition specialists, and music theorists…