a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
The Khasma Duo released their debut album “Switchback” featuring Michael Ippolito‘s work pianoduo (2007) along with music by Marti Epstein, Symeon Waseen, Lawrence Moss, Cosimo Colazzo and Jean Ahn. The Khasma Duo was formed in 2012 by Ashlee Mack and Katherine Palumbo. The duo has dedicated themselves to the performance of works from the 20th…
TxState’s Aurora String Quartet, consisting of graduate students Ryan Coppin and Shijun Chen (violins), Xavier Garcia (viola), and Belinsol Martinez-Muñoz (‘cello), and the Andrea String Quartet, consisting of undergrads Joseph Waukechon and Kailey Johnson (violins), James Ximenez (viola), and George McQuade (‘cello), performed recently at Klein High School and Tomball Memorial High School. Their final concert…
Dr. Martin McCain was recently invited to perform a week of concerts as principal bass trombone with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While in Asia, McCain also gave a masterclass and taught lessons for students at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. He also performed with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and…
Dr. Joey M. Martin served as guest lecturer and conductor for the Kuesta Collegiate Choral Festival of South Africa in September. Choirs from Stellenbosch University, the University of Pretoria, the University of Johannesburg, and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University participated in the festival.
Composer Michael Ippolito is in Kirksville, MO as guest artist at Truman State University for their New Horizons Music Festival. The festival commissioned him to write a new wind ensemble work, called Wayward Images, which will premiere on the final concert tomorrow. A webcast of the concert starts at 8PM CDT tomorrow at https://livestream.com/trumanstateuniversity/horizons
In a faculty chamber music concert given at the Performing Arts Center October 21, Faith DeBow performed Bach on our beautiful historic replica Flemish harpsichord . . . using an iPad to read her music! Other performers included flutist Adah Toland Jones, violinist Paula Bird, and cellist Karla Hamelin.
Andrew McNair, a senior in the Bachelor of Music in Music Studies program, has been named an Academic Achievement Scholar. In addition to his involvement in the School of Music, Andrew is also involved with the Honors College and just returned from Luzerne Music Center in New York, where he worked over the summer as…
Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt was awarded the Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Award for Teaching Excellence this August at the Fall Convocation. In September she traveled to Japan to present research at the International Symposium on Performance Science in Kyoto. She extended her visit to observe and collect data in instrumental music classes in middle and…
The first concert of the year by our Texas State Symphony Orchestra Oct. 9 in Evans Auditorium attracted an audience of 438. Along with other exciting works, they heard a superb performance of the Shostakovich 9th Symphony under the baton of their new director, Maestro Carolyn Watson.
Martin McCain recently traveled to Joao Pessoa, Brazil as a guest artist for the XXI Festival Brasilerio de Trombonistas. He presented several masterclasses and coached trombone choirs in addition to giving a featured recital. He also established new collaborative efforts between the Brazilian Trombone Association and International Trombone Association.