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Dr. Martin McCain was recently featured in the February 14th addition of Billboard magazine as the Global Music Award’s Emerging Artist. He performed a solo recital in the ECR Concert series on February 8. McCain also served as an exhibitor for Pickett Brass and Michael Rath Trombones at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention as…
On February 14, theory professor Cynthia I. Gonzales, Ph.D. presented a Texas Music Educators Association Convention session titled “Using SmartMusic in the Choral Rehearsal.” That evening, she performed a concert with The San Antonio Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble. To close the month of February, she presented an interest session titled “SmartMusic can do that? Maximizing…
Professor Raul Rodriguez was the featured guest artist of the Starlight Symphony Orchestra on February 21 at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center in the Texas Premiere of the Victor Davies Concerto for Tubameister and Orchestra (2008). A subsequent performance took place at Texas State in Evans Auditorium on February 22.
Music Senior Lecturer Daris Hale was the invited guest February 9 for the Round Rock Campus Speaker Series. She told “vibrant tales of activities while living in Africa” as a Fulbright Scholar and cultural ambassador. She shared thousand-year-old traditions, songs and dances she had learned, “while examining their communal purpose as well as their possible…
TC writes: “A major point of pride for the School of Music and Texas State is the legacy of John Stansberry. Outstanding musician and teacher, Maestro Stansberry for many years directed our bands and was instrumental in establishing the Texas State Symphony Orchestra. Countless students and colleagues consider ourselves blessed to have had the opportunity…
The Texas State Wind Symphony, under the direction of Caroline Beatty, gave a spectacular performance February 12 in the Lila Cockrell Theater in San Antonio at this year’s Texas Music Educators Association convention. The program featured a composition, West of the Sun, by our new professor Michael Ippolito. Featured soloists included faculty Todd Oxford and Russell…
Texas State music faculty member Richard Hall‘s score for the short film “Viva La Riena De La Muerte” was recently the recipient of a Bronze medal from the prestigious Global Music Awards in the Soundtrack Film/Television category. Richard also composed music for a multidisciplinary work titled “the situation room.” It was featured in Austin at…
Friday February 6 Texas State’s Hill Country Jazz Festival began with its annual celebration of old-time jazz legend Eddie Durham, a San Marcos native son. Once again, renowned jazz historian and NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern came in from New York to talk about Eddie’s legacy and share stories of his life. Morgenstern was presented…
Austin-based Conspirare won its first Grammy award February 8 at the 57th annual Grammy awards. The professional vocal ensemble conducted by artistic director and Texas State Artist in Residence Craig Hella Johnson won in the category of Best Choral Performance for its CD The Sacred Spirit of Russia on the Harmonia Mundi label. The award…
On Monday January 26, the Aeolus Quartet read new pieces for string quartet by Texas State student composers Adrian Coburn, David Gonzalez, Kristian Rodriguez, Elizabeth Massad, Joshua Cavazos and Nathan Mays. During the reading session, the quartet members were able to give feedback and offer suggestions and the composers could try out small revisions. The…