a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Dr. Kay Lipton has been engaged as guest lecturer for the inaugural season of a new opera company, Opera San Antonio. OSA,along with its partners, the San Antonio Symphony and Ballet San Antonio, will use the new, world class performing arts facility, the Tobin Performing Arts Center. Dr. Lipton will present pre-opera talks for all…
TC writes: Washington Monthly ranks Texas State University at number 14 on its list of 2014 Best Bang for the Buck rankings for Master’s Universities. The publication indicates the rankings are “based on the economic value students receive per dollar”. It is the only Texas institution listed in the top 100. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings-2014/best-bang-for-buck-masters-universities-rank.php
♦ Todd Oxford performed our National Anthem in July at the Texas Rangers Global Life Ballpark in Arlington, Texas. This was his third appearance as special guest performer. ♦ Also in July, he appeared with the Synaesthesia Saxophone Quartet at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention held in San Antonio. The quartet was guest soloist with…
Hank Hehmsoth received the TxState College of Fine Arts and Communication 2014 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities for his accomplishments in composition. Hehmsoth is the MacDowell Norton Stevens Fellow in Composition, a Fulbright Specialist in Jazz, a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in jazz composition, and placed first in the 2010…
TC writes: Yesterday I enjoyed watching the launch of training camp for a new season for the Bobcat Marching Band. Under the direction of Dr. Kyle Glaser, the band promises to be as large (over 300 members) and as exciting as it has ever been. BMB will perform for one away game (Tulsa), for halftime…
Congratulations to our Recent Fall ‘13 & Spring ‘14 graduates who have accepted these teaching positions for 2014-15: Brian Allmond – Asst. Band Director – BF Terry High School, Lamar Consolidated ISD, Rosenberg, TX Sarah Arce – Choir Director, Leal Middle School, San Antonio ISD Jillian Attan – Orchestra Director, Irving ISD Jonah Bahta –…
Following several successful summer camps, this week the School of Music hosts an alumni reunion choir. About 60 alumni singers are rehearsing with Drs. Joey Martin, Jonathan Babcock, and John Schmidt for their August 25 concert in our new Performing Arts Center.
Texas State Master of Music alumnus Arlington Jones, artistic director of the Sammons Jazz concert series, led a stellar cast of jazz musicians in the annual Sammons Jazz Artistic Director’s Concert May 7 at the Sammons Center in Dallas. Joining him on stage were some of the best jazz musicians in North Texas, including James…
On March 4, 2014, our new Gamelan Lipi Awan performed in the grand lobby of Texas State’s Performing Arts Center. The performance was the first part of a gala concert event, First Light, celebrating the new 316-seat Recital Hall with a program featuring an array of Texas State artist faculty and composers.
Thomas Clark‘s latest book, Larry Austin: Life and Works of an Experimental Composer (Borik Press), got a recent review in Computer Music Journal, Vol. 38 Issue 1. Reviewer Annea Lockwood wrote, “Thomas Clark’s study of Larry Austin’s life and works is excellent, succinct yet comprehensive, and will be an important resource for other composers and…