a community of musicians at TXST School of Music
Undergraduate saxophone student Erik Gamez was selected via audition to rehearse and perform with the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project this summer in Schladming, Austria. WYWOP was founded in 1997 and is part of the international music festival MID EUROPE, held in the mountainous city of Schladming. The World Youth Wind Orchestra brings together musicians…
Undergraduate saxophone student Jack Woodruff was selected via audition to rehearse and perform the inaugural season with the National Youth Wind Ensemble, culminating in a concert on June 18, 2022 at the historic Warner Theater in Washington D.C. The Ensemble was established to bring together the brightest, most talented, and hardworking young musicians from across…
Kelly Reyes (MM-Choral Conducting, May 2007) was recognized by Hays CISD as the 2022 District Secondary Teacher of the Year for all 25 campuses during a celebration on May 3, 2022. Kelly is the choir director for Wallace Middle School and oversees the largest choir in the district with 130 members in the Ranger Choir.…
Richard Trammell (BM Vocal Performance ’12) recently brought 8 students from his private voice studio to the 2022 SOUTH TEXAS NATS Chapter Student Auditions, hosted by Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. Out of eight students, seven placed in the finals. Taylor Jaeger (HS Music Theater, Treble), Will Moeller (HS Music Theater, TBB), Shaun…
Charlie Grisson, who earned a music studies degree in spring 2021, was recently awarded the Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award at Cloverleaf Elementary in Galena Park ISD.
Dr. Caroline Beatty, Professor and Director of Bands, was nationally active with myriad activities this spring including conducting the Washington All-State Band, the Southwest Honor Band at New Mexico State University, the ATSSB All-State Symphonic Band, and the TMEA Region 12 6A Wind Ensemble; providing leadership at the College Band Directors National Association Southwestern Division…
This spring, Dr. Nico Schüler presented a paper on “Networks of Black Artists in Minstrel and Jubilee Ensembles in the US in the Late 19th Century” at the College Music Society South Central Chapter Conference and a paper on “Rediscovering ‘Authentic’ African-American Music in the US in the Late-19th Century” at the American Musicological Society…
Dr. Nico Schüler gave a guest lecture and taught an international workshop on Computational Analysis of Music Performances at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia in March 2022. In early May, he presented a paper at the international conferences “Possibilities and Limitations of Digital Annotation Tools for Audio-Visual Material with a Focus on Sound and…
During his sabbatical semester, Jason Kwak presented his lecture recital ‘Defining Character Pieces’ at four different college campuses and several local venues. And Trio488, a chamber group with Daris Hale and Ian Davidson, capped off their 2021/22 season, including performances at the Blanco Performing Arts Series and at the Ibagué Conservatory in Colombia, with a…
Dr. Vanguel Tangarov was invited to participate in the First Online Clarinet Festival “InMusic” in Portugal, which took place from March 18th – April 15th. He was among some of the top clarinetists around the world, including names such as Martin Fröst, Wenzel Fuchs, Walter Seyfarth, François Benda, and Nicolas Baldeyrou, to name a few.…