2020 College Report

school of mus i c 48 . COLLEGE REPORT 2020 Te Texas State University School of Music proudly provides an intensive and nurturing environment that emphasizes student- faculty interaction and performance opportunities in classical, jazz, and Latin genres. Dedicated faculty teach nearly 600 majors and 100+ minors and non-majors who perform in more than 30 ensembles; cumulatively, the School ofers more than 250 concerts on campus each year. Te School ofers undergraduate degrees in Music (BA), Music Studies (BM), Performance (BM), and Sound Recording Technology (BS) and minors in General Music, Jazz, Mariachi, Music Composition, and Opera. Graduate degrees include the MM – Music (Conducting, Composition, Performance, Music History/Literature, Music Teory, Performance and Pedagogy) and the MM – Music Education (Choral, General, Instrumental, Kodály). F i r s t gen / N e x t gen . 49 571 - Majors - 253 - Minors - # 4 (GradReports.com) School of Music in the - NATION - RECENT ACCOLADES AND OPPORTUNITIES • #4 SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN THE NATION (GradReports.com) • In 2019, 10th Texas State International Piano Festival was recorded by NPR’s From the Top • In 2019, TXST Wind Ensemble featured at TMEA and the College Band Directors National Association Conference • In 2019, Bobcat Marching Band was featured at the College Band Directors National Association Conference • In 2019, TXST Chorale joined Conspirare and the Austin Symphony Orchestra for performances of Brahms' Requiem • In 2019, Count Basie Orchestra performed in conjunction with 15th Anniversary of Eddie Durham Jazz celebration and 30th Anniversary of Hill Country Jazz Festival • In 2019, Feria del Mariachi celebrated its 20th anniversary with a new stage production entitled Soy Mexicano • Mariachi Nueva Generación has WON 10 TEAM TITLES and 5 solo vocalist titles at the Vargas Mariachi Extravaganza • Triving community music outreach programs include Youth Mariachi, the Hill Country Youth Chorus, the Texas State String Project, and the FunKey Piano Project • Sound Recording Technology students work in a commercial recording studio • In 2020, 7 students received the Texas Music Educators Association Collegiate Music Educator Award • Texas State Jazz Ensemble received top honors at the 2020 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival with 7 STUDENTS RECEIVING OUTSTANDING SOLOIST AWARDS RECENT GUEST ARTISTS : Attacca String Quartet, U.S. Army Men’s Chorus, Millennium Brass, Hub New Music, Indrajit Banerjee and Gourishankar (North Indian Classical Music), Awadagin Pratt (piano), John Hines (bass), Shawn Kirchner (choral/composition) ALUMNI (See also Distinguished Alumni) • JOHN MARCUS BINDEL Opera star, two-time Grammy nominations • JEREMY BRANSON Associate Principal Percussionist at the Pittsburgh Symphony • GILBERT ELORREAGE Won a Grammy as a member of Grupo Fantasma • CHRISTIN M. FOLEY Vocalist with the USAF Band of the West • MALCOLM HARPER Engineered 15 Grammy-nominated recordings (winning 5); winner of a Primetime Emmy and a Daytime Emmy • WILLIAM HENRY Frequent touring member of Te Chicks • WILLIAM HENSLEY Grammy-winning sound engineer • ZACK KIBODEAUX & CATHERINE CLARKE Members of Blue Water Highway Band • GEORGE OLDZIEY Film scores for Spy Kids 2 , Sin City , Kill Bill Vol. II • JOSÉ ANTONIO GUERRERO ORTIZ CEO and Founder of a Memoirs Classical Guitar Magazine • MAJOR LEONEL PEÑA Conductor/Director of Te United States Army Band and Te United States Army Men’s Chorus • ADAM SCHROEDER Jazz saxophonist, performed on multiple Grammy-winning and nominated albums • SARAH TUCKER San Francisco Opera, Opera Philadelphia