2022 College Report

- 46 47 MUSIC Recent Accolades School of Music faculty teach nearly 600 majors and 100+ minors. We present more than 250 events – concerts, recitals, and presentations – annually. The school offers undergraduate degrees in Music, Music Studies, • Jazz faculty and alumni expanded the 24TH EDDIE • #4 BEST MUSIC BACHELOR’S DEGREES IN THE Performance, and Sound Recording Technology and minors in General Music, Jazz, Mariachi, Music Composition, DURHAM JAZZ CELEBRATION with a performance US (www.gradreports.com) and Opera, as well as graduate degrees in Conducting, Composition, Music Education (Choral, General, at Parker Jazz Club (Austin) Instrumental), Music History/Literature, Music Theory, Performance, and Pedagogy. Texas State University is an • Faculty performed at prestigious national and accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. RECENT ALUMNI: (See also Distinguished Alumni) • John Marcus Bindel , Opera star, two Grammy nominations • Valerie Cowan , Flutist, U.S. Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps, Washington, D.C. • Katy Dane , 2022 Music Educator of the Year, Barbershop Harmony Society and National Association for Music Education • Gilbert Elorreage, Kino Esparza, Josh Levy, and Matthew “Sweet Lou” Holmes , Members, Grupo Fantasma, Grammy winners • Malcolm Harper , Audio Recording Engineer, fifteen Grammy-nominated recordings (five awards); won Prime Time Emmy and Daytime Emmy • William Henry , Frequent touring member, The Chicks • William Hensley , Grammy winning Sound Engineer • Michael Martinez , Principal trombone, Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra. • Celeste Morales , Young Artist, San Francisco Opera Merola program; 1st Prize, Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition • George Oldziey , Film Composer, Spy Kids 2, Sin City , Kill Bill Vol. II • Sarah Tucker , San Francisco Opera, Opera Philadelphia international venues: Victoria Bach Festival, Andrea Bocelli Concert, 2022 International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, International Viola Symposium, College Music Society National Conference, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Interlochen Arts Camp RECENT GUEST ARTISTS: • The school hosted the international conference Hidden Late-19th Century Musical Cultures with • Attacca String Quartet University of Mainz (Germany) and established a • U.S. Army Men’s Chorus collaborative online international learning program • Millennium Brass • Mysterium, the TXST new-music ensemble directed • The Fourth Wall Ensemble AWADAGIN by Richard Hall, performed at the 64th Annual • Indrajit Banerjee and Gourishankar PRATT Conference of the College Music Society • Awadagin Pratt (piano) Piano • John Hines (bass) • Craig Hella Johnson and his vocal ensemble Conspirare • Shawn Kirchner (choral composition) received their 10 TH GRAMMY NOMINATION • Jason Kwak was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame • Several faculty hold NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS : Ames Asbell (president, National Viola Society), Caroline Beatty (president-elect, College Band Directors National Association SW Division), Cynthia Gonzalez (executive board member, Society for Music Theory), and Lynn Ledbetter (president, Texas State University System Council of Faculty Senates) • Faculty composers garnered national and international performances: Michael Ippolito – premieres at Kennedy Center and Eastern Music Festival. Dimitar Ninov – performances by Kalamaria Wind Orchestra (Greece), The United States Air Force Band of the West, Music Wall Duo, and at the Sofia Music Weeks Festival (Bulgaria)