College of Fine Arts and Communication 2023 Report

SCHOOL OF MUSIC RECENT ALUMNI: (See also Distinguished Alumni) • John Marcus Bindel Washington National Opera; Two Grammy nominations • Donald Boomgaarden President, St. Joseph's University, New York • Ivy Cantu Emerging Artist, 2022 Victoria Bach Festival; chorister with Austin Opera, Conspirare, and Opera San Antonio • Brad Engleking Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound (2022) • Gilber Elorreage, Kino Esparaz, Josh Levy, and Matthew "Sweet Lou" Holmes Members of Grupo Fantasma, Grammy winners • Samuel Gaskin Fulbright Study/ Research Award in France (2022) • Malcolm Harper Audio recording engineer; 4 Ampex Golden Reel Awards, 15 Grammy-nominated recording (6 awards), Prime Time Emmy, and Daytime Emmy • Will Hensley Grammy-winning sound engineer • De'Evin Johnson National semi-finalist for the Dale Warland Conducting Award through The American Prize • George Oldziey Film and Electrionic Arts video game composer, Spy Kids 2, Kill Bill Vol. II • Sarah Tucker San Francisco Opera, Opera Philadephia RECENT GUEST ARTISTS: • Attacca String Quartet , • U.S Army Men's Chorus • Millenium Brass • Hub New Music • The Fourth Wall Ensemble • Indrajit Banerjee and Gourishankar • Awadagin Pratt piano • John Hines bass • Shawn Kirchner choral/ composition ATTACCA STRING QUARTET School of Music faculty teach nearly 550 majors and 125 minors. We present more than 250 events – concerts, recitals, and presentations – annually. The school offers undergraduate degrees in Music, Music Studies, Performance, and Sound Recording Technology and minors in General Music, Jazz, Mariachi, Music Composition, and Opera, as well as graduate degrees in Conducting, Composition, Music Education, Musicology, Music Theory, Performance, and Pedagogy. Texas State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. 46 College Report 2023