January February 2018 College News

1 Te Hill Country Jazz Bones, led by Dr. Martin McCain performing in downtown Austin 2 Omar Diaz, Teacher of the Year at DeZavala Elementary School in San Marcos 3 Kelsee Wuebben, Educator of the Year at Jim G. Martin Elementary School in San Antonio MUSIC Music, Music Studies, Per formance, & Sound Recording Technolog y FACULTY ACCOLADES Caroline Beatty and Lynn Brinckmeyer went to Tampa to conduct all-state band and choirs at the Florida Music Education Association Conference. Te Stars At Night Faculty Showcase on February 6 in the Performing Arts Center featured premieres of six new compositions by Tomas S. Clark . Performers included Ames Asbell , viola, Ian Davidson , oboe, Richard Hall , electronics, Karla Hamelin , cello, Youna Hartgraves , voice, Kari Klier , marimba, Joey Martin , piano, and Vanguel Tangarov , clarinet. Cello students Boris Chalakov , Joshua Adams, Terri Boutte , Simon Reid , Anna Trevino , and Gabriel Vazquez also performed. Since 2008, Clark has led the School of Music at Texas State University as Director and Professor of Composition. Te years 2016 and 2017 have been unusually productive for him as a composer, completing 11 new pieces. Te Hill Country Jazz Bones, led by Dr. Martin McCain performed in downtown Austin on January 31st at the Elephant Room. [1] Te ensemble traded sets with JazzBonez whose members include Texas State faculty Utah Hamrick , Paul Deemer and McCain . On January 22, Dr. Martin McCai n was a guest artist at the University of Central Florida where he presented a masterclass and taught lessons. He also presented lectures on auditioning and gave a jazz ensemble clinic at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando. McCain also lead a masterclass at the University of Florida on January 23rd. He served as the jazz clinician for the Gulf Coast Band Directors Association in Gulfport, Mississippi on January 25-26. McCain also co-presented a clinic with the Memphis Symphony Low Brass section at the University of Memphis Trombone Workshop where he discussed the contrabass trombone’s role in the orchestra. Additionally, McCain was a guest artist at Tennessee Tech University on January 30 where he presented a recital, lead a masterclass and taught lessons. 12 | January & February | College News