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Wind Symphony & Symphony Band

Event Status

Scheduled

Feb. 10, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Christopher Dickey, conductor
Douglas Henderson, conductor
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano

This event will be streamed

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition

David Maslanka
Give Us This Day

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The Ghosts of Versailles

Butler Opera Center

Event Status

Scheduled

Feb. 20 to 23

Music by
John Corigliano

Libretto by
William M. Hoffman

Director
Madison Jackson

Conductor
Douglas Kinney Frost

Director, Butler Opera Center
Tamar Sanikidze

Orchestra
New Music Ensemble

Scenic Design
Zach Young

Light Design
Gavin Strawnato

Costume Design
Aaron Kubacak

Integrated Media Design
Nitsan Scharf

Intimacy Director
Andy Grapko

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Jazz Orchestras

The Music of Duke Ellington

Event Status

Scheduled

Feb. 21, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Diego Rivera, director, Jazz Orchestra
Jerry Espinoza, guest director, Jazz Ensemble
Chris Cermak & Rachel Spencer, co-directors, Jazz Band

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Donnie Ray Albert, baritone

Celebrating 50 Years of Performing

Event Status

Scheduled

Feb. 27, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Patti Wolf, James Maverick, & Tamar Sanikidze, piano
Liliana Guerrero & Leah Crocetto, sopranos
Mikhail Smigelski, bass

Songs by: Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Hall Johnson, Hale Smith, Robert Owens, Leslie Adams, Florence Price
Arias from: Rigoletto, Susannah, Luisa Miller, & Don Pasquale

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Wind Ensemble

Celebrating the centennial of Gunther Schuller’s birth

Event Status

Scheduled

Feb. 28, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor
Emily Warren, guest conductor

This event will be streamed

Hector Berlioz, arr. Schuller
Overture to Le Corsaire

Scott Joplin, ed. Schuller
Combination March

Gunther Schuller
Meditation
Symphony No. 3, In Praise of Winds

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Black Composers Concert

Featuring Conductor Jason Max Ferdinand

Event Status

Scheduled

March 1, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

UT Choirs
Butler School Voice, Harp, & Flute students

Study

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an infographic that notes 250 graduate students at the Butler School

Academic Programs

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Featured News

Andre 3000 visits the Butler School of Music

Andre 3000, who gained fame as part of the popular hip-hop group Outkast, recently stopped by the Butler School of Music to talk to flute students about his newest album, New Blue Sun, and his love for playing the flute. Andre spent over an hour with the flute students, many of whom had seen him perform at the Moody Center the previous night. What began as a question-and-answer session quickly transformed into a vibrant exchange of ideas, with Andre connecting with most students on a first-name basis.

Butler School of Music's 2024 Big Sing: A Big Success

The 2024 Big Sing at the University of Texas at Austin, hosted by Professors J.D. Burnett and Suzanne Pence, was a tremendous success, attracting nearly 400 high school students and their teachers. Participants prepared in advance by mastering two pieces of music, which allowed them to focus on their performances during the event. The day featured a lively celebrity appearance by Hook’Em, who entertained the crowd with a piano rendition of "Chopsticks." Students divided into groups for rehearsals and enjoyed a concert by Butler students before culminating in a grand performance of "Holding the Light" that filled Bates Hall to capacity. Burnett praised the students' musicality and maturity, inviting them to return for the next Big Sing in 2025.