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A Who’s Who of Opera: Butler Opera International Competition Unveils Star-Studded 2025 Judging Panel

Chris Prosser on Here Be Monsters 2025

In this week’s episode, we chat with Chris Prosser, Lecturer in Theory at the Butler School of Music, about the upcoming 2025 Here Be Monsters music festival. Chris walks us through this year’s exciting and eclectic lineup, which spans two nights of cutting-edge performances.
Rachel Spencer on Jazz Education

In this episode, we talk to Rachel Spencer, a D.M.A. student in jazz trumpet performance, about the upcoming tour of Japan. Rachel not only discusses the tour, but also shares insights into what jazz music education looks like in the United States, particularly in K–12 schools. She reflects on her experience teaching jazz at the middle school, high school, and now university level, and explains why jazz education is fundamental to developing lifelong musicians.
Sarah and Ernest Butler win the 2025 Icon Award where Butler School of Music takes center stage.

Butler Opera Center portrays centuries-old emotion with new fervor in ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

'Embraced by Austin': Miró Quartet, among the finest such ensembles in the nation, turns 30

Professor Robin Moore Appointed Chair of Music History

Yusong Zhao to perform Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1


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