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40 Hours for the Forty Acres: Thank You!

April 14, 2017

Thank you for all your support during this year's 40 Hours for the Forty Acres! Because of you, we FAR surpassed last year's fundraising for a stunning grand total of almost $1,400,000.

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The Cohen New Works Festival

April 7, 2017

The Cohen New Works Festival, presented by Broadway Bank, is a biennial, week-long showcase of new work created by students at The University of Texas at Austin held in various locations in and around UT campus.

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Announcing the Recipients of the 2017 Rainwater Innovation Grants

March 22, 2017

We are very proud to announce the first undergraduate and graduate student recipients of the Rainwater Innovation Grants, as well as their exciting endeavors.

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Q&A with Butler Opera Center's Tamara Sanikidze

February 23, 2017

On April 1, 2017 Dr. Sanikidze will have her first major faculty concert since joining the Butler School in 2015. Along with David Small, Associate Professor of Voice, they will perform a program featuring selections from Beethoven, Ewazen and Poulenc.

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Q&A with Professor Luisa Nardini

February 17, 2017

Luisa Nardini, associate professor of musicology at the Butler School, has been awarded a prestigious American Council of Learned Societies fellowship to take place in 2018.

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Professor Yevgeniy Sharlat Commissioned to Write New Work for the Kronos Quartet

February 10, 2017

We are proud to announce that Yevgeniy Sharlat, associate professor of composition and music theory at the Butler School of Music, has been selected by Kronos Quartet to compose a new string quartet for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire.

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Longhorn Alumni Band Charitable Fund Completes Funding for Five Scholarships

February 2, 2017

The Longhorn Alumni Band Charitable Fund has made a gift to The University of Texas at Austin of just over $83,000 to complete the funding of five scholarships established by the late Vincent R. DiNino, former Director of the Longhorn Band.

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Announcing the Richard E. Rainwater Fund for American Music

January 17, 2017

A new $5 million endowment will advance the study of music produced by Americans at the Butler School—from roots to jazz to film music to the concert hall.

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Line Upon Line Percussion Keeps the Beat Going

May 12, 2016 | Austin American-Statesman

Alums Matthew Teodori, Cullen Faulk and Adam Bedell of line upon line percussion are the subject of this feature in the Austin American-Statesman.

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2015-16 Austin Critics' Table Nominations

May 9, 2016

Our students, faculty, staff and alums are nominated in five categories for awards.