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Professor Jeff Hellmer's edX free online Jazz Appreciation course begins January 19, 2016. Learn more in this interview KJAZZ 88.1 FM conducted with him.

Among the CDs featured on this list by Austin360 are ones by the Butler School's Professor of Percussion Thomas Burritt, the Miró Quartet, and the Aeolus Quartet (former graduate string quartet in residence).

The Butler School's Nick Galuban (B.M. clarinet performance, 2015) was one of three College of Fine Arts students recognized at December's fall 2015 commencement ceremony for his outstanding work among the college's undergraduates.

School of Nursing student Francesca Revella has played the clarinet since seventh grade and didn't plan to stop anytime soon, so when she enrolled at UT Austin, she joined the Longhorn Band.

The Butler School's jazz guitar program has been named one of the top 25 in the U.S. by publication Jazz Guitar Online. 

Diana Burgess (B.M. 2015) has hit the road with indie-orchestral pop band Mother Falcon. Here, she talks about how performing with the Butler School's UT Symphony Orchestra and in chamber music groups prepared her to perform with Mother Falcon.

As part of its 20th anniversary, the Miró Quartet announced they would give away a free master class to a school music program, with hopefuls submitting videos via social media. The quartet has announced the winner: Fox Chapel Area High School Orchestra in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Austin Blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan takes the field with the University of Texas Longhorn Band band during halftime on Thanksgiving Day's football game versus Texas Tech. This marks the first time a hometown pop music performer has performed with the band as part of its halftime show.

The Butler School's director of bands, Professor Jerry Junkin, was among a group of representatives from the College of Fine Arts who traveled to the Rio Grande Valley in October to collaborate with high schools and programs to encourage more students to pursue higher education in the fine arts.

Current Butler School students James Burch (D.M.A. in cello), Matt Armbruster (M.M. in cello), Christopher S. Prosser (D.M.A. in composition) and Nick Galuban (B.M. in clarinet) are fundraising for their newly founded non-profit organization Tetractys, which features a new music concert series that contributes to the cultivation of a thriving new music scene in Austin.