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Idea for Popular Docuseries "Now Hear This" Born from Scott Yoo's Residency at the Butler School of Music

September 18, 2020 | The Washington Post

"Lynch met Yoo at the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, where Yoo was hosting an event he normally held as part of Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, Calif., which he directs. “Notable Encounters” was imagined as “a museum docent’s guide” to a particular piece of music — in this case, the trios of Brahms and their metaphorical relationship to his life . . . Lynch immediately took to Yoo’s engaging, jargon-free, dot-connecting approach to potentially esoteric musical ideas. There, in an audience of about six, he saw a show forming before his eyes."

Professor Chelsea Burns

An Interview with Chelsea Burns

September 16, 2020
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Opening Movement

September 15, 2020

Profiles of First Generation Students at the Butler School 

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Associate Professor Eric Drott Awarded the Dent Medal for 2020

May 25, 2020

Associate Professor of Music Theory Eric Drott has been awarded the Dent Medal for 2020. Struck in memory of the distinguished scholar and musician Edward J. Dent (1876-1957), the Dent Medal has been awarded by the Royal Musical Association annually since 1961 to recipients selected for their outstanding contribution to musicology.

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Announcing Gabriela Lena Frank as the recipient of the 2020-2021 Eddie Medora King Award

March 3, 2020

Frank is the recipient of a $50,000 prize given every two years for achieved excellence in original music composition.

Anton Nel playing piano in Bates Recital Hall; photo by Nathan Russell

Anton Nel on Fortepiano

January 31, 2020

A love of historically-informed performance

Butler School of Music students pose with instruments

Announcing the 2019 - 2020 Rainwater Innovation Grants

December 3, 2019

We are very proud to announce the 2019 - 2020 undergraduate and graduate student recipients of the Rainwater Innovation Grants, as well as their exciting endeavors.