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Several members of the College of Fine Arts community are participating in Ofrendas, a virtual event hosted by Austin Classical Guitar (ACG) in collaboration with Mexic-Arte Museum.

Faculty members Nathaniel Brickens, Billy Hunter, Tamara Sanikidze and Darlene Wiley all receive professorships.

"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."

Profiles of First Generation Students at the Butler School 

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.

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