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Dr. Matt Hightower Appointed Assistant Professor of Tuba/Euphonium at the University of Kentucky

April 30, 2018 | ITEA News

Matt Hightower (D.M.A., Music, 2014) was appointed Assistant Professor of Tuba/Euphonium at the University of Kentucky and will begin in the fall of 2018.

Hyeyoung Song stands in front of an orchestra

Dr. Hyeyoung Song named featured performer with Fort Worth Symphony Chamber Orchestra

April 30, 2018 | Weatherford Democrat

Hyeyoung Song (D.M.A., Piano Performance, 2006) performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major with the Fort Worth Symphony Chamber Orchestra at the Marjorie Black Alkek Performing Arts Center on April 21. Dr. Song is a concert pianist and artist-in-residence at Weatherford College.

Nicole Christine Haywood wins audition for Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago

April 30, 2018 | International Double Reed Society

Nicole Christine Haywood (B.M., Music Performance, 2014) won the audition for the Assistant Principal and Second Bassoon position of the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago.

Composer Nina C. Young to Join Butler School of Music Faculty

April 25, 2018

The Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the hire of Nina C. Young as Assistant Professor of Composition and Director of the Electronic Music Studios. Her contract will begin with the 2018-2019 academic year.

Eddie Lopez supports COFA through scholarship, sponsored event

February 14, 2018

Eddie Lopez's (B.A., Music Studies, 2008) company, Perform America–TX, is sponsoring the Butler School of Music alumni gathering at the 2018 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) conference in San Antonio. Lopez also pledged the Edward R. Lopez Endowed Scholarship in Music in 2017 for undergraduate UT music majors.

Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt promoted to Assistant Vice President for Academic Services at Texas State

January 24, 2018 | Texas State University

Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt (Ph.D., Music Education, 1998) was recently promoted from her position as Professor of Music Education and Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication to Assistant Vice President for Academic Services at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

Announcing Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-Winner Jennifer Higdon as Winner of the 2018-2019 Eddie Medora King Award

January 24, 2018

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

Phyllis Young, 1925 - 2017

December 6, 2017

Phyllis Young, Professor Emerita of Cello and String Pedagogy, was the first holder of UT's Parker C. Fielder Regents Professorship in Music. She was a UT Music faculty member from 1953 until her retirement in 2007 and was one of the first women at UT to be promoted to full professor. In addition to her private cello studio, Mrs. Young established the Texas Cello Choir and directed the renowned UT String Project for 35 years, seeing it become a world-wide model for programs that train string teachers and young string players.

Edward Pearsall, 1954 - 2017

December 6, 2017

An educator at the Butler School since 1999, Edward Pearsall was Associate Professor of Theory. He was also president of the Texas Society for Music Theory from 2005-2008. His research on the cognition of music, theories of rhythm, and other subjects appeared in numerous publications.

Brandon Hendrix leads ensembles, music department at Eastern Oklahoma State College

November 30, 2017 | Eastern Oklahoma State College

Brandon Hendrix (D.M.A., Composition, 2010) serves as director of instrumental and choral ensembles and department chair at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma, where he resides with his wife and two children. In addition to teaching private lessons and conducting the college's Concert Choir and Concert Band, Hendrix is actively involved in the school's Performing Arts Series.