News Stories

New Butler School of Music Professor of Oboe Andrew Parker's latest CD, The Singing Oboe, has been named CD of the Week by Boston classical station WCRB for two weeks in a row.

Beginning September 1, the Miró Quartet's new album, Transcendence, and associated documentary are available for FREE for the entire month of September. Transcendence is the last masterwork of Franz Schubert, a must-hear recording for lovers of any kind of music. Explore the website and download Transcendence plus an additional four albums for free.

Mark your calendar for the October 9 release of the University of Texas Wind Ensemble's Shadow of Sirius, a Blu-Ray Audio recording of works by Steven Bryant (Concerto for Wind Ensemble), John Mackey (Kingfishers Catch Fire) and Joel Puckett (Shadow of Sirius).

Our Miró Quartet (faculty string quartet in residence) has decided to share its performances with the world, for free. In September, they’ll be offering five of their albums online at no cost, including the latest recording, Transcendence, featuring Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 in G Major.

Hak Min Kim (D.M.A. opera directing 2009) has been named director of the Korean National Opera in Seoul, Korea. This position is one of the most important arts positions in the country and comes at a time when opera is gaining a strong audience in Korea. Kim had established himself as the premier opera director in Korea prior to being named to the National Opera and is also an associate professor of theater and film at Kyung Hee University.

Kelly Kuo, current interim music director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and conductor of the Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center, is one of five finalists selected to audition to be the next leader of the 32-member Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. The finalists were winnowed from a field of 200 applicants from three continents during a six-month review.

Brian Heim (B.M. Composition 2014) was selected as one of the recipients of the 2015 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. While a student at the Butler School, he studied under professors Dan Welcher and Yevgeniy Sharlat. Selected from an application pool of more than 600 submissions, the 28 young composer award-winners were recognized at the annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards at Merkin Concert Hall in New York.

NBC News spent a day at the Butler School's third annual summer Mariachi Camp. The brainchild of Butler School Lecturer Ezekiel Castro, the camp "aims to immerse young U.S. Latinos into the rich heritage of the beloved Mexican musical genre."

Texas Standard reports, and current Butler School clarinet doctoral candidate Roy Park comments. Listen for him at 0:47.

Professor of Ethnomusicology Robin Moore, along with co-author Alejandro L. Madrid, was interviewed by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, U.S. Branch regarding his new book, Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance.