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Alan Guckian performing with his students

Austin High School Band Director Alan Guckian (B.M. 2001) Up for Grammy

November 5, 2015 | KVUE

Alan Guckian (B.M. Music Studies 2001), band director at Eastside Memorial High School in East Austin, is one of 25 finalists for the Grammy Music Educator Award, beating out 4,500 other nominees.

Corey Rom Joins Grace Christian Academy of North Texas and Frisco Youth Symphony

November 5, 2015

Corey Rom (D.M.A., Music, 2015) was appointed director of instrumental studies at Grace Christian Academy of North Texas, and is co-director of the Frisco Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Sandy Yamamoto teaching a violin lesson

Senior Lecturer in Violin Sandy Yamamoto Talks Kids and Her Music Career

October 29, 2015 | Austin Chronicle

Violin faculty member Sandy Yamamoto, mother of two boys, discussed with the Austin Chronicle how having kids has affected her music career and ways of working. 

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Austin Chronicle Calls University Orchestra Performance "Pleasure Cruise"

October 27, 2015 | Austin Chronicle

The University Orchestra kicked off the school year with its first fall performance October 13. Austin Chronicle reviewer Robi Polgar described this “maiden voyage” as a “pleasure cruise” with audience-friendly music that offered “earfuls of drama.”

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UT Wind Ensemble's "Frankenstein" Named "Must-Attend Event"

October 27, 2015 | Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly named Texas Performing Arts' upcoming screening of Frankenstein (1931), with a live score played by the UT Wind Ensemble, a "must-attend event."

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Russell Podgorsek (D.M.A. 2014) Teams with Lit Journal to Create Original Compositions Inspired by Short Stories

October 15, 2015 | Austin Chronicle

Butler School alum and staff member Russell Podgorsek (D.M.A. 2014) teamed with lit journal NANO Fiction to create short stories with original scores. The result is Sehr Flash: Fiction Becomes Music.

Meera Gudipati playing the flute

Meera Gudipati (B.M. 2015) Joins New Haven Symphony Orchestra

October 12, 2015 | Yale School of Music News Center

Butler School alumna Meera Gudipati (B.M. 2015), currently a master's student at the Yale School of Music, is joining the New Haven Symphony Orchestra as principal flutist.

Diana Burgess playing the cello

Diana Burgess (B.M. 2015) CD Release and Tour

October 9, 2015

Diana Burgess (B.M. 2015), cellist of the orchestral indie band Mother Falcon, releases her first CD on the Universal label October 9.

Color guard performing

Watch: Time Warner Cable News on Color Guard

October 9, 2015 | Time Warner Cable News

Time Warner Cable News Reporter Victoria Maranan takes a look at color guard, and what makes the activity more unique, artistic and involved than what meets the eye.

Album cover for The Singing Oboe

Professor of Oboe Andrew Parker's CD Named "CD of the Week"

September 4, 2015 | WGBH

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.