News

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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.

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Visiting Assistant Professor Christopher Trapani Awarded 2019 Fromm Commission

November 8, 2019

The Board of Directors of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University has chosen the Butler School's Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition Christopher Trapani as one of only fifteen composers selected to receive 2019 Fromm commissions.

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2019 Updates from the Bassoon Studio

November 4, 2019

Current student and alum news!

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Professor Mónica Fogelquist takes the lead of The University of Texas Mariachi Ensemble

October 23, 2019

If you ask a mariachi student about misconceptions around their art form, you’ll find no shortage of adjectives that seem to place it outside of professional realms.

Mallory McHenry poses with harp

Harp Studio News

October 18, 2019

Student and faculty updates

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Flute Studio News

October 4, 2019

Follow @utflutestudio on Instagram for more Flute Studio updates and event information!

Charles Ball sits at piano in Bates Recital Hall. Photo by Nathan Russell

Exit Interview: Charles Ball, Head Piano Technician

October 2, 2019

Charles Ball has been the head piano technician for The University of Texas at Austin music department since 1980; he will be retiring from work at the Butler School midway through the 2019–2020 academic year.

Recording Services Manager Andrew Stoltz and Composition Lecturer Russell Podgorsek having a conversation in the Live Room. Photo by Nathan Russell.

Introducing the Small Batch Series

September 18, 2019

When Andrew Stoltz was hired as the Butler School’s recording services manager in 2018, the Live Room — as it’s now called — was an underutilized audio storage space that had fallen into disrepair. But Stoltz saw something that could be central to the recording department, and also fill a gap in the school’s performance spaces: Not a control room, not a recital hall, but a space for sessions.