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Michael Hung gets accepted to the Butler School of Music and plays in Carnegie Hall

The Miró Quartet presents Home, a new album that explores the many concepts of what the term “home” can mean. Its complexity is woven in a variety of ways into the music: the pieces, all composed by Americans past and present, invite you to feel, reflect, and engage in Miró’s world.

University of Texas at Austin's Butler school of Music professor Mikhail Smigelski puts on the Rare Ukrainian Opera Bortniansky’s Le faucon.   

Esteemed professor of viola passed away in February. 

Paulo Santos (B.M., Jazz Studies, 2021) recently shared the stage with Juwan Elcock–better known as Blk Odyssy–for a Tiny Desk concert, the flagship live concert series from NPR Music. We had a chance to sit down with him and delve deeper into Paulo's journey as a Jazz Studies student at the Butler School of Music to the Tiny Desk stage.

The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce a screening of composer Gordon Getty’s opera Goodbye, Mr. Chips at the AFS Cinema, Austin’s only nonprofit art house theater. The screening on April 2, 2024 at 7:30 pm will feature a conversation and Q&A with members of the creative team behind the film, with opportunities for the audience to ask questions.

Karla Leal speaks with associate professor of trumpet Caleb Hudson about what the future holds for Texas-based musicians and his new album, Nothing Less.

We are delighted to announce this years' recipients of the 2023-2024 Rainwater Grants. We'd like to thank the selection committee for their hard work in selecting these six winners.