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The Butler School is pleased to welcome J.D. Burnett, the new Director of Choral Activities beginning in Fall, 2022.

The University of Texas Mariachi, known as the The Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán, was featured in one of NPR's 10 best college podcasts, produced and narrated by UT Journalism student Marissa Greene.

In our latest episode of BSoMBODY, we chat with critically acclaimed Jazz Pianist and Composer Helen Sung, who returns to her alma mater for a concert with the UT Jazz Orchestra on April 9th!

The Butler School welcomes Sean Michael Giddings who will teach jazz piano beginning in fall.

Butler School alumna Dr. Mallory McHenry, NCTM is joining our faculty as a Lecturer in Harp in fall, 2022.

Soprano Leah Crocetto is joining the Butler School next fall as a Lecturer in Vocal Arts. Described by The New York Times as possessing an “agile coloratura technique and a feeling for the Italianate style… with warmth, full penetrating sound and tenderness,” Ms. Crocetto continues to astonish audiences with her moving portrayals of opera’s greatest heroines.

Butler Ethnomusicology Professor Robin Moore was recently awarded $10,000 as part of a Faculty Research Seed Grant, one of 17 new grants distributed from Texas Global. Launched in November 2020, Texas Global’s Faculty Research Seed Grants provide financial backing to faculty across all disciplines to develop and strengthen new or existing partnerships with leading higher education institutions and organizations around the world. The initiative supports UT Austin faculty and their international counterparts in collaborating on research to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

"I’m thrilled to have received this award from Texas Global. The funds will let us extend teaching and research collaborations internationally and to establish ongoing ties between the University of Texas and the University of Guadalajara," Moore said.

The ISJAC International Jazz Composers’ Symposium is a bi-annual conference that brings hundreds of jazz composers, arrangers, educators, and industry executives together for three days of concerts, lectures, panel discussions, and the presentation and honoring of new jazz compositions and arrangements. The Symposium is known as a robust, yet intimate gathering of the world’s finest jazz writers. As a central tenet of the ISJAC mission, the Symposium seeks to unite, develop, and electrify the our global community of jazz arrangers and composers.

The Butler School welcomes new Lecturer in Opera Studies and Stage Director for Butler Opera Center Garnett Bruce, who will join the school in Fall, 2022.

“We’re thrilled that Garnett will be joining us; his talent, experience, and vast knowledge will be a tremendous asset to the Butler School of Music community,” said Butler Opera Center’s Director Tamara Sanikidze.