BSOM News
Krysta Gonzales
January 11, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — The Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin announced today that it will host the 2014 Menuhin Competition from Feb. 21 to March 2. This biennial competition, the pre-eminent international competition for young violinists, will be held in North America for the first time in its 29-year history.
"We are thrilled that 2014 will be the Menuhin Competition's first year in the United States. Over...
January 16, 2013
COMPLIMENTARY
TICKET POLICY
Instated September 2012
All University of Texas Students, Faculty and Staff are allowed
a maximum of two free tickets with a valid UT I.D. card.
NOTE:
A
limited number of complimentary tickets will be offered for each event. To be assured of a comp ticket, you should visit the box office during posted service hours—before the...
Butler School of Music
April 26, 2013
Butler School of Music Achievements
Butler School of Music Concerto Competitions, 2012-2013
Sungeun Park, DMA Piano Performance
Blair Francis, MM Flute Performance
Rachel Wong, BM Violin Performance
David O. Nilsson Solo Piano Competition, 2013:
Shinhye Kim, BM Piano Performance – co-1st prize
Hyeyoon Cho, BM Piano Performance – co-1st prize
Yeun Kim, BM Piano Performance...
Butler School of Music
May 16, 2013
The Aeolus Quartet, Butler School of Music's first graduate string quartet, has been named Juilliard's graduate resident string quartet for 2013-2014. The group – which features violinists Nicholas Tavani and Rachel Shapiro, violist Gregory Luce, and cellist Alan Richardson – begins its residency in September 2013.
Aeolus Quartet formed in 2008 at the Cleveland Institute of Music. While at UT, they recorded and released
Many-Sided...
Butler School of Music
May 16, 2013
Donald Grantham, a composer and Butler School of Music faculty member, has been inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. Dr. Grantham's music has been praised for its "elegance, sensitivity, lucidity of thought, clarity of expression and fine lyricism" in a Citation awarded by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Grantham has received numerous awards and prizes in composition, including the Prix Lili...
Butler School of Music
May 31, 2013
Ernest C. Butler has received the Texas Medical Association's (TMA's) highest physician honor for his contributions to the medical community and to the community at large. The UT School of Music was renamed the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music in 2008, following the couple's 25 years of philanthropic support to the school.
Dr. Butler, a retired otolaryngologist, received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award in May...
Butler School of Music
June 3, 2013
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