Alumni in the News

Andrew Sigler (D.M.A., Music Composition, 2014) promoted to Associate Professor of Music Composition at the University of Tennessee College of Music

Oct. 5, 2023

Sigler is the area coordinator of the Theory, Composition, Technology and is president of the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA).

Andrew Sigler D.M.A., Music Composition, 2014 promoted to Associate Professor of Music Composition at the University of Tennessee College of Music

Austin Public Library presents: The Bobby Dixon (B.F.A., Studio Art, 1996) Kollective Fusion Poster Exhibition: Celebrating Hip Hop Through Artistry and Design

Oct. 5, 2023 | Austin Public Library

This exhibition celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop through the work of local artist and designer Bobby Dixon of Kollective Fusion (AKA KLCTVE Design + Illustration). For two decades, Bobby has produced screen-printed concert posters for local, national, and international acts. The posters in this exhibition showcase Bobby's artistic design in works created for prominent hip-hop performers that have graced Austin stages. The posters in this exhibit were all created by Bobby Dixon and have been thoughtfully curated to commemorate the 50 Years of Hip Hop project led by the Queens Public Library, in collaboration with more than twenty museums, libraries, and archives from across the nation.

Austin Public Library presents: The Bobby Dixon B.F.A., Studio Art, 1996 Kollective Fusion Poster Exhibition: Celebrating Hip Hop Through Artistry and Design

Kyle Jones (A.D., Woodwinds, 2020) selected as a recipient of a 2023 Rocket Grant

Sept. 11, 2023 | Charlotte Street

Jones's project, entitled Seasons and Cycles, he will be partnering with composer Paul Berlinsky to envision a public concert that will take place in February 2024 at the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium in Kansas City's Union Station. Featuring baritone saxophone and electronics, the new work centers our relationship to nature as human beings, as well as the importance of cyclical change.

Kyle Jones A.D., Woodwinds, 2020 selected as a recipient of a 2023 Rocket Grant

Kelly N. Baggett (B.F.A., Art Education/Visual Art Studies, 2001) publishes "Fables for the Connected Age" by FireflySkates, a children's book based on technology

Sept. 5, 2023

Kelly N. Baggett B.F.A., Art EducationVisual Art Studies, 2001 publishes Fables for the Connected Age by FireflySkates, a childrens book based on technology