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UTeach Fine Arts director speaks on panel for first-gen college students

Thursday, February 13, 2020 | The Daily Texan

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

John Salmon sponsoring Dave Brubeck Centennial Symposium

Feb. 10, 2020 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro

John Salmon (D.M.A., Keyboard, 1988) is sponsoring a Dave Brubeck Centennial Symposium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro starting Oct. 22. The event will include an opening concert, two stagings of Brubeck's Christmas pageant and one performance of his cantata, lectures by prominent scholars and a group discussion with the Brubeck siblings. 

John Salmon

Garrett Keast debuts his 2019-20 season

Feb. 10, 2020

Garrett Keast (B.M., Music Studies,1995) debuted his 2019-20 season with the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principal de Asturias, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Tonali Orchestra and Berlin Opera Academy. Photo by Marco Borggreve

Garrett Keast

Rescuing scenic backdrops from Hollywood's Golden Age

Monday, February 10, 2020 | CBS Sunday Morning

Karen Manness is interviewed by CBS about the Hollywood scenic backdrops at Texas Performing Arts.

You gotta see this art: the hypnotic UT Skyspace with music

Friday, February 7, 2020 | Austin 360

A cellist and violinist play to an audience in James Turrell's skyspace

Kimberly Antwerp showcases mixed-media sculptural works

Jan. 27, 2020 | Fe Gallery

Kimberly Antwerp (B.A., Studio Art, 1993) showcased some of her mixed-media sculptural works in Pretty and Peculiar, at Fe Gallery. The show runs through Feb. 28. Photo by Kimberly Antwerp

Kimberly Antwerp

Hank Hehmsoth documents Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern’s 70-year career

Jan. 27, 2020 | Dan Morgenstern Collection

Hank Hehmsoth (B.M., Piano, 1975; M.M., Piano, 1976) worked with a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts NEA ArtWorks grant to produce the website, “Dan Morgenstern Collection,” which documents the complete archive of NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern’s 70-year career as a jazz advocate, scholar, author and educator. Photo by Milo Hehmsoth

Hank Hehmsoth

Bill Green plays roles in Shakespeare productions

Jan. 27, 2020

Bill Green (B.F.A., Drama, 1950) played The Ghost in a production of Hamlet and more recently, the Porter in Macbeth. Green is also a member of The Drilling Company, an off-Broadway theater company.

Bill Green

Rachel Anne Steinkamp becomes book lead for Pixelberry Studios

Jan. 27, 2020 | Pixelberry Studios

Rachel Anne Steinkamp (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2015) led the completion of the Regency romance trilogy, Desire & Decorum, for Choices by Pixelberry Studios as the team’s book lead.