Alumni in the News

Altin Sencalar (B.M., Jazz Performance, 2017) receives positive review his new album, "Unleashed!"

May 13, 2025 | Downbeat Magazine

Sencalar's new album Unleashed! earned a four-star review in the June edition of Downbeat magazine.

Altin Sencalar poses with his trombone

Alan E. Hicks (D.M.A., Voice and Opera, 2009) named general and artistic director of Shreveport Opera

May 8, 2025 | Alan Hicks website

Hicks will step into the new role for the Shreveport Opera's 2025–26 season

Ruben Balboa (D.M.A., Music, 2020) appointed to Assistant Professor of Viola/Violin and String Music Education

May 2, 2025 | Wichita State University

Balboa will begin this tenure-track position at Wichita State University in the fall.

Ohio University names Roxanne Schroeder-Arce (M.F.A., Theatre, 2000) dean of Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts

April 18, 2025 | Ohio University

Kyle Jones (A.D., Woodwinds, 2020) named Assistant Professor of Music Business at University of Memphis

April 17, 2025 | Instagram

Kyle Jones

Jacqueline Hinton's (B.F.A., Dance, 2001) 'Mi Gran Dolor' to screen at Mexican American Film Festival

March 31, 2025 | Mexican American Film & TV Festival

Mi Gran Dolor

The Daily Texan spotlights UT alumni's role in Austin's street art scene

March 28, 2025 | The Daily Texan

"Austintatious," painted by Kerry Awn, Rick Turner (B.F.A., Art, 1972) and Tommy Bauman, remains on the wall between The Co-Op and Dollar Slice Club as one of Austin’s longest-standing public art displays.

Austintatious mural

Lisa D'Amour (M.F.A., Playwriting, 1996) featured in American Theatre for her new play 'Frozen Section'

March 27, 2025 | American Theatre

Lisa D'Amour

Martin McCain (D.M.A., Brass, 2008) appointed as bass trombonist of the legendary Count Basie Orchestra

March 25, 2025

Martin McCain

Rockport Center for the Arts names Karen Ernst (Ph.D., Music Theory, 2006) as next Executive Director

March 24, 2025 | Glasstire

Karen Ernst