Alumni in the News

Justin Patch (Ph.D. Musicology and Ethnomusicology, 2009) and Tom Porcello (Ph.D. Anthropology, 1996) recently authored "Re-Making Sound: An Experiential Approach to Sound Studies" on Bloomsbury Academic Press

June 15, 2022 | Bloomsbury

Justin Patch Ph.D. Musicology and Ethnomusicology, 2009 and Tom Porcello Ph.D. Anthropology, 1996 recently authored Re-Making Sound: An Experiential Approach to Sound Studies on Bloomsbury Academic Press

Alumnus J. Quinton Johnson will direct his new musical 'Alice's Wonderland' at Summer Stock Austin

June 13, 2022 | Broadway World

Alumnus J. Quinton Johnson will direct his new musical Alices Wonderland at Summer Stock Austin

'Six Feet Apart' by Isaac Gómez (B.A. 2013) premieres at Dances with Films

June 13, 2022 | Dances with Films

Six Feet Apart by Isaac Gmez B.A. 2013 premieres at Dances with Films

GIA Music Publications Inc. publishes Michael McCoy's (D.M.A., Conducting, 1982) new book "Becoming the Choral Poet - Considerations and Techniques for the Advancing Conductor"

June 1, 2022 | GIA Music

GIA Music Publications Inc. publishes Michael McCoys D.M.A., Conducting, 1982 new book Becoming the Choral Poet - Considerations and Techniques for the Advancing Conductor

Katy Bratton (B.M., 2009) named educator of the year at Hill Country Middle School in Eanes, ISD

May 31, 2022 | Eanes ISD

Katy Bratton B.M., 2009 named educator of the year at Hill Country Middle School in Eanes, ISD

Emily Lee's (B.F.A., Studio Art, 2019) DIY project space, "All the Sudden", has been awarded a Critic's Pick Award for "Best Possibility to Get Your Hands Dirty at an Art Opening" from the Austin Chronicle's 2022 Best Of Awards

May 27, 2022 | Austin Chronicle

Emily Lees B.F.A., Studio Art, 2019 DIY project space, All the Sudden, has been awarded a Critics Pick Award for Best Possibility to Get Your Hands Dirty at an Art Opening from the Austin Chronicles 2022 Best Of Awards

Yesenia Garcia Herrington (M.F.A, Acting, 2007) is the recipient of the 2022 Kennedy Center American College and Theatre Festival’s (KCACTF) Uta Hagen Award

May 25, 2022

Yesenia Garcia Herrington M.F.A, Acting, 2007 is the recipient of the 2022 Kennedy Center American College and Theatre Festivals KCACTF Uta Hagen Award

Natacha Poggio earns Fulbright Scholar Award

May 23, 2022 | University of Houston Downtown

With her Fulbright, Poggio (M.F.A., Design, 2006) will head to Guayaquil, Ecuador — a port city known as a gateway to the Galapagos Islands — where she will be working with students at the Universidad de las Artes. Her dream is to empower students and community members to become informed environmental advocates.

Natacha Poggio earns Fulbright Scholar Award

Lydia Villarreal found Mariachi Orgullo, the first mariachi program in Richardson ISD

May 23, 2022 | Twitter

Villarreal (B.M., Music and Human Learning, 2016; M.M., Music Education, 2018), Orchestra Director at Berkner High School in Richardson, TX, started planning the program in the fall of 2021 and began the program in Spring 2022. During this first semester, Mariachi Orgullo received a first division rating at the Grand Prairie Mariachi Festival and has performed at various events in the community. The incredible interest from students and the success of Mariachi Orgullo has led mariachi to be offered as a class for the 2022-2023 school year.

Lydia Villarreal found Mariachi Orgullo, the first mariachi program in Richardson ISD

Kimberley Bellflower’s "John Proctor is the Villain" rethinks "The Crucible"

May 12, 2022 | Washington Post

Bellflower's (M.F.A., Playwriting) new play imagines contemporary high school students considering the classic work through the lens of the #MeToo movement.

Kimberley Bellflowers John Proctor is the Villain rethinks The Crucible