Hermes Camacho (D.M.A., Composition, 2011) appointed deputy director at Austin Soundwaves
Jan. 25, 2024
An arts education nonprofit based on El Sistema that works with more than 1,100 students throughout greater Austin and with nearly 30 full and part-time staff, Austin Soundwaves partners with schools and community programs to provide orchestra, band, and mariachi teaching, teacher coaching, mentoring, and creative youth development. Hermes has been with the organization since 2012.
The performance was released by Hal Leonard in December/2023. The editions include complete new fingering, performance and historical notes, and Dossin's recordings of all sonatas.
Ryan Fogg (D.M.A., Piano, 2006) enters his 19th year as Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee
Jan. 18, 2024
Fogg has been awarded a sabbatical for the Spring 2024 semester, during which he will be performing 25 solo piano recitals in 16 different states, in addition to the District of Columbia. The culmination of the concert tour will be his debut performance in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Yutaka Kono (D.M.A., Tuba Performance, 2002) appointed as the Music Director of Orchestra of Central Tokyo
Nov. 17, 2023
Kono has also been appointed as the Associate Director/Head of Program in Music of the School of the Arts at the University of Vermont. He has been the Orchestra Director and the Head of String Area at the university since 2011.