Tuesday, July 24, 2018
  Alumni, Announcements

By Letty Fernandez

Rio Grande Valley, Texas – The UTRGV School of Music and a number of its award-winning musical ensembles this summer continued to extend the university’s reach with trips for performances and appearances around the world.

  • The UTRGV Tuba Euphonium Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Scott Roeder, recently returned from Madrid, Spain, where they performed at the 2018 Spanish Tuba Festival, organized by the Spanish Tuba Association and the Madrid Royal Conservatory. The festival was a five-day event featuring performers from around the world.  
  • Sixteen students in the UTRGV Clarinet Ensemble were in Ostend, Belgium from July 4-12 to perform at ClarinetFest 2018, to perform with clarinetists from around the world. This was a collaborative effort of the combined clarinet studios of UTRGV, and Dr. Jonathan Guist and Dr. Bill O’Neil. 
  • On July 13, UTRGV’s Saxophone Ensemble of 12 students performed at the 18th World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. The World Saxophone Congress is an international festival that gathers some 1,000 saxophonists and other musicians from the world over. 
  • UTRGV’s Mariachi Aztlán, its new all-female Mariachi Azálea, and the Ballet Folklórico UTRGV embarked on a summer tour that showcased the award-winning ensembles across Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The ensembles presented six concerts and two student workshops from July 10-16 in Floresville, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Greely and Lone Tree, Colorado.

“These performances of our talented UTRGV music and dance students promote our excellent UTRGV programs across the world, showcase our talented students, and recruit students nationwide to our Fine Arts programs,” said Dr. Kurt Martinez, director of the School of Music.

Sixteen students in the UTRGV Clarinet Ensemble were in Ostend, Belgium from July 4-12 to perform at ClarinetFest 2018, to perform with clarinetists from around the world. This was a collaborative effort of the combined clarinet studios of UTRGV, and Dr. Jonathan Guist and Dr. Bill O’Neil.
Sixteen students in the UTRGV Clarinet Ensemble were in Ostend, Belgium from July 4-12 to perform at ClarinetFest 2018, to perform with clarinetists from around the world. This was a collaborative effort of the combined clarinet studios of UTRGV, and Dr. Jonathan Guist and Dr. Bill O’Neil.

On July 13, UTRGV’s Saxophone Ensemble of 12 students performed at the 18th World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. The World Saxophone Congress is an international festival that gathers some 1,000 saxophonists and other musicians from the world over.
On July 13, UTRGV’s Saxophone Ensemble of 12 students performed at the 18th World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. The World Saxophone Congress is an international festival that gathers some 1,000 saxophonists and other musicians from the world over.

UTRGV’s Mariachi Aztlán, its new all-female Mariachi Azálea, and the Ballet Folklórico UTRGV embarked on a summer tour that showcased the award-winning ensembles across Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The ensembles presented six concerts and two student workshops from July 10-16 in Floresville, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Greely and Lone Tree, Colorado.
UTRGV’s Mariachi Aztlán, its new all-female Mariachi Azálea, and the Ballet Folklórico UTRGV embarked on a summer tour that showcased the award-winning ensembles across Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The ensembles presented six concerts and two student workshops from July 10-16 in Floresville, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Greely and Lone Tree, Colorado.



ABOUT UTRGV

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.

UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.