Butler School of Music

Congratulations to Patti Wolf for being one of two winners of this year’s 2026 Butler School of Music Teaching Award. She has taken what is, for most students, one of the most dreaded concepts in music school and turned it into a passion, so much so that she is now overwhelmed with students requesting independent studies to do more. Full Story https://music.utexas.edu/news/patti-wolf-receives-2026-butler-school-music-teaching-award

Only one month left to apply for the 2026 Butler Opera International Competition! Sing for our world-class panel of judges and compete for the more than $35,000 in prizes that will be awarded. https://music.utexas.edu/news/whos-who-opera-comes-austin-2026-butler-opera-international-competition

Congratulations to the String Project on Your New Partnership in Alaska

https://music.utexas.edu/news/butler-string-project-heads-last-frontier

Butler School of Music alumnus Jeffrey Jones-Ragona returned to campus to share how he built a career in comic opera, speaking with students about life after graduation, conducting, and leading productions as music director of Gilbert and Sullivan Austin. During the visit, students heard musical demonstrations, asked questions about the profession, and learned how Butler alumni continue to shape Austin’s vibrant performing arts scene.

https://music.utexas.edu/news/butler-comic-opera-alumnus-returns-inspire-students

In this week’s podcast episode, we talk to Chris Prosser about Austin’s biggest indie-classical music festival, Here Be Monsters. Find out just how many acts will be performing and the staggering number of Butler students and alumni who make up this year’s lineup.”

Podcast Episode: Here Be Monsters 2026 In this episode, we talk to Butler’s Lecturer in Theory, Christopher Prosser, about Austin’s indie-classical music festival, Here Be Monsters. Chris discusse...

Congratulations, 4116, on your big win at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition!

https://music.utexas.edu/news/butlers-4116-saxophone-quartet-wins-silver-medal

Congratulations to Eli Wyatt on his big win at the 2026 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition!

https://music.utexas.edu/news/butlers-eli-wyatt-wins-big-2026-yamaha-young-performing-artists-competition

Congratulations to composer Vladimir Rannev on being the recipient of the 2026 Eddie Medora King Award.

https://music.utexas.edu/news/composer-vladimir-rannev-honored-2026-eddie-medora-king-award

Being in Texas, I’m not sure if this counts as out-of-the-box thinking, but it’s certainly cool. Associate Professor of Music Theory Chelsea Burns brought a live bluegrass jam into her sophomore theory class, giving classically trained students a real-time look at how music comes together on the fly, no sheet music and no safety net. Full Story https://music.utexas.edu/news/butler-goes-bluegrass

Congratulations, Charles Carson, on winning the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award.

Charles Carson receives President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award April 27, 2026 Associate Professor of Musicology Charles Carson has been awarded the 2025-26 President’s Associates Undergraduate Teaching Award, one of The University of Texas at Austin’s highest honors for undergraduate instruction, recognizing faculty members whose teaching not only informs, ...