UTSA School of Music

Congratulations to four of our amazing faculty for recieving INTRA Research Grant awards over this summer!

The Internal Research Awards (INTRA) program is part of the UT San Antonio Office for Research and Innovation’s coordinated efforts to promote high-quality research and scholarship for faculty. To be awarded these grants is a huge honor, and demonstrates the diligence of our staff and their projects.

Dr. Nicole Cherry: Rediscovering Bridgetower: Virtuosity and Performance in Early Nineteenth-Century Violin Practice investigates that question by reexamining how virtuosity was cultivated, performed, and understood in the early nineteenth century through the legacy of George Bridgetower, the celebrated violin virtuoso of African and European ancestry for whom Beethoven originally dedicated and premiered the Kreutzer Sonata.

Dr. Isaac Bustos: Resonances of Stone is a site specific performance and recording project that explores the connections among music, architecture, cultural memory, and the historic landscape of San Antonio. Conceived for performance inside one of the city’s historic Spanish Missions, the project brings together music spanning nearly five centuries, allowing the natural resonance of the Mission’s stone interior to become an integral part of the performance and recorded sound.

Dr. Rachel Woolf: Prana Milan (Meeting of Breath) is a 15-minute concerto for bansuri, western flute, and string orchestra composed by bansuri master Deepak Ram that brings Indian classical music into a Western symphonic soundscape. Featuring Deepak Ram and Rachel Woolf, the work explores five ragas while weaving together elements of Indian classical, folk, Western classical, and jazz traditions. This concerto creates a shared space for the bansuri and western flute, expanding the concerto form while bridging distinct musical lineages.

Dr. Amy Frishkey: Managing the Passaggio in Americanized Balkan Vocal Pedagogies is part of a book project devoted to the passaggio, a border dividing the vocal range of speech, and utterances above this range. A section of the book examines how the passaggio frames the comprehension and actualization of Balkan singing in North America.

Congratulations once again to our amazing faculty!
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The UT San Antonio School of Music is seeking an Assistant Professor of Instruction/Practice in Choral Music.

We are searching for a passionate educator, conductor, and mentor to help shape the next generation of choral musicians and music educators. This full-time faculty position will contribute to our vibrant choral program through ensemble leadership, innovative teaching, student mentorship, and engagement with the broader music community.

Located in one of the nation’s most dynamic and culturally rich cities, the UT San Antonio School of Music serves more than 300 undergraduate and graduate students and is home to an accomplished community of performers, scholars, composers, and educators.

Applications accepted through July 5th, 2026

Learn more and apply:
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The bassoon and oboe studios at are beyond thrilled to announce we have been invited to give a world premiere at the 2026 International Double Reed Society Conference this summer in Oxford, Ohio! We will be performing Extant Flight by on Day 5 of the conference (July 11) at 10am.

This is a big trip, and we need to raise funds to help cover the cost of registration and fees, lodging and food, and travel. If you could, please donate (link in bio) and help us get halfway across the country this summer for a once in a lifetime experience!

More info in the coming weeks where you’ll get to meet our studio members and hear straight from them how much this opportunity means to them as young musicians.

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And with that, our Spring 2026 concert season has come to an end!

This was an incredible concert season, and we're proud to each and everyone of our students for the skill they've displayed through their performances. Thank you to all of our amazing faculty, students, and YOU for supporting our musicians on their artistic journey.

Bravi tutti to all, and look forward to the exciting upcoming Fall 2026 concert season!

Goodluck on your upcoming finals, Roadrunners!

We hope your juries go well. Study hard, lock in, and don't forget to prioritize your wellbeing. You got this, Runners! 🤙 🎶

With commencement just around the corner, we thought it was only fitting to do a Senior Sunday post! Although this is just a few of our graduating seniors, we're proud of every single one of our upcoming alumni.

Our graduates have worked hard to get where they are today, and we can't wait to see what the future holds for them! No matter what, the UTSA School of Music will never forget about you.

Congratulations once again to the UTSA Music Class of 2026; you've made it!