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Monday, December 21, 2009
The decade in review: Austin arts
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Also, check out the video featuring folks from Arthouse, the Congress Avenue contemporary art center, and artist collective Okay Mountain offering their point of views on the present and the future of Austin’s arts scene.
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School of Music faculty meets fundraising match
Despite recessionary cutbacks, some faculty at UT’s Butler School of Music have donated $25,000 to establish a new endowed scholarship in musicm, the university announced today.
The grassroots effort began this summer when philanthropists Sarah and Ernest Butler — who last year contributed $55 million to the UT School of Music which was named in their honor — said that they would provide matching funds for any scholarship gifts between $25,000 and $50,000 through the end of 2009. According to UT officials, several members of the music faculty saw the announcement as an opportunity to help provide much-needed student aid.
The resulting $50,000 endowed scholarship in music — when matched by the Butlers in January 2010 — will support undergraduate and graduate students in music.
“I am particularly moved by the fact that in a year in which the faculty received no merit raises, they would voluntarily donate funds in an amount sufficient to establish an endowed scholarship,” said B. Glenn Chandler, director of the Butler School of Music. “This is just another example of the unwavering dedication our faculty have to the education of their students.”
To date, the Butler’s dollar-for-dollar matching program has resulted in seven new scholarships for music. Chandler reportedly said he anticipates that three additional scholarships in progress will also be matched.
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Anton Nel named to endowed faculty position
The University of Texas has named UT professor of piano Anton Nel to the recently established Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Piano in the Butler School of Music.
The the endowed position was established through a $1 million gift from the Longs.
An nternationally-recognized pianist,Nel joined the UT faculty in 2000. In March, he was the first classical performer to play a solo concert at the year-old Long Center for the Performing Arts, also named for Joe and Teresa Long.
Nel’s next Austin appearances include a concert with violinist Anne Akiko-Meyers and with the Texas Piano Quartet on April 28. Both concerts are at UT’s Butler School of Music.
