Last Thursday, John R. Stevenson, one of an elite group of educators to hold the Diplôme Supérieur Jaques-Dalcroze from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland, made a visit to the Longhorn Cellos studio class. John has taught Dalcroze Studies on the faculty of St. Laurance College, Montreal, Laval University in Quebec City, and at Ithaca College, where he was a tenured Associate Professor. During his 12 years at Ithaca, he founded the Division of Jaques-Dalcroze Education in the graduate school of music, as well as the Ensemble Jaques-Dalcroze Plastique Animeé. During his eight-year tenure at The Spence School in New York City, John was honored with the Zuckerman Foundation Award for teaching excellence. John has served as guest faculty in music education, piano improvisation, ear-training and choreography at many leading colleges and universities including: Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland, (professor in residence) Oberlin Conservatory of Music, (artist in residence) The Royal Conservatory of Toronto, Carnegie-Mellon University among others. John has co-authored the text Rhythm and Pitch: An Integrated Approach to Sightsinging, published by Prentice-Hall. His latest publication is an iBook published on iTunes “Pursuing A Jaques-Dalcroze Education – Solfége Volume I” and is currently writing Volume II and III. It is the most comprehensive textbook on Jaques-Dalcroze Solfège published to date.
Tuesday, February 23, at noon, the Blanton Museum of Art invites you to make the most of your lunch break with a Midday Music performance by Tetractys (James Burch, DMA ’16, and Matthew Armbruster, MM ’16). Midday Music Series is a collaboration between the Butler School of Music and the Blanton Museum of Art exploring connections between art and a variety of musical genres. This month, the contemporary ensemble Tetractys presents new music in response to several works on view at the Blanton, including Kerry James Marshall’s Black Painting. UT Faculty and Staff always receive free museum admission and admission to public programs with a valid UT ID. For ticket, venue and more information, visit 
Daniel Kopp (MM ’17) spends Christmas in New York City! He performs as Principal Cellist in the New York String Orchestra with conductor Jaime Laredo for their annual holiday concerts in Carnegie Hall on 
The College of Fine Arts talks with recent graduate Diana Burgess (BM ’15) about her experiences as a performance major at the Butler School of Music preparing her for “life after school” with her indie-orchestral pop band Mother Falcon. Read the full article 
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