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The Longhorn Band was founded in 1900 by distinguished professor of chemistry, Dr. Eugene P. Schoch.With Dr. H. E. Baxter, the first director of the Longhorn Band, they purchased $150 worth of instruments from a local pawn shop and recruited 16 students to make up the band. Dr. Baxter served as the director for five years before stepping aside, after which Dr. Schoch took full control of the ...
The Music Building and Recital Hall (MRH) is a building on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in the U.S. state of Texas. The building was completed in 1969. [1] Bates Recital Hall, part of the University of Texas Performing Arts Center, which seats 700, is housed in the Music Recital Hall. [2] The Longhorn Band hall is located in side MRH.
Jerry Junkin is an American conductor of wind bands and educator. Junkin serves on the faculty of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where he holds the Vincent R. and Jane D. DiNino Chair for the Director of Bands.
Jul. 26—There were few musical instruments to be seen Monday morning on the first day of Austin High's band camp as students stretched and began learning or perfecting the fundamentals of ...
The Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center (originally Special Events Center) was a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.It was also sometimes referred to as "The Drum" or "The Superdrum", owing to its round, drum-like appearance from outside (not to be confused with Big Bertha, the large bass drum used by the University of Texas marching band).
The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music in the College of Fine Arts [1] is located on the eastern side of The University of Texas at Austin.. With over 100 faculty members and more than 750 students, the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music ranks among the top 3% in the country for size and is considered to be among the best public music institutions in the country.
The original Big Bertha outside Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium before a UT football game. Big Bertha is a bass drum used by the Longhorn Band of The University of Texas at Austin. The Big Bertha name was chosen to evoke the famous German Big Bertha howitzer and has been used for two Texas bass drums, with the second debuting in 2022 ...
Texas Athletics announced that Preservation Hall Jazz Band will be headlining the next installment of Longhorn City Limits on Sep. 14. The free, on-campus concert presented by Still Austin Whiskey ...