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Student Computing Lab
The student computing lab is operated by Dr. David Sebald.
Recital Halls
The 500-seat Recital Hall is available for student use. The hall includes a recording booth so that student performances can be taped.
There is also a 300-seat theater in the Buena Vista Street Building at the UTSA Downtown campus.
The John Peace Library
The UTSA Library Multimedia Center is located on the second level of the John Peace Library Building (JPL 2.01.08) at the 1604 Campus. It houses a variety of non-print materials and formats. Included in collection are video recordings, compact discs, audio recordings, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs, slides, software, curriculum materials, and educational and psychological tests. The Multimedia Center also serves as the Music Library with listening facilities and a large collection of musical recordings. Musical scores and books can be found in the general collection of the JPL.
Recording Studio
The downtown recording studio is operated by Mark Rubinstein
New Music Concerts
Each year the Department of Music puts on several concerts of 20th-century and new music as part of its New Music Festival/New Music series (see programs for 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003, 2003-2004, 2005.) In addition, there is usually one Composition Area Recital each semester. Faculty and student recitals and ensembles at the Department of Music give numerous concerts throughout the year, many of which include or feature works from the recent past. In 2005 UTSA hosted the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Region VI Conference and in 2006 San Antonio hosted the SCI National Conference, which included many concerts at UTSA. For an up to date list of new music concerts for the current semester, as well as links to concert from last semester, click here.
The Reed Holmes Memorial Award for Composition
Each year an outstanding UTSA Department of Music Composition Student is awarded the Reed Holfmes Memorial Award for Composition. Below is a list of winners:
The City of San Antonio
The musical life of San Antonio includes the adventurously programmed San Antonio Symphony.
Another important new music performing group is the SOLI Chamber Ensemble, whose repertoire ranges from standard classic works of the 20th-century to newly commissioned pieces. The Olmos Ensemble, another chamber group, regularly features newer works on their concerts, as does the Cactus Pear Music Festival and Camerata San Antonio. Additionally, the Composers Alliance of San Antonio (CASA), a group made up of San Antonio Composers, gives regular concerts of their music.
Additionally there are a number of other groups, festivals and institutions putting on concerts throughout the year, many of which include new works (and many featuring UTSA faculty as performers). These events are often publicized to the students by the composition faculty.
Other Opportunities for Composition Students
State, regional, national and international composition contests are routinely publicized on the bulletin boards outside of Dr. Balentine's and Dr. Heuser's offices. Upcoming events of interest and notices of importance are also posted here, so these boards should be checked regularly by composition students.