Gary Mabry, Women’s Choir, Jazz Choir, Choral Music Education

Gary Mabry joined the UTSA faculty in 1991. He conducts both the Women's Choir and the UTSA Jazz Choir, both of which he founded. Every other year he produces the UTSA Madrigal Dinner. Also a member of the voice faculty, he has served as president of the South Texas Chapter and of the Montana chapters of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and the Texas Choral Directors Association. He has served as the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Women's Choirs for TCDA and as been a TCDA conducting mentor for the Student Conductors Symposium. Dr. Mabry is a frequent clinician and conductor for various schools, churches and region choirs. For seven summers he taught on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp. With over thirty years of leadership experience in church music, he currently serves as Music Director at Travis Park United Methodist Church. As a singer-actor he has a number of professional roles to his credit in both musical theatre and opera: Juan Peron (Evita), Colonel Pickering (My Fair Lady), Herr Schultz (Cabaret), Horace Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Figaro (The Barber of Seville) and Marcello (La Boheme). Dr. Mabry earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has a Masters degree from Hardin-Simmons University and a Bachelors from Abilene Christian University.

Courses Taught

MUS 2403 2 Conducting I (Choral)
MUS 2403 2 Conducting I Lab (Choral)
MUS 3712 2 Concert Choir (Women)
MUS 3771 2 Jazz Ensemble (Vocal)