WELCOME

Welcome to CADENZA Showcasing UTSA Music

FRIENDS,

I am delighted to welcome all of you to this issue of Cadenza on behalf of the Department of Music! Fall is finally here, and we are excited to return to the stage and share our music with you in innovative ways this month. We will be livestreaming several concerts from the UTSA Recital Hall in November, and you can find the details in these pages. More information about the livestreams will be available on our website and social media sites, so be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram.

Other ensembles that are not meeting in person this semester are finding ways to share their work, and one of our feature articles this month describes this outreach initiative. I am proud of the way that our department upholds UTSA’s mission of community engagement and public service, and lives up to the standards that led UTSA to achieve prestigious recognition for Community Engagement through the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Our own Dr. Jennifer Beavers exemplifies this excellence through her public music theory initiative, as well, and this issue features an article about a recent keynote address she gave on this topic. We also include stories about our newest faculty member, Dr. Nicole Cherry, and her upcoming faculty recital, experiential learning opportunities for our students, and an alumni spotlight on Guerrina Esparza, a career music educator of whom we are very proud!

As always, one of our primary purposes of Cadenza is to connect with you! To our alumni, in particular, we invite you to submit your news and reconnect with your UTSA Music friends. We would love to hear from any of you with any feedback about Cadenza and Department of Music events; please reach out to us at music@utsa.edu with questions and comments. November marks a time to be thankful, and we are thankful for all of our community who supports the work we do to learn and share music with those around us. We wish you a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday!

Tracy Cowden Roland K. Blumberg Endowed Professor in Music and Chair