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Competition Success

1. Bassoon and saxophone students were finalists in the School of Music 2023 Concerto Competition.
2. Many woodwinds have been featured at Carnegie Hall as winners of the School of Music Semper Pro Musica Competition.
   • 2016-2017: saxophone quartet
   • 2017-2018: solo saxophone, saxophone quartet, solo bass clarinet, and solo clarinet
   • 2018-2019: solo flute and flute quartet
3. Saxophone alumni (B.M.E. ’19) won the Texas State Solo Competition for MTNA in 2017, and was runner- up in 2018
4. Saxophone Quartet received Honorable Mention in the Texas MTNA Competition in 2018

Audition Success

1. Navy Fleet Band
   • Bassoon alumni (B.M.E. ’18) auditioned into the Navy Fleet Band in 2018.
   • Two saxophone alumni auditioned into the Navy Fleet Band for 2019. One was awarded the Outstanding Recruit Award for 2019.
2. Bassoon alumni (B.M. ’14) won the second bassoon position for the Shreveport Symphony in 2018
3. Clarinet alumni (B.M.E. ’16) won the principal clarinet position for the Shreveport Symphony in 2015

Continued Success

Saxophone alumni and former adjunct professor of saxophone at Baylor (M.M. ’11) is the newly appointed saxophone professor at University of Costa Rica, and recent Music Education graduates are teaching in Leander ISD, Lake Travis ISD, Conroe ISD, Frisco ISD, Spring Branch ISD and Bridgeport ISD. Also, oboist alumni (B.S. ’17) with a secondary major in oboe performance (M.B.A. ’19) was published in the latest Double Reed journal, utilizing both his engineering and music education: “Air Flow Analysis of Oboe Reed Staples.”

Music Festival Participation

• Tanglewood Music Festival
• Aspen Music Festival
• Hot Springs Music Festival
• Sewanee Music Festival
• FOOSA/Fresno Summer Music Academy
• Brevard Music Festival
• Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp counselors/interns
• Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
• Texas Summer Flute Symposium
• Bay View Music Festival
• Texas Music Festival
• Round Top Music Festival
• Camp of the Woods counselors/performers/teachers

Student Conference Attendance

• Meg Quigley Bassoon Competition and Symposium
• International Clarinet Association Conference
• Texas Music Educators Association Convention
• International Double Reed Society
• Saxophone Studio performed and participated in the Region 4 Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance held at University of Texas at Arlington, spring 2023
• Saxophone Quartet performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, winter 2022
• Impetus Saxophone Quartet performed at the first annual state-wide chamber music competition sponsored by Texas University Interscholastic League, fall 2022

Performance Opportunities

• Woodwind Chamber Music – All undergraduate and graduate students coach with wind faculty in woodwind chamber music, which meets twice a week. Intensive focus in chamber music builds musicianship and translates over to artistic performances in large ensembles and develops a knowledge of the standard woodwind repertoire within the context of the degree plan. Students share the gift of music with the community, performing around Baylor, at nursing homes, in museums and in the public schools.
• Woodwind Hour – There are weekly solo performance opportunities in front of woodwind faculty and peers who give constructive feedback.
• Waco Symphony – The woodwind area holds auditions every year for the Waco Symphony second wind positions (flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon). Students have the opportunity to audition and the winners get to experience a position in a professional orchestra and perform with their professors.

Graduate School Acceptances Since 2014

• Colburn School
• University of Michigan
• Michigan State University
• Rice University
• Florida State University
• Texas Tech University
• Oklahoma State University
• Northwestern University
• Bowling Green State University
• University of Colorado-Boulder
• Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
• Mannes Conservatory
• Southern Methodist University
• University of Texas-Austin
• Eastman School of Music