Faculty
Faculty and Graduate Staff
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Thomas Rinn
Director of Choral Music Education
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The professors at TX State are not only extraordinary teachers, they are extraordinary people with a passion for creating meaningful music and fostering a supportive community of hard-working students. The collegiality and mutual respect in the department - faculty and students alike - make it one of the most open and inspiring I have ever experienced.
Jake Runestad, internationally renowned composer
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I am deeply and sincerely impressed by the commitment, creative vision, and extraordinary ethic of rehearsal and performance maintained by the Texas State University Music Department.
-John Conahan, internationally renowned composer