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A film by Radio-Television-Film alumna Gigi Causey is the only U.S. title in the running for Best Live Action Short at this Sunday’s Academy Awards.

Event: “New York Stories,” a contemporary opera written by Daron Hagen, will debut in its entirety at the Butler Opera Center at The University of Texas at Austin later this month.

Event: The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music will host a memorial to honor the late Gerre Hancock, organ and sacred music professor, who died Jan. 21 due to cardiac arrest.

Event: Rebecca Henderson, oboe, and Sandy Yamamoto, violin, will join The University of Texas at Austin Symphony Orchestra (UTSO) in the ensemble’s first performance of the semester.

Explore the Briscoe Center’s R.C. Hickman and Calvin Littlejohn photo collections that chronicle Texas’ dynamic African American communities.

With the help of new technology, Jeff Hellmer, director of jazz studies at the Butler School of Music, will share the stage with George Gershwin during a performance with the Dallas Wind Symphony on Feb. 14.

Event: To commemorate Black History Month, the Butler School of Music, in partnership with Huston-Tillotson University, will present a free concert celebrating black composers of the past and present.

The passion Gerre Hancock had for music is center stage in this Longhorn Network video. The respected professor passed away Jan. 21.

Event:  The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts.

Gerre Hancock, one of America’s most highly acclaimed concert organists and choral directors and professor of organ and sacred music at The University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, passed away on Jan. 21 due to cardiac arrest.  He was 77.

Event: “Super Sousa Sunday” is a free concert featuring the Austin Symphony Brass Quintet performing works by John Philip Sousa. When: Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 2 p.m. Where: Gregory Gym, 2101 Speedway, The University of Texas at Austin campus.

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