<p>Couple</a> giving $55 million to UT music school</p>
<p>$55 million donation to UTAustin's School of Music by Sarah and Ernest Butler.</p>
<p>there's a really nice violin teacher there. if anyone wants someone very encouraging and a male version of Ms. Delay, go to texas. Is the school nice?</p>
<p>UT Austin is highly regarded among the state schools and has a noted rep of consistently producing fine musicians and educators. There are strong grad areas in a few instruments.</p>
<p>Many are drawn by the music scene in Austin. I hear performance opportunities and visiting artists are abundant.</p>
<p>It's been awhile since I looked at a faculty list.</p>
<p>My teacher went to UT-Austin as an undergrad and has had nothing but good to say about the school and the city in general. I really liked the school when I visited (as a prospective transfer) - it had the best practice room situation of any school I've been to.</p>
<p>This donation does seem a deliberate attempt to one-up Indiana and the Jacobs donation there. The rhetoric about being the "finest public music school in the nation", which UT-Austin says it's trying to achieve, was all over Indiana when I auditioned there.</p>
<p>I'm talking about Brian Lewis. He has some really good students and they are all basically in love with him.</p>
<p>The whole UT system is trying to improve their music depts. Also is the Texas Tech System. Its just great to see a great renewed and continued interest in music.</p>
<p>They have a good jazz department there too, run by old compatriot Jeff Helmer.</p>