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Portrait of Dr. Cynthia I. Gonzales

Dr. Cynthia I. Gonzales

  • Regents' Teacher at School of Music, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. September 2022 - Present.
  • Member, University Honor Council. 2010 - Present.
  • Music Director, First Lutheran Church. August 1, 2007 - Present.
  • Scribe, Arranger, Transcriber, Conspirare. 2005 - Present.

2025

  • Organizer, Music Theory Entrance Examinations. 2010 - 2025.

2024

  • Member, Director of Latin Music Studies Search Committee. 2023 - 2024.
  • Member, College Board Music Theory AP Test Development Committee. 2021 - 2024.
  • Member, MWF Task Force. September 2024 - October 2024.
  • Clinician, San Antonio ISD, Music Teacher In-service. September 20, 2024.
  • Coordinator of Latin Music Studies. May 2023 - August 2024.
  • Member, Executive Personnel Committee. September 2023 - May 2024.
  • Participant, Choral and Vocal Music Major for a Day. February 19, 2024.

2023

  • Member, Society for Music Theory Executive Board. 2020 - 2023.
  • Table Leader, College Board Advanced Placement. 2020 - 2023.

2022

  • Member, Texas State University Mission Review Taskforce 2022. 2022.
  • Member, College Review of Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Nominees. 2022.
  • Member, TXST System Regents' Teacher Selection Committee. 2020 - 2022.
  • Member, School of Music Executive Personnel Committee. 2018 - 2022.
  • Chair, Executive Personnel Committee. January 2022 - May 2022.

2021

  • President, Texas Society for Music Theory. 2018 - 2021.
  • Past-President, Texas Society for Music Theory. 2021.
  • Member, Presidential Pandemic Continuity of Student Life Work Group. 2020 - 2021.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, College Music Society Symposium. 2019 - 2021.

2020

  • Community Sing-Along Leader and Organizer. 2019 - 2020.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. 2018 - 2020.
  • Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 2015 - 2020.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 2014 - 2020.
  • Co-Chair, Honor Council. August 2020 - December 2020.

2019

  • Prepare / Grade Certification Exams, College Board Advanced Placement. 2015 - 2019.

2018

  • Member, Voice Search Committee. 2017 - 2018.
  • President-Elect, Texas Society of Music Theory. 2017 - 2018.
  • University Curriculum Committee. 2016 - 2018.
  • Member, Executive Personnel Committee. 2015 - 2018.
  • College Curriculum Committee. 2015 - 2018.
  • University Suspensions Appeal Committee. 2015 - 2018.
  • Chair, Camerata Fund Raising Concerts. 2014 - 2018.
  • Board Member, Arts Advocates of San Marcos. 2014 - 2018.
  • Organizer, School of Music & First Lutheran Church Recital Venue Agreement. July 2010 - 2018.
  • Program Notes for "Bach Plus", Conspirare. November 16, 2018 - November 17, 2018.
  • Invited Panelist, New Faculty Orientation "Strategies for Successful Teaching". August 22, 2018.

2017

  • Member, Voice Search Committee. 2016 - 2017.
  • Pre-Concert Lecturer for "Bach Plus", Conspirare. November 16, 2017 - November 17, 2017.
  • Adjudicator, Texas Tech University. May 2017 - June 2017.

2016

  • Captain, La Feria del Mariachi Concert. 2012 - 2016.

2015

  • College Music Society Instructional Technology Committee. 2013 - 2015.
  • College Music Society Committee on Academic Careers. 2013 - 2015.
  • Chair, Diversity Committee Member, Society for Music Theory. 2013 - 2015.
  • Member, Diversity Committee Member, Society for Music Theory. 2010 - 2015.

2014

  • Program Committee, Texas Society of Music Theory. 2014.
  • Member, Composition Search Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Voice Search Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • University Academic Standards Committee. 2012 - 2014.

2013

  • College of Fine Arts and Communication PACE Liaison. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Upper-Level Review Committee for BA degree students. 2005 - 2013.

2012

  • Coordinator, Division of Theory and Aural Skills. 2009 - 2012.
  • Faculty Sponsor, Sigma Phi Lambda (Phi Lambs) (Christian Women’s Organization). 2008 - 2012.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 2006 - 2012.
  • 2005 - 2012.

2011

  • Member, Executive Personnel Committee. 2009 - 2011.
  • Member, Planning Group. 2009 - 2011.
  • Board Member, ConneXion House. 2008 - 2011.

2010

  • Executive Board Member, Texas Society of Music Theory. 2008 - 2010.
  • Program Committee, Association for Technology in Music Instruction. 2007 - 2010.
  • Instructional Technology’s Blackboard Liaison to the School of Music. 2005 - 2010.
  • Instructional Technology’s TRACS Steering Committee. 2005 - 2010.

2009

  • College Music Society Technology Committee. 2007 - 2009.
  • Secretary-Treasurer, Pecan Creek HOA. 2005 - 2009.

2008

  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Selection Committee. 2008.
  • Member, Director Search Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Library Committee for School of Music. 2004 - 2008.

2007

  • Member, College of Fine Arts and Communication Selection Committee. 2007.
  • Consulting Editor (print media), Hill Country Institute for Contemporary Christianity. 2007.
  • Member, Theory Group. 2006 - 2007.
  • Faculty Sponsor, Destino (Leadership Ministry to Mexican-Americans). 2005 - 2007.
  • Editorial Board Member, South-Central Music Bulletin. 2004 - 2007.
  • Judge, Texas State University Orchestra Aria Competition. November 2007.
  • Lecture for Music Lecture Series, “Heimweh: The Background Structure of Nostalgia in Songs of Brahms and Schoenberg”. September 2007.

2006

  • Chair, Fiesta de Cien Años. 2006.
  • Program Committee, Texas Society of Music Theory. 2006.
  • Artistic Advisor, Austin C.S. Lewis Conference. 2006.
  • Member, Piano Search Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Latino Presence: Celebrating 100 Years Executive Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Designed and implemented transfer of applied lesson course evaluations from paper to on-line via Blackboard (now maintained by Cindy Dean). 2005 - 2006.
  • Organizer, Session 2214 for International Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, “Experiences with Multicultural Music: A Dialogue between Faculty and Students”. November 2006.
  • In-service for all Austin ISD Choral Directors. February 2006.
  • Judge, Austin Rhetoric Club, Austin Invitational Tournament. February 2006.

2005

  • 2005.
  • Member, Secondary Choral Music Education Search Committee. 2004 - 2005.
  • Member, Theory Curriculum Committee. 2004 - 2005.
  • Judge, Texas State University Orchestra Aria Competition. November 2005.
  • Lecturer/Performer in Lecture-Recital, Music Lecture Series, “Text-Music Relationships in Arnold Schoenberg’s Op. 6 of 1905”. September 2005.
  • In-service for all Austin ISD Choral Directors. August 2005.
  • Hope Arts Festival Classical Concert. July 21, 2005.

2002

  • Assistant Moderator for Music Exams, International Baccalaureate Organisation. 1998 - 2002.

1999

  • UT School of Music Executive Committee. 1997 - 1999.
  • Member, UT School of Music Special Programs Committee. 1996 - 1999.

1998

  • Curriculum Review Committee, International Baccalaureate Organisation. January 1998.
  • Higher Level and Standard Level 1998 Music Exams, Authoring Committee, International Baccalaureate Organisation. January 1998.

1997

  • Professional Development Committee Member, Society of Music Theory. 1995 - 1997.
  • “Strategies for Academic Success” UT-Austin Outreach Program Orientation for New Minority Graduate Students. August 1997.
  • Texas Longhorn Camp Sight-Singing and Theory Instructor. June 1997.
  • Judge, Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest Vocal Division. May 1997.

1996

  • Mather House Resident Music Tutor, Harvard University. 1991 - 1996.

1995

  • “An Introduction to Undergraduate House Life” Harvard University Derek Bok Center of Teaching. September 1995.
  • “Tips for New Teachers” Harvard University Derek Bok Center of Teaching. January 1995.

1994

  • Office Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity. 1993 - 1994.
  • Editorial Assistant, Music Theory On-line. 1991 - 1994.
  • “Tips for New Teachers” Harvard University Derek Bok Center of Teaching. September 1994.

1993

  • Harvard University Music Department Student Colloquium Committee. 1992 - 1993.

1992

  • Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Recruiter. 1992.
  • Nominating Committee Member, New England Conference of Music Theorists. 1992.
  • Group for Gender Studies in Music. 1991 - 1992.

1991

  • Contributor, SMT On-line Bibliographic Database. 1991.

1987

  • First United Methodist Church Pastor-Parish Relations Committee and Administrative Board Member. 1985 - 1987.