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Portrait of Dr. Kevin E Mooney

Dr. Kevin E Mooney

  • Professor of Instruction at School of Music, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Participant, Guitar Auditions. 2007 - Present.
  • Participant, Guitar Juries. 2007 - Present.
  • Participant, Guitar hearings and recitals (judge). 2007 - Present.
  • Member, Music History Area Committee. 2007 - Present.

2025

  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford University Press. July 29, 2025 - August 29, 2025.
  • Interviewee, Austin American-Statesman. June 16, 2025 - June 18, 2025.
  • Adjudicator, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz and Texas State University Online Music Research Conference. May 9, 2025.
  • Member, Guitar Area Juries Panel. April 29, 2025.
  • Member, Adriana Carrillo Ramirez's Graduate Violin Recital Panel. April 26, 2025.
  • Member, Austin Lytle's Graduate Comp Exam. April 17, 2025.
  • Member, Haotong Fu's Graduate Comp Exam. April 15, 2025.
  • Member, Sankya Srinivasan's Graduate Comp Exam. April 15, 2025.
  • Member, Joaquin McHale's Senior Guitar Recital Panel. April 8, 2025.

2024

  • Member, University Humanities Prize. March 7, 2024 - May 15, 2024.
  • Member, Ixchel Betancourt Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 29, 2024.
  • Member, Bernardo Bucheli Carrion Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 25, 2024.
  • Member, Elliott Smith Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 24, 2024.
  • Member, Lukas Perkins Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 23, 2024.
  • Member, Victor Briseno Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 23, 2024.
  • Member, Breanna Plummer Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 22, 2024.
  • Chair, Amanda Rowden Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 15, 2024.
  • Member, Garrett Douglas Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 12, 2024.
  • Chair, Morgan Forsyth Comprehensive Exam Committee. April 10, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford University Press. March 12, 2024 - April 9, 2024.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, W. W. Norton & Co. February 19, 2024 - March 13, 2024.
  • Member, Personnel Policy Task Force (Faculty of Instruction SOM Policy Draft). January 19, 2024 - February 28, 2024.
  • Emcee Eddie Durham Celebration 2024, Eddie Durham Celebration 2024. February 2, 2024.

2023

  • Member, WW Norton & Co. November 10, 2023 - November 11, 2023.
  • Participant, "People in the Arts" Panel Discussion. April 4, 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, A History of Western Music (WW Norton). March 12, 2023 - March 17, 2023.
  • Other, Forensic musicologist/expert witness in international music copyright case. July 1, 2020 - February 15, 2023.
  • Master of Ceremonies, The Eddie Durham Tribute Big Band. February 3, 2023.
  • Eddie Durham Tribute Big Band. February 2, 2023 - February 3, 2023.

2022

  • Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2022.
  • Denton Record-Chronicle Obituary (Louise Tobin). December 7, 2022 - December 8, 2022.
  • Research Enhancement Program. September 27, 2022 - November 11, 2022.
  • Consultation, expert opinion for radio host, Rob Bamburger, WAMU Radio (Washington, DC) Hot Jazz Saturday Night. November 1, 2022 - November 5, 2022.
  • Speaker, KENS-TV, San Antonio. January 13, 2022.

2021

  • Researcher and Author, History of the School of Music. May 1, 2018 - 2021.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, South Central Music Bulletin. 2003 - 2021.

2020

  • Member, Excellence in Online Teaching Award Committee. November 21, 2020 - December 16, 2020.
  • Secretary, American Musicological Society-Southwest Chapter. April 2016 - October 1, 2020.
  • Treasurer, American Musicological Society-Southwest Chapter. April 2016 - October 1, 2020.
  • Member, Planning Group. August 26, 2019 - August 26, 2020.
  • Organizer, Guest Artist Lecturer - Dr. William Gibbons. October 1, 2019 - February 20, 2020.
  • Member, LMS Advisory Committee. December 18, 2017 - January 1, 2020.

2019

  • Co-editor, American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter Conference Proceedings. March 4, 2018 - October 5, 2019.
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Accessibility, Diversity, and Sustainability, American Musicological Society-Southwest Chapter. September 24, 2018 - April 6, 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, W.W. Norton & Co. April 26, 2018 - July 12, 2018.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Journal of Texas Music History. 2001 - 2018.
  • Board Member, Texas Music Museum. 2007 - December 2018.
  • Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. August 27, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
  • Participant, Piano hearings and recitals. January 2016 - December 31, 2018.
  • Board Member, GasLight Baker Theatre. 2013 - December 31, 2018.
  • Member, NASM Planning Task Force. September 11, 2017 - November 20, 2018.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. August 2015 - August 26, 2018.
  • Author, Online Study Guide for Music History Placement Exam. February 1, 2018 - August 1, 2018.
  • Participant, LMS Project Video "Talking Head". July 9, 2018 - July 10, 2018.
  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Committee. February 19, 2018 - February 23, 2018.
  • Faculty voice, speaking on African American Music in Texas, KTSW Radio. February 16, 2018.

2017

  • Panelist, Webinar, Instructional Technologies - Office of Distance Learning. November 9, 2017.
  • Member, Honors College Scholarships Committee. March 24, 2017 - April 7, 2017.
  • Member, Merit Scholarship Committee. February 27, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, W. W. Norton & Co. February 14, 2017 - February 20, 2017.
  • Organizer, Musician's Forum. February 16, 2017.

2016

  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee. April 2016 - December 2016.
  • Undergraduate Marshal, Spring 2016 Commencement. May 2016.

2015

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Joint Music Conference, American Musicological Society, Southwest Chapter and National Association of Composers/USA, Texas Chapter. September 2015 - October 2015.

2014

  • Participant, Words about Music: Distinguished Lecture Series. 2014.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, American Music. September 2014.
  • Speaker, American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter. September 5, 2014.

2013

  • Member, Graduate College Scholarship Selection Committee. 2013.
  • Participant, Graduate Music Research Discussion Group. 2007 - 2013.
  • Member, Graduate Council. 2011 - February 2013.

2012

  • Conference Host, American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter. October 2012.

2011

  • Member, Presidential Excellence Awards--Scholarly/Creative. 2011.
  • Chair, Outstanding Graduate Student Award Committee. 2009 - 2011.
  • Chair, Celebrity Classic and Scholarships Committee. 2008 - 2011.
  • Chair, College of Fine Arts Scholarship Selection Committee. 2008 - 2011.
  • Graduate Advisor, Director of Graduate Studies in Music. 2008 - 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Music Hall of Fame. November 2011.
  • Graduate Marshall, Spring Commencement. May 2011.

2010

  • Member, Presidential Excellence Awards--Teaching. 2010.
  • Panelist, Musician's Forum: Planning for the Future. 2010.
  • Member, Dean Cheatham's Texas Music Review. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Planning Group. 2009 - 2010.
  • Judge, Second International Research Conference for Graduate Students. November 4, 2010.
  • Represented Graduate Music Studies, Graduate Information Fair. September 2010.
  • Graduate Marshall, Summer Commencement. August 2010.

2009

  • Master of Ceremonies, "An Eddie Durham Celebration". 2009.
  • Judge, Fifth Annual Music Student Research Day. 2009.
  • Member, Humanities Masters Thesis Committee. 2008 - 2009.

2008

  • Panelist, Musician's Forum: Leaving the Nest Seminar. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter. 2008.
  • Member, DMA Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Board Member, College Music Society, South Central Chapter. 2007 - 2008.
  • Chair, Society for American Music. March 2008.

2007

  • Associate Director, Center for American Music. 2005 - 2007.

2006

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Student Activities and Leadership Development Student Group. 2005 - 2006.

2001

  • Faculty, Armstrong Community Music School. 2000 - 2001.