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Dr. Todd Oxford

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

Awards

2025

Award / Honor Recipient: April College News, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2025
Award / Honor Recipient: College Newsletter. 2025
Award / Honor Recipient: September College News, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2025
Award / Honor Nominee: Nominee: Presidential Award in Scholarly/Creative Activity. Texas State University., Texas State University. 2025
Award / Honor Recipient: October College News, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2025
Award / Honor Nominee: Applicant: Faculty Development Leave. 2025
Award / Honor Recipient: November College News, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2025

2024

Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Teaching, Texas State University. 2024
Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2024
Award / Honor Nominee: Nominee: Presidential Award in Teaching, Nominee: Presidential Award in Teaching. 2024
Award / Honor Nominee: Nominee: Presidential Award in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Nominee: Presidential Award in Scholarly/Creative Activity. 2024
Award / Honor Recipient: Student's Feature Article with "University Star" Newspaper, "University Star" Newspaper. 2024
Award / Honor Nominee: America's Favorite Teacher, https://americasfavteacher.org/. 2024
Award / Honor Recipient: Twenty Year Service Award, UIL Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest. 2024
Award / Honor Recipient: Marquis Who's Who in America. 2024

2023

Award / Honor Recipient: Petrichor Publishing Award, Petrichor Records. 2023
Award / Honor Recipient: Semi Finalist for Petrichor International Music Competition, Petrichor Records. 2023
Award / Honor Recipient: Honorable Mention in 2023 Who's Next TXST College Report, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2023
Award / Honor Recipient: Peter Stoll Honorable mention of Todd Oxford "Finesse" album. 2023

2022

Award / Honor Recipient: Global Music Awards International Competition - Silver Medalist, Global Music Awards. 2022
Award / Honor Nominee: Texas State Artist in Music, Texas Commission On the Arts. 2022

2021

Award / Honor Recipient: North International Music Competition 2nd Prize, North International Music Competition. 2021
Award / Honor Nominee: Applicant: Grammy Music Educator Award, The Recording Academy and Grammy Museum. 2021 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: “A Prayer for Electricity by P Kellach Waddle for unaccompanied soprano saxophone written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: Spring 2021 College News, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2021
Award / Honor Nominee: Applicant for Presidential Fellow, Texas State University. 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: Former Student, Dan Drizlikh, received degree in composition from University of North Texas, University of North Texas. 2021
Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Teaching, Texas State School of Music. 2021
Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Scholarly and Creative Activity, Texas State School of Music. 2021
Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award in Service, Texas State School of Music. 2021

2020

Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist: American Prize in Instrumental Solo Performance, The American Prize. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Winner: Fall 2020 Charleson International Music Competition Senior Solo Division, Charleson International Music Competition. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Global Music Awards Silver Medal Winner: Solo Instrumental Division with live performance of “Blue Caprice"”. La Jolla, California, Global Music Awards. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Instrumental Performance - Professional Division Finalist, American Prize. 2020
Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2020 - Present
Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Excellence Award in Scholarly and Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Strathmore's Who's Who Biographical Registry Publication, Strathmore's Who's Who. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication 2020 Report, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Honrable Mention, College of Fine Arts and Communication September Newsletter. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Honrable Mention, College of Fine Arts and Communication September Newsletter. 2020
Award / Honor Nominee: Texas State Artist in Music, Texas Commission On the Arts. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Winner: Fall 2020 Charleson International Music Competition Solo Talent Show Division, Charleson International Music Competition. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication November/December 2020 Newsletter, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication November/Deember 2020 Newsletter, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: “Confab” by Michael Schneider written for and dedicated to Duo 35. 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: “Garage Sale Llama” by Jeffrey Hoover written for and dedicated to Duo 35. 2020

2019

Award / Honor Recipient: Silver Medal for live performance of "Desert Waves, Wilderness of Water" by Richard D Hall, Global Music Awards. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Winner: Professional Soloist International Woodwind and Brass Competition 2019, Amercian Protege. 2019
Award / Honor Nominee: Instrumental Division, International Acoustic Music Awards. 2019 - 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: YouTube Videos 250,000 views as of 3/15/19. 2019
Award / Honor Nominee: Grammy Music Educator Award, The Grammy Museum Education Team. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Performing Artists Recording Grant, Contemporary Record Society. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Somos Musicos Newsletter, Texas State School of Music. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Annual Report. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: “Beneath The Dark Blue Waves” by Ricky Hall for alto saxophone and electronics written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2019

2018

Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Speciaist Program, US Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. 2018 - 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: Be A Bobcat: Texas State Stories Video Series, Texas State University. January 1, 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Feature Interview, The University Star - Newspaper. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society Inductee, Pi Kappa Lambda - Texas State University Chapter. 2018
Award / Honor Nominee: Texas State Artist, Texas Commission on the Arts. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Annual Report. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Annual Report. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: “Plaisir D’Amour by Robert Fruehwald written for and dedicated to Duo 35. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: “Desert Waves, Wilderness of Water” by Ricky Hall for alto saxophone and electronics written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2018

2017

Award / Honor Nominee: Music Educator Award, The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: Appearance in Colllege of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: “Modern Jazz Suite by Sy Brandon for alto saxophone and guitar written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: Ten Year Service Award, Texas State University. August 2017

2016

Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist in Professional Division, The American Prize in Instrumental Performance. 2016
Award / Honor Nominee: Music Educator Award, The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: Appearance in College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Newsletter. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: Silver Medal for Best Instrumentalist - “Tango Magnetism” Solo CD, Global Music Awards. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: Silver Medal for Best Album - “Tango Magnetism” Solo CD, Global Music Awards. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist: World Premiere of Sy Brandon’s “Modern Jazz Suite”, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference - Texas Tech University. 2016
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist – World Premiere of David Williams’s “Duets for Soprano Saxophone and Marimba”, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructor’s – National Conference. October 2016

2015

Award / Honor Recipient: "Synaesthesia” CD listed as a featured recording, Saxophone Life Magazine. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: Synaesthesia Saxophone Quartet Semi-Finalist in Chamber Music Category, The American Prize. 2015
Award / Honor Nominee: Music Educator Award, The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: Recognized as a Faculty Mentor, Texas State University Department of Retention, Management, and Planning. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: Featured in Billboard Magazine as an Emerging Artist and Global Music Awards Gold Medal Winner, Billboard Magazine. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: Tracks from solo CD, “Synaesthesia”, broadcast on KOOP 91.7 FM Radio Show: “The Idea Lounge”. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Presidential Distinction Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: Fifteen Year Service Award, UIL Texas State Solo/Ensemble. 2015

2014

Award / Honor Recipient: “Synaesthesia” CD accepted as an official 1st round ballot entry for Grammy Award nomination by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – Contemporary Instrumental Album Category, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2014
Award / Honor Nominee: Potential candidate for Texas State Artist – State Musician, Texas Commission on the Arts. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Oxford’s Album with the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet "Live In Chicago" cited as a biographical source in Spaeth, Carl. A PERFORMER’S ANALYSIS OF SELECTED JAZZ WORKS FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas, 2014., University of Kansas. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Recognized as a Faculty Mentor, Texas State University Department of Retention, Management, and Planning. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Silver Medal in the Album Category for “Synaesthesia” Solo CD, Global Music Awards. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Silver Medal in the Instrumental Performance Solo Category for “Synaesthesia” Solo CD, Global Music Awards. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of David Heckendorn’s “Winds of Time” Movement 3 broadcast on “Deep Threes Radio Playlist”. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording J.S. Bach’s Sarabande from Unaccompanied “Suite for Cello” broadcast on SciFi4Me’s blog talk radio show “Live from the Bunker”. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of Daniel Schnyder’s “Tales From Another Time” broadcast on SciFi4Me’s blog talk radio show “Live from the Bunker”. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of Brian Rhodes “Nas-T” broadcast on SciFi4Me’s blog talk radio show “Live from the Bunker”. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of Aaron Carter-Cohn’s “Synaesthesia” broadcast on SciFi4Me’s blog talk radio show “Live from the Bunker”. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of Astor Piazzolla’s “Adios Nonino” broadcast on SciFi4Me’s blog talk radio show “Live from the Bunker”. 2014

2013

Award / Honor Recipient: Best in Show for “Finesse” Solo CD, Global Music Awards. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: “Winds of Time” by David Heckendorn for Solo Saxophone and Wind Symphony written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: “NAS-T” by Brian Rhodes for unaccompanied alto saxophone written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: “Fantasy” by Armando Ghidoni for alto saxophone and piano written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: “Synaesthesia” by Aaron Carter-Enyi for alto saxophone and piano written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: “Elision” by Aaron Carter-Enyi for alto saxophone and piano written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Award of Excellence for “Radiant Blues” CD, Global Music Awards. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of Charles L. Booker, Jr’s “Radiant Blues” featured on SciFi4Me.com “Level Eleventy-Seven” radio podcast. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of John Williams’s “Catch Me If You Can” featured on SciFi4Me.com “Level Eleventy-Seven” radio podcast. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of Astor Piazzolla’s “Adios Nonino” featured on SciFi4Me.com “Level Eleventy-Seven” radio podcast. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of David Heuser’s “Deep Blue Spiral” featured on SciFi4Me.com “Level Eleventy-Seven” radio podcast. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of César Frank’s “Sonata in A Major“ featured on WSMC 90.5 “Chattanooga Symphony Hour”. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of J.S. Bach’s “Suite No. 1” featured on WSMC 90.5 “Chattanooga Symphony Hour”. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: The Elision Saxophone Quartet with Todd Oxford CD Recording of Nick Ayoub’s “Jazz Suite” featured on WSMC 90.5 “Chattanooga Symphony Hour”. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: CD Recording of Eugéne Bozza’s “Improvisation and Caprice” featured on WSMC 90.5 “Chattanooga Symphony Hour”. 2013

2012

Award / Honor Recipient: Hired by Texas Music Educators Association to select the 2012/2013 Texas All State Saxophone Etudes and to present the All State Clinic at Texas Bandmasters Association Convention, Texas Music Educators Association. 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Fine Arts and Communication. 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: Interview, University Star Newspaper. 2012
Award / Honor Nominee: Texas State Artist: State Musician, Texas Commission On the Arts. 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: Invitation to serve as Faculty Advisor, Theta Omega Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of David Heuser’s “Deep Blue Spiral” featured on Texas Public Radio – KPAC 88.3 – Alternate Routes Classical Music Program. 2012

2010

Award / Honor Recipient: “Radiant Blues by Charles Booker for Solo Saxophone and Wind Symphony written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2010
Award / Honor Recipient: Featured Todd Oxford Bio, Pan Pipes - Sigma Alpha Iota National Organization. 2010
Award / Honor Recipient: Solo CD Recording of David Amram’s “Ode to Lord Buckley” featured on Texas Public Radio – KPAC 88.3 – Alternate Routes Classical Music Program. 2010
Award / Honor Recipient: College of Fine Arts and Communication Presidential Distinction Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2010
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist; World Premiere of Adam Sovkoplas’s “Saxocaphony”, Society of Composers Inc. National Conference. Texas State University. 2010
Award / Honor Recipient: Ten Year Service Award, UIL Texas State Solo/Ensemble. 2010

2009

Award / Honor Recipient: “Saxocophony” by Adam Sovkoplas for Four Saxophones for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2009
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist: World Premiere of Aden Kent Ramsey’s “An Echo’s Inevitability", Society of Composer’s Inc. National Conference – Texas State University. 2009

2008

Award / Honor Recipient: “Music From Six Scenes” by David Heckendorn for saxophone quartet written for and dedicated to The Elision Saxophone Quartet. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: “Double Nostalgia” by Daniel Adams for unaccompanied tenor saxophone for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: “Another Three Movements” by David Heueser for saxophone quartet written forand dedicated to The Elision Saxophone Quartet. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Oxford Solo Album "Finesse" included in Etheridge, Kathryn Diane. Classical Saxophone Transcriptions: Role and Reception. Table 3.1: Sample list, saxophone discography; twenty recordings from 1996-2007. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2008., Florida State University. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Oxford Solo Album "Finesse" cited as a bibliographical source in Etheridge, Kathryn Diane. Classical Saxophone Transcriptions: Role and Reception. Reviews. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2008., Florida State University. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Oxford’s Album with the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet "Live In Chicago" included in Etheridge, Kathryn Diane. Classical Saxophone Transcriptions: Role and Reception. Table 3.3. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2008., Florida State University. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Oxford’s Album with the Elision Saxophone Quartet "Live Through the Years" included in in Etheridge, Kathryn Diane. Classical Saxophone Transcriptions: Role and Reception. Table 3.3. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2008., Florida State University. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Marquis Who’s Who in the World. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist: World Premiere of David Hueser’s “Borne By Constellations of Green Birds”, University of Georgia. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist; World Premiere of Ken Metz’s “Ouroboros”, Composer’s Association of San Antonio. Trinity University. 2008
Award / Honor Recipient: Elision Saxophone Quartet: World Premiere of David Hueser’s “Another Three Movements”, Texas State University. 2008

2007

Award / Honor Recipient: “Recitative and Toccatina” by Dimitar Ninov for soprano saxophone and piano for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2007
Award / Honor Recipient: Soloist: World Premiere of Daniel Adams’s “Double Nostalgia”, College Music Society National Conference. University of Oklahoma. 2007
Award / Honor Recipient: Marquis Who’s Who in American Education. 2007

2006

Award / Honor Recipient: “Borne By Constellations of Green Birds” by David Heueser for alto saxophone and piano written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2006
Award / Honor Recipient: “Ouroboros” by Ken Metz for alto saxophone and piano written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2006
Award / Honor Recipient: New York Solo Debut Award, Artists International Presentations, Inc. 2006
Award / Honor Recipient: Marquis Who’s Who in America. 2006
Award / Honor Recipient: Best of Classical Music, San Antonio Express-News. 2006

2004

Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Award, Irving Independent School District. 2004
Award / Honor Recipient: Five Year Service Award, UIL Texas State Solo/Ensemble. 2004

2003

Award / Honor Recipient: “When I Thought Jesus Left Austin” for soprano saxophone and strings for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 2003

2002

Award / Honor Recipient: Oxford Solo Album "Finesse" cited in Johnson, Keith T. A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED SOLO REPERTOIRE FOR SAXOPHONE BY PAUL BONNEAU. Reference List. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas, 2002., University of North Texas. 2002
Award / Honor Recipient: Feature Front Cover Interview, Saxophone Journal. 2002

1997

Award / Honor Recipient: “Schizo Squito” by Rob Smith for unaccompanied alto saxophone written for and dedicated to Todd Oxford. 1997

1993

Award / Honor Recipient: Best Classical Saxophone Performance, Downbeat Magazine. 1993

1988

Award / Honor Recipient: Recognition for outstanding professional achievement, superior leadership ability and exceptional service to the community, Outstanding Young Man of America Association and the United States Jaycees. 1988

1985

Award / Honor Recipient: Grand Prize Winner, Dallas Concerto Competition (Sonata Division). 1985
Award / Honor Recipient: Irving Symphony League Scholarship, Irving Symphony League. 1985