Faculty Profile for Matthew Holzner

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Matthew Holzner
Assoc Professor of Instruction — School of Music
MUS 218
phone: (512) 245-3045

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Matthew Holzner serves as Senior Lecturer in Music and Assistant Director of Bands at Texas State University. His responsibilities include conducting the Concert Band, directing the Bobcat Basketball Band, assisting with the Bobcat Marching Band, teaching instrumental conducting and marching band techniques, teaching marching band techniques, and supervising student teachers. He holds a Master of Music degree in Conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has studied tuba performance with Mark Moore and Daniel Perantoni.

Prior to his appointment at Texas State, Holzner served as the Director of Bands at Mendota Township High School in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Under his direction, ensembles at Mendota received numerous Superior ratings at the IHSA State and Solo/Ensemble contests. In 2014, the MHS Percussion Ensemble was chosen to perform at the Annual Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) State Music Education Conference.

Holzner has served as a contributing author to the GIA Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series and assisted in the filming of GIA series The Marching Band Director's Video Toolbox. Holzner served on several committees for ILMEA, and regularly served as adjudicator for IHSA and IMEA festivals and auditions. His professional memberships include the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the Texas Music Educators Association.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Guest Conductor / Clinician, ATSSB Region 29/32 All Region Honor Band. January 13, 2023 - January 14, 2023.
    Performances:
    • ATSSB Region 29/32 All Region Honor Band. January 13, 2023 - January 14, 2023
  • Director, Concert Band, Cycle II. April 24, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Concert, Cycle II. November 15, 2022
  • Performer, Graduate Conducting Recital. April 8, 2024.
  • Director, Bobcat Basketball Band performance at nationally-televised Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Pensacola, FL. March 5, 2024 - March 11, 2024.
  • Director, Concert Band, Cycle I. February 22, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Concert, Cycle I. October 26, 2022

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Achievement Award for Excellence in Service (Department Level), School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communications - Texas State Unviersity. January 3, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Achievement Award for Excellence in Service (Department Level), School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communications - Texas State Unviersity. December 18, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, College of Fine Arts and Communications - Texas State Unviersity. February 24, 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. August 1, 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Member, Sigma Alpha Iota, Theta Omega Chapter. April 14, 2019

Selected Service Activities

Clinician
ATSSB Area 7 Honor Band
January 21, 2022-January 23, 2022
Organizer
Game Day Spirit Band / Squad
August 13, 2020-Present
Chamber Ensemble Instructor
TXST Band Camps
June 2015-Present
TXST Summer Band Camp Manager / Webmaster
TXST Summer Band Camp Manager / Webmaster
2014-Present
Member
Athletics Game Day Operations Committee
2014-Present