Portrait of Dr. Utah L Hamrick

Dr. Utah L Hamrick

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

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Director, Jazz Studies. February 9, 2018 - Present.
  • Member, Trombone search committee. November 1, 2024 - Present.
  • President, Texas Jazz Educators Association. June 1, 2024 - Present.
  • President-elect, Texas Jazz Educators Association. June 1, 2023 - Present.
  • University Mentor, Master's Hooding. May 12, 2019 - Present.
  • Webmaster, Jazz Studies website. February 9, 2018 - Present.
  • Administrator and producer, Jazz Studies YouTube channel. January 1, 2017 - Present.
  • Admin and producer, Jazz Studies Instagram and Twitter pages. January 1, 2017 - Present.
  • Admin and producer, Jazz Studies Facebook page. August 1, 2015 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Micro-credentials committee. August 31, 2025 - December 31, 2025.
  • Board member, Texas Jazz Educators Association. July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025.
  • Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025.
  • Chair, Butch Miles Jazz Festival. January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025.
  • Participant, Tito Carrillo Faculty Recital. October 20, 2025.
  • Clinician, TMEA official all-state etude demonstration video. June 10, 2025.
  • Member, Trombone Search Committee. March 3, 2025 - March 28, 2025.

2024

  • Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. September 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Organizer/originator, The Butch Miles Archives at Texas State University. January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Chair, The Butch Miles Jazz Festival. January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee. August 21, 2023 - August 21, 2024.
  • Chair, Jazz Saxophone search committee. December 14, 2023 - April 1, 2024.
  • Organizer, TJEA Symposium. February 12, 2024.
  • Organizer, 36th Annual Hill Country Jazz Festival. February 2, 2024 - February 3, 2024.

2023

  • Member, Research Enhancement Committee. October 12, 2023 - December 1, 2023.
  • Member, Planning Group Committee. August 24, 2020 - August 24, 2023.
  • Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee. January 1, 2018 - August 21, 2023.
  • Member, Classical string bass hiring committee. July 5, 2023 - July 13, 2023.
  • Member, TXST String Camp. June 19, 2023 - June 24, 2023.
  • Chair, Jazz Trumpet search committee. December 2, 2022 - April 12, 2023.
  • Organizer, 35th Annual Hill Country Jazz Festival. February 4, 2023 - February 5, 2023.

2022

  • Participant, Calaboose African American History Museum Eddie Durham Jazz Festival. October 15, 2022.
  • Member, Catalyst committee. August 24, 2020 - August 21, 2022.
  • Speaker, Churchill HS. February 22, 2022.

2018

  • Co- Coordinator, Hill Country Jazz Festival. August 1, 2015 - February 9, 2018.