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Portrait of Dr. Thomas James Rinn

Dr. Thomas James Rinn

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

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, University Curriculum Committee. September 2025 - Present.
  • Member, School of Music Calendar Committee. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Music Educators Association: Southwest Musician Reviewer. September 2024 - Present.
  • Chair, Music Education Upper-Level Review Committee. August 2024 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, TXST ACDA Student Chapter. May 2024 - Present.
  • Organizer, Texas State Area Choir Camp. December 2023 - Present.
  • Organizer, Texas State All-State Choir Summer Camps. September 2023 - Present.
  • Chair, University Interscholastic League Choral Sightreading Committee. July 2012 - Present.

2029

  • Chair, Society for Music Teacher Education ASPA for Supporting Beginning Music Teachers. November 2025 - October 2029.

2026

  • Member, International Symposium for Research in Choral Singing Conference Planning Committee. April 2025 - April 2026.
  • Member, Music Education Search Committee. September 2025 - March 2026.
  • Organizer, Texas State Choral Recruitment Tour. December 2024 - January 2026.

2025

  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Pretoria. September 2025 - November 2025.
  • Member, Choral Music Search Committee. September 2024 - February 2025.

2024

  • Member, Texas Choral Directors Association Executive Director Search Committee. June 2024 - December 2024.
  • Artistic Director, Hill Country Youth Chorus. August 2023 - June 2024.
  • Member, School of Music Calendar Committee. August 2023 - May 2024.
  • Co-Chair, Vocal/Choral Area Recruitment Day Organizer. October 2023 - February 2024.
  • Participant, Texas State Chorale Recruitment Tour. January 2024.

2023

  • Past-President (Board Position), Texas Choral Directors Association. July 2021 - July 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Society for Music Teacher Education. April 2023 - June 2023.
  • Member, Music Education Upper Level Review Committee. September 2023 - May 2023.
  • Adjudicator, Festival Di Voce. April 2023.

2021

  • President, Texas Choral Directors Association. July 2019 - July 2021.