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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at The |
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University of Texas at Austin is sponsoring its first summer music |
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camp focusing on mariachi music and culture in 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Created in 1914, the Butler School of Music has |
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received national recognition for its outstanding programs in a |
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wide range of study, including chamber music, jazz, composition, |
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conducting, and vocal arts, as well as for its prestigious centers |
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of excellence focusing on music education, opera, American music, |
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and sacred music; the school, which is celebrating its 100th |
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anniversary in the fall of 2013, was renamed in 2008 for Sarah and |
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Ernest Butler, whose $55 million bequest was at the time the largest |
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single gift ever made to a school of music at a public university; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Of special interest to many Texans are the music |
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school's mariachi ensemble, which was established in 1977, and |
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conjunto ensemble, which was created in 2006; the school's |
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inaugural mariachi music camp has been funded through the generous |
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efforts of Renato Ramirez of Zapata, and the program is welcoming |
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students from across the state for intensive instruction on |
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composing, arranging, and performing; the four-day camp concludes |
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with a final performance in the Bates Recital Hall on the UT campus; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Individuals eager to study mariachi, conjunto, and |
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other musical genres are greatly benefiting from the many |
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opportunities provided by the Butler School of Music, and the |
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school's faculty, staff, and benefactors are truly deserving of |
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praise on the occasion of this milestone year; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the first University of Texas Butler |
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School of Music mariachi summer music camp and extend to all those |
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associated with this exciting program sincere best wishes for |
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success. |