UTRGV Student Musician Places First in Competition at Texas Music Festival
September 04, 2018
September 04, 2018
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 4 -- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley issued the following news release:
Andres Vela, a UTRGV Music Performance major, won first prize in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition in Houston recently at the Texas Music Festival.
He is the first UTRGV student to win this prestigious competition, as well as the first double bassist to win since the inception of the festival 28 years ago.
As part of his win, which . . .
Andres Vela, a UTRGV Music Performance major, won first prize in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition in Houston recently at the Texas Music Festival.
He is the first UTRGV student to win this prestigious competition, as well as the first double bassist to win since the inception of the festival 28 years ago.
As part of his win, which . . .