colloquium 2024

About the Event

The TCVPA Annual Colloquium serves as an awards ceremony in which recipients of Research and Creative Activity Awards (RCAA) are announced. Recipients from past years provide presentations on their projects to share how the RCAA funding supports them. Recipients of Texas Tech faculty Awards external awards, and those who received promotion and tenure are also honored and celebrated.

 

 

 

RCAA Recipients 2024

For more information about the TCVPA RCAA awards, view our Research and Creative Activity Awards (RCAA) page.

RCCA Red Recipients

Ali Duffy, Ph.D.

School of Theatre & Dance
Evolution of Gaia Touring Performance & Film

Peter Fischer, D.M.A.

School of Music
Ames Piano Quartet Performance, Recording, & CD/Streaming Project

Carol Flueckiger, M.F.A.

School of Art
Drawing Playa Wetlands: Communicating Climate Change Through the Art

Lisa Garner Santa, D.M.A.

School of Music
Contemporizing the Works of J.S. Bach: A Collaboration Across Time and Culture

Jesse Jou, M.F.A.

School of Theatre & Dance
Developing a Training & Learning Model for American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation for the Performing Arts

Richard Meek, M.A.

School of Music
Evaluating the Relative Qualities of Arundo Donax for the Manufacture of Double Reeds

Mallory Prucha, M.F.A.

School of Theatre & Dance
Recertification & Advanced Training - Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement

Eric Stoklossa, M.M.

School of Music
Using AI Technology to Assist in the Exploration & Assignment of New Repertoire to Voice Majors

Kim Walker

School of Music
Emergent Bassoon: A Journey Through Contemporary Composition

Sangmi Yoo, M.F.A

School of Art
William Morris' Printed Gardens & Colonial Botany

RCCA Black Recipients

Rachel Hirshorn-Johnston, M.F.A.

School of Theatre & Dance
“You Talk Funny”: A Podcast Series

Francisco Ortega (PI), Ph.D.

School of Art
Animation as Art: A Multi-Sensory Experience
Dr. Jorgelina Orfila (Co-PI) Ph.D.

Maia Toteva (PI), M.F.A.

School of Art
“Visions & Wor(l)ds” Traveling Exhibition
Boryana Rusenova-Ina (Co-PI), M.F.A.

RCAA red recipients 2023

The recipients of the RCAA Red shared their project outcomes through engaging poster presentations. These presentations sparked insightful conversations with guests and opened the door to exploring both existing and new possibilities in research.

Eric Allen, D.M.A.  – School of Music – Recording and CD/digital publication of the TTU Contemporary Music Ensemble

Ali Duffy, Ph.D. – School of Theatre & Dance – For participation in a three-seminar series at Queen’s University Belfast, Canterbury Christ Church University, and Texas Tech university to establish academic connections across disciplines on the subject of parenthood and dance.

Ghi Fremaux, M.F.A. – School of Art for an exhibition at Arts Fort Worth

Lisa Garner-Santa, D.M.A – School of Music – for her Partnership with the Burkhart Center to host an educational event that included the premiere of a commissioned work during Autism Awareness Month.

Aaron Hegert, M.F.A – School of Art – for the production of a large-scale exhibition at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in January 2024

Kevin Wass, D.M.A. – School of Music – for a collaborative premiere of works for tuba by living female composers that also include multimedia components. 

RCAA black recipients 2022

The recipients of the RCAA Black shared their project outcomes through engaging video presentations. These presentations sparked insightful conversations with guests and opened the door to exploring both existing and new possibilities in research.