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THE BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS

PROVING UP

COMPOSED BY MISSY MAZZOLI

February 16, 18, & 19 | McCullough Theater

The Zegner family has moved from Pennsylvania to Nebraska to settle their new parcel of land promised to them by the 1862 Homestead Act. The family single-mindedly seeks to achieve the American dream of a better life through hard work. But first, they must make specific improvements to the land before the government awards them the deed: they must prove up. Battling the forces of fate, human nature, and a hint of surrealism, Proving Up shares an under-told aspect of the Western frontier: failure. Premiered in 2018, The Washington Post called this latest collaboration between Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek “harrowing...powerful...a true opera of our time.”

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Event Details

• Date: Thursday, February 16, 2023 | Saturday, February 18, 2023 - Sunday, February 19, 2023
• Time: Thursday & Saturday: 7:30 P.M. | Sunday: 4:00 P.M.
• Venue: McCullough Theatre
• Website: https://music.utexas.edu/events/3622-butler-opera-center-proving

Ticket Information

• Cost: $10.00 - $20.00

Presenter Details

• Name: The Butler School of Music

The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music in The University of Texas at Austin is a very exciting place where talented students study with an excellent faculty of outstanding performers, scholars, pedagogues, and composers. Ours is a community where every day is exciting and every evening is filled with multiple musical opportunities. We offer a comprehensive array of degree programs ranging from the bachelor’s through the doctorate in performance, composition, music teacher training, jazz, theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, and liberal studies in music. The Butler School of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Just as Texas is a place where anything is possible, the Butler School of Music is also a place where anything is possible.

The Butler School of Music has approximately 100 music faculty who serves some 700 music students. With a student-to-teacher ratio of seven to one, our students receive valuable personal attention. Housed in one of the country’s major universities, the Butler School provides our students with opportunities unavailable to students in many smaller institutions. These enrichment opportunities include the Texas Performing Arts, the Blanton Museum, the Harry Ransom Center, the LBJ Library and many other centers and special programs. These organizations regularly bring outstanding guests to campus, and provide research materials unmatched on most campuses. Furthermore, the Butler School presents some 500 concerts, recitals, operas and other special musical events annually.

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