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Professor and Chair of music department Dr. Paul Hageman named Regents Professor


Paul Hageman

KINGSVILLE (February 3, 2006) — Dr. Paul Hageman, chair of the music department and professor of trombone at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, was granted the designation of Regents Professor by The Texas A&M System Board of Regents Thursday, Jan. 26.

The A&M System Board of Regents established the Regents Professor Award program in 1996 to recognize and honor faculty members who have made exemplary contributions to their university or agency, and to the people of the State of Texas. Since its adoption, 77 faculty members from universities, agencies and the health science center across the System have been recognized with this award.

“ I am humbly honored to be named a Regents Professor,” said Hageman. “This award is a tribute to the music faculty and many students, present and past, who I have had the privilege of working with. I could not have won this award without their inspiration, dedication, and willingness to strive for excellence.”

Award recipients will be designated as a “Regents Professor” and will retain this title for the duration of their service/employment within the A&M System. Recipients will receive a $9,000 stipend, payable in the amount of $3,000 for three consecutive years as a non-base award, funded from each respective institution or agency.

"Dr. Hageman’s recognition as a Regent's Professor is the highest honor our faculty can receive in the Texas A&M University System,” said Dr. Rumaldo Z. Juarez, president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville.  “This prestigious award is earned by the hard work and commitment that faculty have to their students and their professional scholarship interests driven by the needs of our society.” 

“Dr. Hageman has changed the world of music in South Texas through his contributions as a leader in the field of music, his contributions to the advancement and promotion of jazz in South Texas , and most of all, for setting a new level of excellence for our music program at Texas A&M-Kingsville.  It is a great honor for Texas A&M University-Kingsville to have Dr. Hageman as a recipient of this prestigious award and in the ranks of our faculty.  We are very proud of his accomplishments."

Hageman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Louisiana Tech University and a Master of Music and Doctor of Arts degrees in Trombone Performance from the University of Northern Colorado. 

He has been at A&M-Kingsville since 1983 and has served as department chair since 1989. Under his leadership, the department has grown significantly and the job placement rate for music graduates has been 100 percent for several years. He has secured more than $500,000 worth of instruments and equipment for students and has received significant grant funding.

Hageman organizes the annual Texas A&M University-Kingsville Jazz Festival, now in its 39th year, and hosts the annual UIL solo and ensemble music competition, which brings 3,000 junior high and high school students to campus.

Since 1983, Hageman has directed the university’s multi-faceted jazz program. Among numerous other awards, Jazz Band I, directed by Hageman, won the College Big Band category of DownBeat magazine’s 27th Annual Student Music Awards in 2004. A professional trombonist, Hageman has written more than 100 musical arrangements and is principal trombonist with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, the Corpus Christi Ballet Orchestra and the Corpus Christi Symphony Jazz Band.

He has served Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region XIV as Jazz Chairman and has been a jazz clinician for TMEA Regions XIV and XV.  In 1999, he was selected to direct the Texas All-State Community College Jazz Ensemble at the TMEA Convention.  Dr. Hageman is active as an adjudicator and regularly judges at marching band, concert band, and jazz band contests and festivals throughout Texas.  He writes musical arrangements for high school, college and professional ensembles in the areas of marching band, concert band, and jazz ensemble music.

Ensembles directed by Dr. Hageman have performed in a wide variety of venues.  The "Pride of South Texas" Marching Band has performed at UIL Region XIV and XV Marching Contests and the UIL Area G Marching Contest.  In 1996, the marching band performed before an international audience on NBC television at the NBA All-Star Game at the AlamoDome. 

Under Hageman's direction, the Symphonic Band performed at the TMEA Convention in San Antonio in 1993.  Jazz Band I has also performed at the TMEA Convention in both 1995 and 2003.  Jazz Band I has performed at the TAMUK Jazz Festival, the Coastal Bend Jazz Festival, the UT Longhorn Jazz Festival, the Texas Jazz Festival, the RioFest Jazz Festival, the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival, and the Mobile Jazz Festival.  In both 1997 and 1999, Jazz Band I was selected as one of eight college jazz bands invited to compete in the National Jazz Band Competition at the Mobile Jazz Festival.  In 2004, Jazz Band I was selected as the winner of the College Big Band Category in the DownBeat Magazine 27th Annual Student Music Awards.

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