Winspear Gift Establishes UNT Opera Chair
A $1.5 million gift from the estate of the late philanthropist and arts patron Bill Winspear has established the endowed Margot and Bill Winspear Chair in Opera Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music. Paula Homer, director of opera who joined the UNT faculty in 1992, has been selected as the first person to hold the chair, effective immediately.
Three UNT students win national jazz awards
Three College of Music students at the University of North Texas have been named 2013 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipients for compositions they recorded last year.
Q & A with Dean James Scott
College of Music Dean James Scott took some time recently to discuss his Jan. 28 recital with doctoral guitar student Armin Abdihodžić:
UNT students take top honors
In the 2012-13 academic year, UNT students Heran Yang, Éva Polgár and others took top honors at national and international competitions.
Professor of Music Composition Receives Top Ranking Award
Jon Christopher Nelson, professor of composition studies and the associate dean of operations for the College of Music at UNT, was awarded the International Computer Music Association's 2012 America's Region Award at the International Computer Music Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- 20 May 2013DMA Lecture Recital: Heather Hawk,
- 20 May 2013MM Recital: Andrew Bezik,
- 21 May 2013DMA Lecture Recital: Laurissa Backlin,
- 22 May 2013GAC Recital: Sung Jae Um,
- 22 May 2013Guest Artist and Alumni Recital:
- 24 May 2013DMA Lecture Recital: Kurt Bonnett,
- 24 May 2013MM Recital: William Foss,
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