Faculty
Dr. James Gillespie
Room: 224
Office Phone: 940-565-4096
Email: james.gillespie@unt.edu
James Gillespie serves as Regents Professor of Music at the University of North Texas in Denton. Prior to joining the U. N. T. faculty in 1978, he served as a faculty member at Concord College, Indiana State University (adjunct), University of Redlands and Northeast Louisiana University (Monroe). He holds the master’s and doctorate degrees in clarinet/woodwinds from Indiana University where he studied clarinet with Henry Gulick. He has also studied with Mitchell Lurie. His reference books on works for reed trio and solos for unaccompanied clarinet have become standard references in the field, and he has edited works for Musica Rara, Southern Music Company and Billaudot. For the past 30 years he has been the editor of The Clarinet, the quarterly journal of the International Clarinet Association. He has performed at clarinet conferences in Denver, Oberlin, Quebec, Cincinnati, Tempe, Columbus, Lubbock, Oklahoma, Fresno, Ostend, Stockholm, Changchun, Salt Lake City, Paris, Vancouver, Beijing and Tokyo and has given solo and chamber music recitals in England, Scotland, Japan, Hong Kong, Hungary, Germany, Puerto Rico and Taiwan. Composers from France, England, Belgium and the United States have dedicated works to him, and he has premiered several new works for clarinet. In 1994, 1995 and 1997 he served on the jury for the Dos Hermanas International Clarinet Competition in Spain, and during the summer of 1997 he performed at the I. C. A. ClarinetFest at Texas Tech, the Cracow Clarinet Festival in Cracow, Poland and the first-ever European Clarinet & Saxophone Conference in Budapest, Hungary. He performs as a member of the Texas Clarinet Consort. His former students hold positions in numerous colleges and universities throughout the United States and in major military bands in Washington, D.C. Several have been semi-finalists and prizewinners in the I.C.A. Young Artist Competition and on two occasions winners in the clarinet category of the Yamaha Young Performing Artist program. In 2005 he was honored by the International Clarinet Association with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the I.C.A. ClarinetFest in Japan. He is an artist/clinician for G. Leblanc Corp. and Rico International.
“. . . super clarinet playing.” Clarinet and Saxophone (England)
“ . . . truly a pleasure to listen to, with all the smoothness and control that really mark the musician at the instrument.” Mitchell Lurie
“. . . Beautiful sound, admirable dynamic range, sensitive phrasing, and, perhaps the most impressive facet of his artistry: his impeccable itonation. . . should his next British recital take place in the Outer Hebrides, anybody who appreciates fine clarinet playing should make every attempt to hear him.” Crescendo (England)
“ . . . would have been a sensation at even the most prestigious festivals in the world . . . excellent . . . particularly outstanding.” Gazeta Wyborcza (Cracow, Poland)
Dr. John Scott
Room: 223
Office phone: 940-565-3729
Email: john.scott@unt.edu
John Scott is Professor of Clarinet at the University of North Texas. He has performed and taught at the Summer Music Institute founded by the University of North Texas and the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. Mr. Scott is a member of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with such orchestras as the Dallas Symphony and the Ft. Worth Symphony, and as a recitalist and clinician throughout the United States. His performances have included the Victoria Bach Festival in Texas, the New York University Contemporary Music Festival, and at conferences and workshops in Denver, Tempe, Lubbock, Salt Lake City, San Juan, Ostend, Stockholm, London, Paris and Vancouver as well as in recitals throughout Taiwan and Japan. He performs regularly with Chamber Music International. Recordings include "Birdsongs, Romantic Chamber Music of Arthur Bird," and “Equipoise.” He is a member of the Texas Clarinet Consort.
He has been a member of the University of North Texas College of Music faculty since 1981. Prior to joining the UNT faculty he taught at Susquehanna University (PA) and Augusta State University (GA). He earned both the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degree in applied woodwinds and music literature from Indiana University (Bloomington), where he was a clarinet student of Henry Gulick.
His former students have held positions in numerous orchestras, schools, colleges and universities throughout the United States and in premier military bands in Washington, D.C. Several have been semi-finalists and prizewinners in the I.C.A. Young Artist Competition and Orchestral Competition.
He has served as reviewer, Music Review Editor and Advertising Manager for The Clarinet, journal of the International Clarinet Association. In addition to his duties as Professor of Clarinet, he serves as Associate Dean for Admissions and Scholarship Services in the College of Music at the University of North Texas. He is an artist-clinician for Buffet-Crampon.
Daryl Coad
Room: TBA
Email: teamcoad@verizon.net
Daryl Coad is an active performer and teacher in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Formerly a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and the New Orleans Symphony, he has also performed with the Chicago Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra. He has been on the faculties of the Brevard Music Center and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he also served as music director for the University Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared on recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Claudio Abbado and Andre Previn and was featured on a recording of William Walton’s Façade with David Zinman conducting members of the Rochester Philharmonic.
His principal clarinet teacher was Robert Marcellus. Other teachers have included Larry Combs, Clark Brody and Robert Listokin. He has studied conducting with David Zinman, and holds a B.M. in clarinet performance and an M.M. in conducting, both from Northwestern University. He frequently performs with the Fort Worth Symphony and has been on the faculty of the University of North Texas since 1999.
Deborah Ungaro Fabian
Room: TBA
Phone: 972-517-5558
Email: dfabian@smu.edu
Deborah Fabian joined the Clarinet faculty at the University of North Texas in the fall of 1990.
She is the Principal Clarinetist and has been a featured soloist with the Dallas Wind Symphony, Texas Chamber Orchestra and the Plano Symphony Orchestra.
Deborah has performed with numerous ensembles in the United States including Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic and the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra. She performs frequently with the Dallas Opera Orchestra, Ft. Worth Symphony and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Ms Fabian can be heard on all of the recordings of the Dallas Wind Symphony and has also recorded with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She feels very fortunate to have been invited to perform with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on a number of their tours, including their 2003 European tour, 1999 Carnegie Hall performance, “Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival” in Vail, Colorado and most recently in Napa Valley California at the “Festival de Sole”.
Ms Fabian is also on the clarinet faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington and Collin County Community College. Many of her students have gained international recognition for their high honor achievements in Music competitions such as “From the Top”, The International Clarinet Association, and the “National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts”.
Deborah earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Clarinet Performance and Music Education from the University of Buffalo and a Master of Music degree in Clarinet Performance/Woodwinds from Michigan State University. Her principal teachers were James Pyne, Stanley Hasty, Fred Ormand and Andrew Crisanti.
Teaching Fellows
Kellie Quijano
Room: TBA
Phone: 940-390-5838
Email: kelliequijano@gmail.com
Kellie Quijano is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in Clarinet Performance at the University of North Texas, where she also received her M.M. in 2003. As a native of Kansas, she holds a B.M from Washburn University. Her primary teachers include James Gillespie and Kirt Saville. Kellie is an active teacher and freelance musician in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex.
Rachel Yoder
Room: TBA
Phone: 940-765-1047
Email: rmy0016@unt.edu
Rachel Yoder is a doctoral clarinet student at the University of North Texas. She holds degrees from Michigan State University and Ball State University, and has studied with James Gillespie, Caroline Hartig and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr. Rachel is a member of the NOVA new music ensemble at UNT and enjoys collaborating with composition students and faculty to perform new works for clarinet and bass clarinet.