Assistant Professor of Jazz Violin Is featured in D Magazine - twice. Kathy Wise and Alex Temblador pen articles about Scott Tixier and his performing and academic outings since his move to University of North Texas with photos by Elizabeth Lavin and Briscoe Burnett.
https://tinyurl.com/DScottTixier1
https://tinyurl.com/D2ScottTixier
DMA student and Teaching Fellow in the Division of Vocal Studies, Bree Nichols, was named a Fulbright Program scholar. Her work in the Czech Republic will create the first anthology of Czech art songs while including public performances and collaborative efforts with Czech universities.
Steven Harlos, Professor of Piano and Chair of Keyboard Studies, released ‘The Piano Music of Dick Hyman’ produced by Eastlake Records with Arbors Records. The CD includes two first-time recordings – get your copy here
Scott Scully, (BM ’99) tenor, made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Young Prisoner in From the House of the Dead in 2009 and begins his 11th season as a performer with the Metropolitan Opera. He is an affiliated Grammy winner for his participation in the LA Opera recording of Corigliano’s The Ghost of Versailles. In recent seasons, he has added Joe in La fanciulla del West, Remendado in Carmen, Gastone in La Traviata, Borsa in Rigoletto, Messenger in Samson et Dalila, Domo I in Der Rosenkavalier, the Dancing Master in Manon Lescaut, Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro, 2nd Priest in Die Zauberflöte, and Young Servant in Elektra.
Courtney L. Wright was recently announced as one of 20 recipients of the ASCAP Foundation 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards for her work for big band, Like Thad. Three of the 20 award recipients are alumni or current students of University of North Texas.
Ariel Glassman was recently announced as one of 20 recipients of the ASCAP Foundation 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards for her big band work, Captain Iso.
The ASCAP Foundation announced the 20 recipients of the 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Yu Nishiyama (BM '17) was awarded for Honorary Whites for 17-piece big band.
https://tinyurl.com/UNTNishiyama
The Dallas based Orpheus Chamber Singers announced the appointment of J.D. Burnett (DMA ’13) to the position of Artistic Director effective January 1, 2022.
Aaron Powell (BM ’11) appeared on episode 1219 of ABC’s Shark Tank. Read the story by Amber Gaudet. Photo by Jeff Woo.
https://tinyurl.com/DRCPowell
Texas Society for Music Theory - TSMT awarded Yiyi Gao) the Colvin Award for best student presentation at its annual meeting. Her presentation was entitled "Unveiling the Poetic-Musical Narrative and the Incomplete 'Urlinie': Recontextualizing Robert Schumann's Song 'Wehmut' Op. 39/9."
