Bree Nichols, DMA vocal performance student, was chosen to receive the 2020 Presser Foundation Graduate Award. "The program is designed to encourage and support in a special way the advanced education and career of truly exceptional graduate music students who have the potential to make a distinguished contribution to the field of music." Photo: Lauren Terrill
Mary Karen Clardy, Regents Professor of Flute, presented at the 35th Annual Festivales Internacionales de Flautistas, Lima - Perú. The festival was live-streamed.
This image shows the new exterior entrance to the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater (MEIT). The full renovation is scheduled for completion before September, 2020.
The hardscape to the east of the music building received a little pick me up assuring that our entire community has access to our facilities.
GREEK LIFE IN MUSIC: The Gamma Theta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia turns 80. The chapter was chartered May 19, 1940.
This week, the UNT College of Music Council of Division Chairs selected Landon Chang, saxophone student, as the 2019-2020 Presser Undergraduate Scholar. This is considered the most prestigious undergraduate award in music at University of North Texas with a continuous history of more than 60 years. Its recipient holds the title of "Presser Scholar." https://music.unt.edu/presser-undergraduate-scholar-award - http://www.presserfoundation.org/
PROFESSOR OF VOICE TAKES LEADERSHIP POSITION: During the May meeting of the UNT Faculty Senate, Jennifer Lane, Professor of Voice, was elected as Chair of that body. She begins her duties July 1, 2020.
PUCCINELLI HONORED: UNT Student Activities has bestowed Elvia Puccinelli, Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano and Vocal Coaching, with its Advisor of the Year award which honors "one faculty or staff member who contributes time and expertise in a volunteer capacity to a student organization at UNT."
Professor of Piano and two-time GRAMMY nominee, Joseph Banowetz, is a verified artist on Spotify with more than 120,000 monthly listeners and has been added to editorial playlists with nearly 400,000 followers.
