Writing about inclusivity, "...the formal jazz-study hubs for aspiring musicians, such as the Juilliard School, Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas College of Music, the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, and the University of Michigan, which have opened the music to women and other students from all backgrounds." Seven mentioned in the article will be guests on campus while two have performed on campus. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/women-in-jazz-sisterhood

Patrick Miller (BM '15), a Coppell (TX) music teacher, has been working to create LGBTQ scholarship for youth who show community leadership.

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ALUMNUS NEWS: Jesse Orth (MM '10 & DMA '15) has been appointed to a tenure track faculty position at Texas A&M University at Kingsville as Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium.

The Houston (TX) Chamber Choir recently announced that their 2019-2020 season will include Kristina Caswell MacMullen working with eight Houston area Title I high schools. Dr. MacMullen joins the UNT faculty as Associate Professor of Choral Studies.

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ALUMNUS SUCCESS: Alexander Longnecker (MM '18), tenor, has been accepted into the MM in Early Music Program at the Yale School of Music.

Associate Professor of Music Theory's book, The Americanization of Zen Chanting, has been reviewed by James Ishmael Ford. "Stephen Slottow left me nourished and inspired."

The College of Music assistant professor of music education, William J. Coppola, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Hildegard C. Froehlich Early Career Researcher Award. This award was presented for his paper, Performing Humbleness & Haughtiness: Dramaturgical Perspectives of Musical Humility & Pride during the International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education.

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The College of Music has added electronics as instrument of concentration. Undergraduate students pursuing a composition degree may begin declaring Electronics as their instrument of choice for Fall 2020 admission. UNT describes Electronics as a "broad category of creating audio and audio/visual music using electronic devices including computing devices (computers/tablets/phones), electronic audio hardware (analog synthesizers/digital controllers), and audio/arts technology software (audio production/video production/music programming languages)."

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The International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education was held on campus. Returning the conference to UNT recognized the College of Music’s Professor of Music Education Emeritus, Hildegard Froehlich, who is one of the founders of the discipline of sociology of music education.

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