College of Music in the News

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March 6, 2024

Kim and Wagner Selected for Mentor Program

Students Serim Kim and Natalie Wagner have been selected for the Women In Jazz Organization Mentors program. Natalie will be studying with saxophonist, Erica Von Kleist while Serim will be working with pianist, Dawn Clement Music. The mentorship is “designed to connect and enrich the community of women and non-binary people in Jazz. The program provides strong role models to up-and-coming jazz musicians and composers in a safe and supportive environment and offers a way for established jazz musicians and composers on the scene to actively participate in and help shape the future of their art form.”

myre
March 6, 2024

Graduate Work to Be Premiered at Carnegie Hall

Cody Thomas Myre (BM ’19, Composition) will have his work titled, “Broken Glass” for concert band, premiered at Carnegie Hall June 2024 by Switzerland’s Das Blasorchester Stadtmusik Luzern at the New York Sounds of Summer Music Festival. The piece was selected as the winner of the 2023 World Projects Composition Competition.

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March 6, 2024

Alumna Named to 40 Under 40 List

Trumpeter Jacquelyn Lankford, (DMA ’19), announced one of Yamaha Music USA’s 40 Under 40 Music Educators for 2024. She created and lead Women Composing for Trumpet Competition and the Powerful Women in Music Concert Series. She is Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Mississippi State University.

schettlers
March 6, 2024

Two Alumni Perform on Grammy Winning Album

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra won a Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music album for "Live: Orpheum Theater Nola," a collaboration with Lost Bayou Ramblers. Flutist alumna Sarah Schettler (MM ’98 and MM ’99) and alumnus William Schettler (BM ’99), double bass, are both musicians in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and are included on the recording.

rowell
March 6, 2024

Assistant Dean Appears on Arts Engines With Aaron Dworkin

UNT College of Music Assistant Dean for Scholarships and External Affairs, Raymond Rowell, appeared on Arts Engines with Aaron Dworkin. The show “highlights the perspectives of the thought leaders and game-changers who are creating significant impact in the field of the arts.” Arts Engines reaches more than 100,000 weekly making it one of the most widely viewed arts shows in the United States.

greene
March 5, 2024

Another Alumnus Grammy Win

Trumpeter and University of North Texas alumnus, Frank Greene, was part of the The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra Recording of, “Basie Swings the Blues,” which won Best Large Jazz Ensemble at the 66th Recording Academy GRAMMY Awards.

Kimberly Cole Luveno
March 5, 2024

Professor of Clarinet Honored

Associate Chair of the Division of Instrumental Studies and Professor of Clarinet, Kimberly Cole Luevano, received the 2024 Creative Impact Award from the University of North Texas Division of Research and Innovation. The award is granted to a member of the faculty, “whose research accomplishments or creative endeavors have been truly outstanding.”

March 5, 2024

Lecrae Wins

UNT alumnus Lecrae (BAAS ʼ02) and Tasha Cobbs Leonard won a Grammy for “Your Power” in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category.

lecrae
March 5, 2024

Lecrae Double Grammy Winner

Two-time Grammy-winning University of North Texas alumnus LECRAE (’02) became a four-time winner. He won for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for “Church Clothes 4.” He studied sociology and electronic media as a UNT student and was influenced by the College of Music.

March 5, 2024

Graduate Wins Grammy

UNT alumnus Thann Scoggin, bass-baritone, (BM '04, MS '07) won in the Recording Academy category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance as an ensemble member of Roomful of Teeth for the album “Rough Magic.”

beauchamp
March 5, 2024

Singer Wins Grammy

UNT Alumnus Cameron Beauchamp, bass, won in the Recording Academy Category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance as an ensemble member of Roomful of Teeth for the album “Rough Magic.”

March 5, 2024

Alumna Grammy Winner

The Recording Academy announced that UNT College of Music alumna and principal soloist, soprano Latonia Moore, as winner in the Best Opera Recording category for “Blanchard: Champion.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.

garcia
March 5, 2024

Welcome New Music Education Faculty

The College of Music announced that Miguel Garcia was joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of String Music Education beginning Fall 2024. Mr. Garcia’s research interests include musical identity, string pedagogy, gender and music education, and the relationships between music participation and identity development. He is also a professional violinist and violist.

walker
March 5, 2024

Welcome New Faculty

College of Music Dean John W. Richmond announced that Brian Walker will be joining the UNT faculty as Associate Professor of Trumpet beginning Fall 2024. Dr. Walker came to UNT from Tarleton State University. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild and is an alumnus of UNT receiving his DMA in 2011.

eshbach
March 5, 2024

Long Serving Faculty Announces Retirement

After serving UNT and its College of Music students since 1986, Jesse Eschbach, Professor of Organ, announced his intent to retire at the close of the 2023-2024 academic year. Dr. Eschbach is University of Michigan, Indiana University and Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison educated, a published author, performer, lecturer and pedagogue. Among others, he studied organ with Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier and piano with Christiane Devos. His students sit on important organ appointments throughout the world. In 2023 he oversaw major expansion and renovation of the 100-year-old 1949 Möller IV/78 in UNT's Main Auditorium originally built in 1924.

carter
March 5, 2024

Two Alumni Receive Animation Award Nominations

UNT alum Kristopher Carter (BM ’93) and his two partners Lolita Ritmanis and fellow UNT alum Michael McCuistion (BM ’87), were nominated for “Best Music-TV/Media” in the 51st Annie Awards™ for their composing of the music for the Warner Brothers animated movie, “Babylon 5: The Road Home!” The award honors excellence in the field of animation.

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