Originally from Dublin, Ohio, Grant Jameson has spent extensive time both in the United States and the United Kingdom. He received his Bachelor of Music and Masters degrees from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) in Cardiff (UK) where he studied with David Childs for six years. During his time in the UK Grant immersed himself in the British brass band tradition and won many awards and prizes within this genre, including Best Soloist at the Welsh Open (2014).
Originally from Dublin, Ohio, Grant Jameson has spent extensive time both in the United States and the United Kingdom. He received his Bachelor of Music and Masters degrees from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) in Cardiff (UK) where he studied with David Childs for six years. During his time in the UK Grant immersed himself in the British brass band tradition and won many awards and prizes within this genre, including Best Soloist at the Welsh Open (2014).
Seok Hee Jang is a clarinetist and educator based in Denton, Texas, where he is currently the Doctoral Teaching Fellow in clarinet at the University of North Texas. His past engagements include a tour of Portugal and Canada with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Orford Academy Orchestra, and the Republic of Korea Army Band. His primary teachers have included Phillip Paglialonga, Stephen Williamson, and Alain Desgagné. He holds a MM from DePaul University in Chicago as well as a BM from McGill University in Montreal.
Michael Crawford is a Lecturer of Music Education at the University of North Texas, where he teaches undergraduate coursework and serves as Coordinator of Student Teaching for the College of Music. Dr. Crawford also works within the Percussion Area, overseeing all curriculum and instruction for the percussion methods courses and co-directing the UNT Percussion Group percussion ensemble
Dave Hall is Associate Professor of Percussion at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he directs Percussion Ensemble and teaches applied lessons and courses on percussion literature, history and pedagogy. Before his appointment at UNT, he was Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Under his direction, the University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble was selected to perform a showcase concert at PASIC in both 2019 and 2016 as winners of the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition. Dr.
Violinist Chloé Kiffer, native of France, has received enthusiastic praise by The New York Times for her “pure and beautiful tone” and The Greenwich Sentinel for being “...a star in every sense: performance, exquisite technique and beauty”. Kiffer feels as comfortable performing solo on the international stage as she does in intimate chamber settings.
Venezuelan cellist Horacio Contreras has gained esteem through a multifaceted career as a concert cellist, chamber musician, pedagogue, and scholar. He has collaborated with prestigious institutions across the Americas and Europe as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and masterclass clinician.
Carole Overturf is a flutist and administrator originally from Houston, Texas. She holds a masters and performer diploma in flute performance from Indiana University where she also took coursework in arts administration. She received her bachelor’ degree from the University of North Texas in 2013 and is pleased to return to the College of Music as an administrator.
Oboist Jung Choi, a native of South Korea, has quickly established a career of both performing and teaching. She was honorably mentioned twice as the finalist for the Gillet-Fox International Oboe Competition and started teaching and giving master classes at a collegiate level.
Darrel Hale joined the UNT College of Music in August of 2021 as the associate professor of bassoon. A native of Denver, Colorado, he is Principal Bassoon of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Prior to his position at UNT, he was a member of the faculty at Louisiana State University. He served as acting principal bassoon of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra under Lucas Richmond.
