Instrumental Studies

Philip Lewis

Philip Lewis is hailed as one of the finest violinists/pedagogues in the United States today. He has been described as a violinist of “Rare excellence—combining sensitivity, virtuosity, warmth, and vitality” (Baltimore Sun).

Donald Little

Donald C. Little joined the College of Music faculty in 1976 and now serves as Regent Professor of Tuba. He previously served as a faculty member at the University of Northern Iowa. 

John Holt

John Holt is professor of trumpet. Holt is also principal trumpet with the Dallas Opera Orchestra, a position he has held since 1989. Holt was the recipient of the 2016 UNT Creative Impact Award. This award highlights “a full-time University faculty member whose publications, performances, or exhibitions in the literary or creative arts have had the greatest societal impact”.

Jaymee Haefner

Jaymee Haefner’s performances have been described by Daniel Buckley as possessing “an air of dreamy lyricism… interlocking melody lines with the deftness of a dancer’s footwork.” Jaymee holds the Associate Professor of Harp position at the University of North Texas (UNT), where she has taught since 2006. She currently serves as Director of Graduate studies for the College of Music and has previously served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and co-chair of the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

Daphne Gerling

Daphne Gerling enjoys an international career teaching, performing, and writing about the viola. From Holland to Portugal, and New Zealand to Honduras, Daphne’s travels and performances have taken her to 30 universities around the United States, and to 15 countries overseas. In recent years she has been a summer fellow at Lincoln Center Education in New York and enjoyed performing on Baroque viola with the Washington Bach Consort, Karlsruhe Handel Festspiele, and the American Baroque Opera Company.

Mark Ford

Mark Ford  is a marimba artist and the Coordinator of Percussion at The University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas. As a Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society and the coordinator of one of the largest percussion programs in the world at UNT, Ford is an active performer and composer. Mark has been featured as a marimba soloist throughout the United States at universities, festivals and music conferences. He has performed internationally throughout Europe as well as in Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia and South America.

Susan Dubois

Hailed by The Strad as “an impressive protagonist proclaiming a magnetic, outgoing personality, a lustrous, vibrant tone, and excellent intonation,” violist Susan Dubois is considered one of the leading young artist-teachers of viola today.  From New York’s Carnegie Hall to Argentina’s Teatro Colón, Dubois has won the hearts of audiences worldwide with her commanding and persuasive performances.

Daryl Coad

Daryl Coad is an active performer and teacher in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Formerly a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and New Orleans Symphony, he has also performed with the Chicago Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Dallas Chamber Orchestra. He has been on the faculties of the Brevard Music Center and University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he also served as music director for the University Symphony Orchestra.

Mary Karen Clardy

Mary Karen Clardy, Regents Professor of Flute at the University of North Texas, appears as soloist and chamber artist throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Britain, Europe, Asia and South America, with numerous performances for the National Flute Association and the British Flute Society.

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