Instrumental Studies
The division offers Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts performance degrees with specialization in: violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, harp, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, and multiple woodwinds. Current and former students have won prizes in major instrumental competitions of every genre, and are appointed to professional positions in orchestras, wind symphonies, and universities/conservatories spanning the world.
Marketable Skills
Degrees
- Bachelor of Music
- Master of Music
- Doctor of Musical Arts
Each with major in performance and specialization: bassoon, clarinet, double bass, euphonium, flute, French horn, guitar, harp, oboe, percussion, saxophone, trombone (bass and tenor), trumpet, viola, violin, violoncello, voice
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Faculty
- Gideon F. Alorwoyie - Percussion
- José M. Aponte - Drum Set and Latin Percussion
- Tony Baker - Trombone
- Jeff Bradetich - Double Bass
- Julia Bushkova - Violin
- David Childs - Euphonium
- Mary Karen Clardy - Flute
- Daryl Coad - Clarinet
- Jorge Cruz - Bassoon
- Christopher Deane - Percussion
- Susan Dubois - Coordinator of Strings; Viola
- Deborah Fabian - Clarinet
- Mark Ford - Coordinator of Percussion
- Daphne Gerling - Viola
- Adam Gordon - Baroque Trumpet
- Jaymee Haefner - Harp
- John Holt - Chair of Instrumental Studies; Trumpet
- Caleb Hudson - Trumpet
- Thomas Johnson - Guitar
- Philip Lewis - Violin
- Donald Little - Tuba
- Kimberly Cole Luevano - Coordinator of Woodwinds; Clarinet
- Natalie Mannix - Trombone
- Elizabeth McNutt - Flute
- Steven Menard - Trombone
- Stacie Mickens - Horn
- Eric Nestler - Saxophone
- Felix Olschofka - Associate Dean for Operations; Violin
- Phillip O. Paglialonga - Clarinet
- Gudrun Raschen - Double Bass
- Paul Rennick - Percussion
- Cynthia Roberts - Baroque Violin
- Nikola Ružević - Coordinator of Chamber Music; Cello
- James Ryon - Oboe
- Raquel Samayoa - Trumpet
- Terri Sundberg - Flute
Adjunct Faculty
- Ania Bard-Schwarz - Violin
- Steve Barnes - Drum Set
- Justin Cooper - Brass Instrument Repair
- Michael James Davis - Adjunct Instructor, Saxophone
- Ross Gasworth - Adjunct Instructor of Cello
- Matthew Good - Tuba
- Stockton Helbing - Drumset
- Eunice Keem - Violin
- Johannes KIeinmann - Adjunct Instructor of Cello
- Sarah M. Kienle - Adjunct Instructor of Viola Excerpts
- Arash Noori - Baroque Lute, Theorbo and Boroque Guitar
- Poovalur Sriji - Percussion
- Greg Raden - Clarinet
- Sandi Rennick - Adjunct Faculty - Percussion
- James Scott - Dean Emeritus, Flute
- Ed Smith - Vibraphone and the UNT Gamelan, Bwana Kumala
- Jonathan Thompson - Oboe
- Allen Whear - Baroque Cello / Viola Da Gamba
- Natalie Young - Horn