Summer Organ Academy at UNT

June 28 - July 2, 2025
About the Academy

We are so grateful to a generous donor has stepped forward to cover the cost of tuition, housing, and meals for all participants for the inaugural year of the Summer Organ Academy at UNT. Participants will only be financially responsible for the registration fee.

You are invited to take part in an exciting, week-long organ academy centered at the University of North Texas. Daily lessons and workshops will focus on repertoire, improvisation, and liturgical playing and skills using the university’s impressive instruments. In addition, students will be introduced to the harpsichord and accompaniment using figured bass, and the academy will make two excursions to Dallas to see a collection of some of the city’s most impressive instruments including the Richards, Fowkes and Co. organ at The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, the Juget-Sinclair organ at Christ the King Catholic Church, and the C.B. Fisk organ at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Students at high school and undergraduate level are encouraged to register to be instructed by leading performers and clinicians. Participants will perform in both Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center and the Main Auditorium.

Faculty

Malcom MatthewsMalcolm Matthews, who earned a doctoral degree in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music, is one of only four organists to have been awarded the prestigious Artist's Certificate in Eastman's century-long history. In addition to his organ studies with David Higgs, he earned a master's degree in harpsichord performance under William Porter and pursued a minor in collaborative piano with Jean Barr. 

Dr. Matthews comes to UNT most recently from the faculty of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesee where he served as Adjunct Artist Teacher of Organ and Harpsichord. He also served as associate organist and choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville. Matthews enjoys collaborative work and often accompanies ensembles and soloists across a broad repertoire. He has performed as a soloist with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. A featured artist at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society, his accolades include first place at the 2013 Westfield International Organ Competition, second place at the 2012 National Young Artist's Competition in Organ Performance, semi-finalist at the 2016 International Bach Competition, second place at the 2016 OSM Manulife Competition, first place at the 2005 Southeastern Region IV Young Organists Competition and semi-finalist at the 2009 Concours international d’orgue de Lyon.

Locations
  • Winspear Performance Hall (Murchison Performing Arts Center)
  • Main Auditorium and Organ Recital Hall at UNT
  • Two evening excursions including:
    • Dallas to Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
    • Church of the Incarnation
    • Christ the King Catholic Church
    • St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
    • Meyerson Symphony Center
    • Southern Methodist University. 
Tuition & Fees

We are so grateful to a generous donor has stepped forward to cover the cost of tuition, housing, and meals for all participants for the inaugural year of the Summer Organ Academy at UNT. Participants will only be financially responsible for the registration fee.

If you would like to board on campus or participate in the commuter meal plan, please select those options on the second page of the registration form to ensure your housing and meals are secured.

  • $30 – Registration Fee (non-refundable)
  • $399 – Tuition (includes academy t-shirt)
  • $150 – Boarding (optional; includes housing, meals, and parking)
    • Participants residing on campus will arrive Friday, June 27 and have the option to depart on Wednesday, July 2 or Thursday, July 3.
    • Students must bring cash or card for two dinners out in Dallas.
    • Lunch on the final day of camp is provided at no charge for participants and their guests. 
  • $50 – Commuter Meal Plan (optional)
    • Plan includes four lunches (Saturday-Tuesday) and two dinners (evenings spent on campus).
    • Students must bring cash or card for two dinners out in Dallas.
    • Lunch on the final day of camp is provided at no charge for participants and their guests. 

Participants residing on campus must provide their own bedding (extra-long twin size), pillows, towels, and toiletries. 

Commuting participants are responsible for securing their own parking on campus, if desired - https://transportation.unt.edu/parking-on-campus.html 

Registration Information

To register, visit https://app.getacceptd.com/untmusicworkshops. Begin by selecting your Area (Keyboard) and Program (Summer Organ Academy at UNT). For technical questions, please visit the Acceptd Help Desk.

Deadlines

  • May 15, 2025 – Registration and $30 Registration Fee Due 

Registration Policy

  • The $30 non-refundable registration fee is due at the time of registration.
  • Enrollment is limited to 12 participants.
Academy Schedule

Additional questions? Please contact us at music.camps@unt.edu or call (940) 369-6541.

For technical questions, please visit the Acceptd Help Desk.