The National Symphony Orchestra with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers performed the world premiere of Blue Electra composed by UNT College of Music alumnus and multi-Grammy® award-winning Composer Michael Daugherty (BM ’76 - Composition).

Grammy, Oscar, 24-time Emmy nominee and 10-time Emmy winner, Bruce Broughton, returns to the University of North Texas College of Music as Media Composer In Residence for the seventh year.

Jon Nelson, Professor of Composition, received a University of North Texas Institute for the Advancement for the Arts Faculty Fellowship (IAA) for 2022-2023. The IAA allows faculty members a semester of leave to pursue creative research in the arts to promote artistic and creative expression at UNT.

The American Viola Society announced the winner of the 2022 Maurice Gardner Competition for Composers. First Prize was awarded to Daniel Sabzghabaei (BM '14, Honors College), for “Under This Blue of My Land” for viola and voice to be performed at the 2022 AVS Festival and the 47th International Viola Congress.

Anuj Bhutani (BM '21) has been awarded the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation's Morton Gould Award for “On Letting Go” for solo cello and live electronics.