Trumpeter Jacquelyn Lankford, (DMA ’19), announced one of Yamaha Music USA’s 40 Under 40 Music Educators for 2024. She created and lead Women Composing for Trumpet Competition and the Powerful Women in Music Concert Series. She is Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Mississippi State University.
UNT percussion alumnus (BM '99) performed on the album "Some Like it Hot" winning a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album during the 66th Edition of the Grammy awards.
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra won a Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music album for "Live: Orpheum Theater Nola," a collaboration with Lost Bayou Ramblers. Flutist alumna Sarah Schettler (MM ’98 and MM ’99) and alumnus William Schettler (BM ’99), double bass, are both musicians in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and are included on the recording.
Chair of the Division of Instrumental Studies and Professor of Clarinet, Kimberly Cole Luevano, received the 2024 Creative Impact Award from the University of North Texas Division of Research and Innovation. The award is granted to a member of the faculty, “whose research accomplishments or creative endeavors have been truly outstanding.”
Horn music education major, Ben Ruiz, won the horn position with the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Concert Band. He begins basic training following his graduation in May.
CBS Mornings announced that UNT alumna Annie Ray (BM ’17) was named recipient of the 2024 Music Educator Award™ presented by the Recording Academy™ and GRAMMY Museum™
College of Music Dean John W. Richmond announced that Brian Walker will be joining the UNT faculty as Associate Professor of Trumpet beginning Fall 2024. Dr. Walker came to UNT from Tarleton State University. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild and is an alumnus of UNT receiving his DMA in 2011.
