Sacred music faculty member Joshua Taylor's book, “From Plague to Purpose: Sacred Wandering and the Postmodern Church,” published by Wipf and Stock Publishers.

Organ graduate student, Ezechiel Daos, serving on the Summer faculty as Associate Cantor for Lutheran Summer Music - LSN Academy Festival, which is a faith-based music academy for high school students.

The festival selection jury announced the organists taking part in the 32nd St. Albans, United Kingdom, International Organ Competitions. Samuel Gaskin, (MM ’18), along with four others from across the globe, were selected as a competitor in the improvisation category.

Eldred Marshall (DMA ’18) leads Mansfield Philharmonic as artistic director and conductor. D Magazine describes the ensemble as one of the most diverse orchestras in the United States.

Oscar Macchioni has accepted an invitation to join the UNT College of Music faculty as an Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy. Dr. Macchioni’s academic credentials include the Téchnico Instrumentista Especialidad Piano from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumá (Argentina), the Artist Certificate in Piano from the Krakow Academy of Music (Poland), the Master of Music in Piano Performance from Louisiana State University and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Arizona. In addition to being an accomplished performing artist, he is a published scholar with credits including a solo-authored book, a solo-authored book chapter, a series of published journal articles, six CD recordings and an impressive list of solo recitals and performances. He comes to Denton from the University of Texas at El Paso.

University of North Texas Professor of Collaborative Piano and Vocal Coaching and founder and president of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society - IKCAS, Elvia Puccinelli, has announced the launch of "On Collaborating." The journal is a multi-media platform connecting performance and research in collaborative piano.