The Woodwind Area at UNT provides students with a comprehensive, forward-thinking musical education. Our acclaimed faculty consist of nationally and internationally recognized artists and pedagogues. Under the tutelage of dedicated faculty instruction, students can pursue degrees at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral level in flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone or multiple woodwinds. Instruction prioritizes preparing graduates for careers as well-rounded orchestral and band instrumentalists, chamber musicians, teachers, and leaders in the music industry. Other pertinent offerings include our graduate wind quintet, woodwind pedagogy and literature classes, , award-winning Entrepreneurship classes, and woodwind repair coursework.
Students develop skills through private instruction, performances, and group learning in masterclass settings. Our UNT Chamber Music program offers students the chance to collaborate in small ensembles with virtually any instrumentation, receiving personalized coaching while engaging in performances and recording projects. Our Center Wind Quintet has been in the Fischoff Competition each of the past two years. Additional opportunities for ensemble skill development are available through the renowned UNT Wind Studies ensembles, UNT orchestras, our contemporary ensemble, NOVA, and our Early Music ensembles--giving our students the chance to perform new and standard works that stretch their abilities in our state-of-the-art Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Our alumni hold positions in leading US orchestras (including Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Milwaukee, Orlando, and others) and US military bands including the D.C.-based U. S. Marine “President’s Own”, the U.S. Army Pershing Band, the U.S. Navy and Air Force Bands and numerous regional military bands, and on Broadway. Many of our graduates serve as educators from elementary to university level, in the United States and abroad. Others can be found recording for major motion picture soundtracks and television studios, publishing scholarly work, and serving as administrative leaders in the music industry.
In addition to the comprehensive offerings at UNT, woodwind students perform in numerous well-paying professional orchestras in the broad Dallas-Ft. Worth cultural region. They also hone their teaching skills through many Teaching Fellowships and Assistantships and in private teaching in secondary school programs throughout the region.
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