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David Portillo, (MM ’05) tenor, has created the role of Jonathan Harker in John Corigliano’s Lord of Cries at the Santa Fe Opera. The libretto is by Mark Adamo, conducted by Johannes Debus and directed by James Darrah. Photo: Curtis Brown.
Seth Colter Walls pens the Philip Glass Opera Satyagraha and named it one of The Metropolitan Opera’s greatest stagings of the 21st century. Released on DVD and CD, the opera is sung in Sanskrit, with Distinguished Research Professor of Voice Richard Croft, tenor, as Mahatma Gandhi and Professor of Voice and Chair of the Division of Vocal Studies, Molly Fillmore, as Mrs. Naidoo.
Regular guest composer residencies, visiting new music specialists, and dozens of sponsored events each year provide students with a rich educational and artistic experience.
The following degrees are offered through the Division of Composition Studies:
College of Music ensembles appear regularly at prestigious state, national and international conferences including the American Choral Directors Association, the College Band Directors National Conference, the Music Educators National Conference, the International Association of Jazz Educators, the Boston Early Music Festival, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and many others.
The UNT One O'Clock Lab Band is the centerpiece of the program, which offers bachelor and master of music degrees in jazz studies. Eleven faculty, each renowned and respected in the field, instruct almost 400 majors in areas of applied instrumental performance, vocal jazz and composition/arranging. Almost 75 majors are recipients of endowed jazz scholarships.
It sponsors a lecture series that annually attracts scholars from throughout the world, regularly invites short residencies from major figures in the disciplines, and in recent years has hosted important international conferences on Strauss, Berlioz, and 500 years of printed music.
It publishes Theoria, a journal devoted to historical aspects of music theory.
Annually the division conducts study abroad opportunities in Eastern Europe, Africa, and China.
Faculty and students of the Division of Vocal Studies regularly perform in opera, concert, and recital both on and off-campus. For a listing of UNT events, go to: calendar.music.unt.edu
Recent guests include Darren Keith Woods and Joseph Illick of Fort Worth Opera, Matthew Horner of IMG Artists, Ann Baltz of OperaWorks, and David Brock of Texas Christian University and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Alumni of the Division of Vocal Studies include: