Alumna Helps Create Opera Short Film

Esme Wong, pianist (MM ’17), is part of the short film "To the Afflicted" with Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo soprano, singing “All’afflitto è dolce il pianto,” an aria from Gaetano Donizetti’s 1837 opera Roberto Devereux. "To the Afflicted is a solemn remembrance, a celebration, a clenched fist around the reigns of destiny, an open hand raised in praise. I dedicate this to the afflicted, those in opera and those fighting on the front lines for justice and equity.” - Bryce-Davis 

https://tinyurl.com/OperaShort

Alumna To South Carolina

Beginning Fall 2021, Colleen Clark (DMA ’19, drum set), will begin her tenure as Assistant Professor of Jazz at the University of South Carolina.

Organ Alumnus To Finals

Hentus van Rooyen, (MM '15, DMA '19) was selected as semi-finalist in the 12th Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition and will compete in the next round in Kaliningrad, Russia.

DMA Student To Memphis

Francis Cathlina, DMA student in choral conducting, will become Visiting Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Fall 2021.

Breaking News

John W. Richmond, Professor and Dean of the College of Music, has announced that University leadership has approved multi-million-dollar funding for significant renovations to North Texas Jazz | UNT Division of Jazz Studies instructional, rehearsal and performance space known as Lab West (Room 282). Planning is now underway with renovations occurring during Summer 2022. This renovation aligns with the 75th anniversary celebration of the UNT Jazz Studies program.

Broberg Music From Carnegie Hall

The album ENDURANCE was released with Pianist Matthew McCright of music performed from Carnegie Hall, includes Associate Professor of Composition, Kirsten Soriano Broberg, Composer's “Rain Gardens.”

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