Even during a pandemic, Linda Strube, programs coordinator, safely produces performance programs with limited printing. Linda began producing performance program in 2001 and has produced 18,337 programs.

Ellen Bakulina, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, published "Tonal Pairing in Two of Rachmaninoff's Songs" in Analytical Approaches to Twentieth-Century Russian Music: Tonality, Modernism, Serialism. Edited by Inessa Bazayev and Christopher Segall.

Episode 24 with Dr. John Richmond, Dean of the UNT College of Music.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/43g25fF1YMlSbtEFu4jhTV?si=o5K2AoXVTLWH3...

Associate Professor of Horn, Stacie Mickens, has released "From the Great Lakes: Music for Horn" featuring Stacie Mickens & Friends. With partial funding from a University of North Texas Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant, the album features four pieces, three of which were composed for the performer. Composers include David Morgan ("When Penguins Fly"), Susan Mutter ("Ages"), and James Wilding ("Distill" and "Melencolia.")

Justin Benavidez (BM ’05) is now under agreement with Oxford University Press to publish Notes for Tubists: A Guide to the Repertoire with release date in 2023. The publication is designed to be the definitive guide to significant works for the tuba soloist repertoire. He is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Florida State University College of Music.

Assistant Professor of Music History, Brian Wright, published an article entitled "Jaco Pastorius, the Electric Bass, and the Struggle for Jazz Credibility" in the University of California Press. In addition, he co-authored a conference report in the same volume.

Jay Walls (MM ’95 Composition, PhD ’11 Composition) was named Chair for the Harding University Department of Music in Searcy, Arkansas. He is Associate Professor teaching composition, orchestration and counterpoint and is director of the Arts & Life Performance Series.

Kristina Caswell MacMullen, Associate Professor of Choral Studies and Director of University Singers and Kalandra, appeared on "With One Accord," a podcast of Houston Chamber Choir. April Harris spoke with Macmullen and Georgia State University’s Deanna Joseph.

The Foundation for Music Education competition has named Denton High School (TX) as the national winner of the High School Jazz Ensemble Division. Jesse Woolery (BM ’04) leads the winning ensemble and is Associate Director of Bands, Director of Jazz Studies and also “the voice” of the University of North Texas Green Brigade.

Paula Gudmundson (MM ’01) was featured in the Duluth News Tribune as she performed six flute performances in one afternoon. She is Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Minnesota Duluth.