Blake Birmingham (BM ’18 and MM student) is Adjunct Professor of Low Brass at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Marcel Castro-Lima joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Tyler as an Adjunct Professor of Music Theory and Applied Composition.

University of North Texas Honors College and sophomore College of Music student, Cole Rouse, from Sarasota, Florida, finds late night quiet space to practice in the Environmental Education, Science & Technology Building. The scene was captured by Jaime E. Jiménez, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences.

Jacqueline Townsend (DMA ’18) is now Director of Bands at Lubbock Christian University.

Jennifer Cowley, PhD, UNT Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, recently announced that Dean John W. Richmond, PhD and Professor, has agreed to continue his service as Dean of the College of Music following his reappointment review. His second, five-year term begins August 1, 2021. According to Provost Crowley, “He has fostered the growth and quality of the student body, led the College in its strategic planning, supported new imaginative curricula, recruited new faculty and staff, and brought increased recognition to the College.”

Hendrik Schulze, Associate Professor of Music History, with Sara Elisa Stangalino has published the “first scholarly-critical edition” of the early baroque opera of Francesco Cavalli's opera Xerse (1655). It is published by Bärenreiter as part of the Cavalli Works Edition.

David Portillo (MM ’05) and collaborative partner, Yasuko Oura featured Schumann’s Dichterliebe, a set of Roger Quilter songs and a performance of My Dearest Ruth, by Stacy Garrop during a streamed live from the salon of the historic Glessner House in Chicago.

Ann MacMillan, (upper left corner), coordinator of the #UNT instrument repair program, has been included as mentor on the 2020-21 Women+’s Mentoring Program of the North American Saxophone Alliance’s Committee on the Status of Women. Applicants selected will work with mentors to develop community engagement projects aimed at school-aged saxophonists, the elderly or under-resourced communities.

The UNT Division of Music Education had another banner year (2019-2020) of job placements for 48 recent graduates. See the list:

Bryan Aguilar, Crowley ISD; Amy Allmon, Troy ISD; Hannah Anthony, Saginaw ISD; Katrina Arabie, Burkburnett ISD; Tyler Atkins, Houston ISD; Sarah Grace Boyd, Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language; Luke Hahn, Brady ISD; Andrew Burris, Humble ISD; Marcus Cardenas, Irving ISD; Manuel Cardona, Denton ISD; Melinda Coleman, Lubbock-Cooper ISD; Kathryn Davidson, Irving ISD; Katherine Dickerson, Venus ISD; Melanie Gorsalitz, Klein ISD; Julia Gray, Gainesville ISD; Jacob Guerrero, Belton ISD; Valeria Gulino, Lake Dallas ISD; Leah Gulley, Lewisville ISD; Emily Frederickson Hahn, Brady ISD; Olivia Havel, Northwest ISD; Jordan Haynes, Archdiocese of San Antonio; Reilly Hensley, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD; Katy Hinton - Irving ISD; Frances Jimenez, Del Valle ISD; Jay Lopez, Pflugerville ISD; Brandon Lucio - Allen ISD; Emma McClure, Plano ISD; Allie Mahmood, Arlington ISD; Max Mollenkamp, Frisco ISD; Alan Olmos, Granbury ISD; Ryan Oster, Jarrell ISD; Samantha Pendleton, Midlothian ISD; Iris Quezada - Austin ISD; Valerie Quezada, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD; Brandon Rios, Galena Park ISD; Andres Rodriguez, Dallas ISD; Philip Roth, Frisco ISD; Miranda Saenz, Rowlett ISD; Hayley Scoggins, Klein ISD; Joseph Sheehan, Plainview ISD; Hunger Smith, Wylie ISD; Michael Solis, Sinton ISD; Nicholas Standish, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD; Sam Sweet, Garland ISD; Sarah Vander Meulen, Teague ISD; Esther Wang - Frisco ISD; Tristan Willard, Electra ISD; Abigail Young, Port Chester Union Free School District (NY).

Kimary Fick (PhD, Musicology, ‘15), published her article, "Feeling the Feminine, Forming the Masculine: Amateur Male Musicians and the Flute Sonatas of Anna Bon di Venezia (1738–?)" in Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture 24 (2020).