The release of Disney's The Lion King included assistant professor of jazz violin, Scott Tixier (r. in photo), playing the music of composer, Hans Zimmer (l in photo).

This keyboard advertisement appeared on the inside front cover of the program book for the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition held on the campus of one of our colleague institutions in Dallas (TX).

Sean Powell, Chair of Music Education presented "One-Dimensional Praxis: The Ideology of Performance and Competition in Music Education" https://mdg31.weebly.com/sean-robert-powell.html

Associate Professor Donna Emmanuel and Assistant Professor Crystal Gerrard co-presented "Reconceptualizing Community Engagement: An Ecology of Wholeness" https://mdg31.weebly.com/crystal-gerrard--donna-emmanuel.html

A student note of thanks posted on the office door of Benjamin Graf, Senior Lecturer of Music Theory.

Writing about inclusivity, "...the formal jazz-study hubs for aspiring musicians, such as the Juilliard School, Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas College of Music, the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, and the University of Michigan, which have opened the music to women and other students from all backgrounds." Seven mentioned in the article will be guests on campus while two have performed on campus. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/women-in-jazz-sisterhood

Patrick Miller (BM '15), a Coppell (TX) music teacher, has been working to create LGBTQ scholarship for youth who show community leadership.

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