Chair of the Division of Instrumental Studies and Professor of Clarinet, Kimberly Cole Luevano, received the 2024 Creative Impact Award from the University of North Texas Division of Research and Innovation. The award is granted to a member of the faculty, “whose research accomplishments or creative endeavors have been truly outstanding.”
The College of Music announced that Miguel Garcia was joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of String Music Education beginning Fall 2024. Mr. Garcia’s research interests include musical identity, string pedagogy, gender and music education, and the relationships between music participation and identity development. He is also a professional violinist and violist.
College of Music Dean John W. Richmond announced that Brian Walker will be joining the UNT faculty as Associate Professor of Trumpet beginning Fall 2024. Dr. Walker came to UNT from Tarleton State University. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild and is an alumnus of UNT receiving his DMA in 2011.
After serving UNT and its College of Music students since 1986, Jesse Eschbach, Professor of Organ, announced his intent to retire at the close of the 2023-2024 academic year. Dr. Eschbach is University of Michigan, Indiana University and Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison educated, a published author, performer, lecturer and pedagogue. Among others, he studied organ with Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier and piano with Christiane Devos. His students sit on important organ appointments throughout the world. In 2023 he oversaw major expansion and renovation of the 100-year-old 1949 Möller IV/78 in UNT's Main Auditorium originally built in 1924.
Professor of Saxophone and Coordinator of Woodwinds, Eric Nestler, received renewal of his appointment as DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR.
Professor and Director of Early Music and Director of UNT’s Baroque Orchestra, Paul Leenhouts, appointed DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR by the University of North Texas.
Director of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI) and Professor of Composition, Panayiotis Kokoras, named REGENTS PROFESSOR by the University of North Texas.
David Childs, Professor of Euphonium and Co-Director of the UNT Brass Band, honored by the University of North Texas with DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR designation.
The College of Music joins in celebrating Willem van Schalkwyk's (MM '06, DMA '09) appointment as Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano and Vocal Coaching. His new position begins Fall 2024.
The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers, by UNT Associate Professor of Choral Studies, Marques L. A. Garrett, named Presto Music's Choral Publication of the Year. “A landmark collection… we chose this collection as our winner for its original and exceptional content, as well as its aim to improve representation within the choral sector.”
