Harp Faculty Featured
UNT Associate Professor of Harp, Jaymee Haefner, appeared on the September/October issue of Harp Column along with a feature article titled Next In Line.
UNT Associate Professor of Harp, Jaymee Haefner, appeared on the September/October issue of Harp Column along with a feature article titled Next In Line.
Twenty percussion faculty and students of the University of North Texas College of Music presented concerts and clinics at Poland’s Krakow Academy of Music, The Opole School of Music and served as featured soloists/judges and clinicians for Europe's largest percussion festival, Drum Fest and the Polish National Marimba/Vibraphone Competition. Former faculty member Nicholas Williams (BM ‘97, MM ‘04, DMA ‘09) conducts the Opole Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra involving UNT students and faculty.
l-r Dave Hall, Michael Crawford, Mark Ford, Paul Rennick and José Aponte. Students include John Thomas Baker, Jase Ballard, Desmond Bigler, Jacob Fullinwider, Aidan Henderson, Sam Koch, Raina Liao, Sophia Lo, Nathan Siegel, Zeke Strawn, Denton Sutherlin and Maddie Wallace.
Seraph Brass performed as part of the 119th University of North Texas Rawlins Fine Arts Series. Included as an artist in Seraph Brass is Raquel Samayoa, UNT alumna (DMA ‘08) and Associate Professor of Trumpet.
The Sarasota Music Festival (Florida) hosted University of North Texas Professor of Clarinet, Kimberly Cole Luevano, as Summer Music Faculty.
Joshua Taylor contributes his expertise, including five new hymn texts, to the book, A Liturgy for All Bodies: New Words for a New World, from Cyclical Publishing.
Rosana Eckert directed the Kansas Honor Jazz Choir at the Kansas Choral Directors Association Summer convention in Topeka.
Jamey Kelley, along with UNT alumni Kelsey Nussbaum (MMEd '18, Ph.D. '21), published in Music Educators Journal with the article, “Equity in Music Education: Dismantling Racism through Supportive Feedback in the Music Classroom."
Assistant Professor of Music History, Brian Wright presents his paper, “Before Bootsy: James Brown’s Early Electric Bassists and the Development of Funk,” at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, United States branch Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy awarded UNT Assistant Professor Brad Beckman (MM ‘89, DMA ‘94) with a Frances Clark Center Outstanding Service Recognition Award. This award is presented for ongoing leadership, highest-quality expertise, and support for the advancement of piano teaching, learning, and performing.
Sacred music faculty member Joshua Taylor's book, “From Plague to Purpose: Sacred Wandering and the Postmodern Church,” published by Wipf and Stock Publishers.