Assistant Professor of Viola, Daphne Gerling, awarded the Fredell Lack Outstanding Young Studio Teacher Award from the Texas String Teachers Association. TexAsta president Kevin Garcia-Hettinger presented the award.
Professor of Piano, Gustavo Romero, designated as University Distinguished Research Professor. Michael McPherson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, said. “…your selection demonstrates the very high caliber of faculty such as yourself who merit this honorable distinction.”
UNT Associate Professor Alan Baylock directed the First Jazz Band during the Arkansas All-State Music Conference – All-State Clinic performances.
Assistant Professor of Music History and specialist in American popular music history, Brian Wright, presents "Play Guitar with the Ventures!: How Amateurs Reshaped Rock 'n' Roll" at the Cleveland, Ohio Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Rock Hall's joint lecture series with the American Musicological Society.
The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy won an award for outstanding multi-author publication from the Society for Music Theory featuring one chapter by Associate Professor of Music Theory David Heetderks with another by Doug Donley (MA ’16, PhD ‘21) and Andrew Vagts (PhD ‘20).
The University of North Texas Foundation awarded April Prince, principal lecturer in music history, theory and ethnomusicology with its Outstanding Lecturer Award.
Crystal Lynn Gerrard-Ramirez, Assistant Professor of Music Education, published an article, “Denying America”: Vivian’s Counterstory of Undocumented Status," in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education.
Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Music Theory, Vivek Virani, published, "From Satsaṅg to Stage: Negotiating Aesthetic Theologies and Aspirational Subjectivities in a North Indian Bhajan Competition,” in the Society for Ethnomusicology Journal.
Paul Rennick, Professor of Percussion, contributes to new book, Rehearsing the Concert and Marching Percussion Ensemble by James Campbell.
Associate Professor and Division of Jazz Studies Chair, Rob Parton, directs both the Florida and New Mexico All State Jazz Bands.
