The October issue of DownBeat Magazine - James Hale writes, "New Era: UNT Adapts in Highly Competitive Field." See page 108.

CHORAL FACULTY TO CONDUCT IN NYC: Jessica Nápoles, Interim Chair of Conducting & Ensembles, has been invited to conduct the High School Honors Mixed Chorus at Carnegie Hall in March 2020 as part of the Honors Performance Series through World Strides. She was invited to conduct the High School Honors Women’s Chorus in 2019 and asked to return in 2020.

In the announcement, he is described as a "sublime jazz pianist... A consummate musician and inspired educator."

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TO RELEASE FACULTY BOOK: Professor of Music History and Coordinator of Music History, Margaret Notley's, book, Taken by the Devil: The Censorship of Frank Wedekind and Alban Berg's “Lulu,” will be released in September as part of the AMS Studies in Music, the official series of the American Musicological Society.

PHD STUDENT ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION: Kari Adams' article, Changes to Spacing Preference in Ensembles of Varying Size: A Pilot Study, to be published in the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing.

More than 250 incoming Freshmen gather during First Flight 2019. Among these distinguished young musicians are 10 National Merit Scholars.

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