Organ performance student, Ryan Giraldi, was selected as recipient of the 2023 M. Louise Miller–Paul E. Knox Scholarship. The award is presented annually by the Greater Bridgeport, Connecticut chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

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.

With financial assistance from the Mellon Foundation, Anuj Bhutani has received a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant to write a new piece for Khemia Ensemble.

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.

UNT’s Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater hosts Professor of Composition Jon Christopher Nelson’s performance of works from the Neuma Records release of  The Persistence of Time and Memory. It is, "...inviting the listener to perceive connections with sounds they may remember from their past."

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.

Clarinet alumni Olivia Steinman Deems (BM ’14, Honors College) serves the Sarasota Orchestra of Florida as Director of Artistic Operations.

Christopher Sharpe (MM ’14, DMA ’19) becomes Visiting Professor of Trombone at Murray State University in Kentucky.

Kendall Prinz (MM ’99) appointed Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.

Kasetsart Winds from Bangkok, Thailand’s Kasetsart University, conducted by alumni Nipat Kanchanahud (MM ’06, DMA ‘15), performs at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Chris Williams (BM ’08) begins his role as President and CEO of the American Pianists Association. Board Chair William C. Sando said, “The American Pianists Association has searched for a person with creativity, vision, passion for serving young piano artists and our diverse community, extensive musical leadership experience, and a presence that inspires. We are excited to report that we found all of these traits in Chris Williams.”

Professor Jennifer Lane is spending part of her Summer in Hawaii. She appeared as soloist in two concerts, including the William Byrd 400th Anniversary concert and where she directed the Enchanted Isle Vocal Workshop.