Kaitlin Miller (BM ’21 Honors College) named winner of the American Harp Society (AHS) National Competition Young Professional resulting in her being named AHS Concert Artist through 2025. The competition was held in Los Angeles.

Assistant Professor of Music History Brian Wright's article, "What Kenny G Can Teach Us About Jazz," published in the Journal of Jazz Studies.

Assistant Professor Daphne Gerling elected to President-Elect of the American Viola Society. Dr. Gerling has served on the AVS board since 2014 and is coordinator of the 2024 American Viola Society Festival in Los Angeles.

UNT’s tuba and euphonium ensemble perform at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Tempe, Arizona.

Lab West (Room 282) begins. The work includes infrastructure changes, acoustic improvements, new seating, the addition of an elevator, and restroom renovations, with additional improvements to enhance educational and audience experiences.

Sunnyside Records releases new 10 track album, “Way Back.” (funded in part by a 2022 @UNT Scholarly and Creative Activity award from the College of Music). One track called "Wintry Mix," is inspired by the North Texas landscape and weather.

Aaron Jensen, trumpet (DMA ’20) becomes Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia (USA).

University of North Texas PhD student Thomas Rinn has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Music Education at Texas State University, San Marcos.

Chair of the Division of Music Education, Sean Powell, published by Oxford University Press. The Ideology of Competition in School Music is available through Oxford University Press website.

UNT graduate jazz piano student, Tomás Jonsson, WON The 2023 Jacksonville (Florida) Jazz Festival Piano Competition.

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Matthew Dexter, bass-baritone, received the 2022-2023 Presser Award. Considered the most prestigious undergraduate award in music at UNT, the Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar award is presented annually to a student, at the conclusion of his or her junior year, who has shown extraordinary musical and academic accomplishments. The winner is nominated and selected by the UNT music faculty and receives the award from the Presser Foundation, which awards annual scholarships, grants and funds for furthering music education and music in America. The organization was founded in 1916 by Theodore Presser, music publisher and philanthropist.

Marques L.A. Garrett joins us as Associate Professor of Choral Activities in the Division of Ensembles and Conducting. He earned a PhD in Music Education in Choral Conducting at Florida State University, the MM from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BA from Hampton University. As a highly sought-after composer, his largest work to date, "Dreamland: Tulsa 1921" was a collaboration with librettist Sandra Seaton commissioned by Dallas, Texas based Turtle Creek Chorale telling the story of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His research areas include vocal music of Black composers, non-idiomatic choral music of Black composers, the choral music of R. Nathaniel Dett, Negro spirituals and choral conducting/rehearsal techniques. He is the editor/compiler of "The Oxford Handbook of Choral Music by Black Composers" published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Garrett comes to Denton from the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.