The late Lyle Mays (1953-2020), announced as the WINNER for Best Instrumental Composition for “Eberhard.” As a UNT student, he composed and arranged the music for the One O'Clock Lab Band®’s album Lab ’75, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. He was nominated for 24 Grammys – winning 10 as a member of the Pat Metheny Group and receiving a nomination for the first of his five solo albums. He performed with Joni Mitchell and the group Earth, Wind & Fire. In 2010, he was in residency as part of the Glenn E. Gomez International Artists Endowment for Jazz Studies.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-04-03/2022-grammy-winners-complete-list

Affiliated Grammy winner as vocalist for Best Instrumental Composition - “Eberhard” by alumnus, the late Lyle Mays (1953-2020). Gary is UNT Alumni BA '92, MA '14.

Master of Music student in jazz violin, Alexa Torres Skillicorn, awarded a Fulbright research award for her project, "Ethnography of Practice: An Embodied Jazz Violin Praxis in Poland." She will study in Poland following her research as a Presser Graduate Scholar in France and Belgium.

Jazz Guitar Today’s Thomas Amoriello, Jr. recently featured University of North Texas student Noah Myers. See story and video: tinyurl.com/NoahMyersUNT

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge have released their seventh recording, “Within Us,” that includes EIGHT UNT alumni - Tom Brantley, Per Danielsson, Tami Danielsson, Frank Greene, Clay Jenkins, Keith Oshiro, Chuck Owen and Rex Wertz. See the trailer: https://youtu.be/heEuOAP7ZUg

Billy Harper (BA ’65) featured in Billboard Magazine's January 2022 edition with a Ted Panken penned article about The Cookers and its members’ stories. In 1964 Billy Harper became the first African American member of the One O'Clock Lab Band®. See story tinyurl.com/BillyHarper

Noah Myers has received the Alicja and Anna Śmietana award at the 4th International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition, Kraków, Poland. The prize recognizes the best performance of a Jarek Śmietana composition. smietanacompetition.com/en/

The 2022 version and 38th edition of Fiske Guide to Colleges includes the University of North Texas College of Music to its list of “Large Universities Strong in Music.” There are 31 universities on this list.

College Gazette named the University of North Texas the Best Performing Arts College in the United States. According to the authors, “These [ten institutions] are exceptionally prestigious schools that regularly invite major guest artists to campus, are highly selective, and have stellar faculty who are accomplished performing artists themselves.” In addition to the significant offerings of the College of Music, the ranking includes our friends in UNT Department of Dance and Theatre along with the extensive UNT Music Library. 
http://collegegazette.com