June 8, University of North Texas alumna Latonia Moore performed on the Great Stages Concert hosted by Queen Latifah as The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin presented an evening honoring the memory of contralto and civil rights leader Marian Anderson. Moore joined fellow sopranos Audra McDonald, Angel Blue and pianist Marcus Roberts.

Soprano and Professor Molly Fillmore, Chair of the Division of Vocal Studies, and Assistant Professor of Jazz Trumpet - Lead Emphasis, Philip Dizack, Division of Jazz Studies, have each been named a recipient of a 2024-2025 University of North Texas Initiative for Advancement of the Arts (IAA) Fellowship. John W. Richmond, Professor and Dean of the College of Music said, “Please join me in offering heartfelt congratulations to them for this important affirmation of their work and to Provost McPherson for his important investments in our research and creative activities!”

MOLLY FILLMORE’S work is a multi-media, interdisciplinary project culminating with a commercially released audio recording and music videos consisting of songs performed in England during the Regency era. Her collaborators Include Steven Harlos, Jaymee Haefner and Jeffrey Snider.

The Fellowship to PHILIP DIZACK will be utilized to support the composition of a large-scale work entitled "Brass Regalia." A multi-suite composition written for jazz quartet & nine-piece brass ensemble telling the story of resilience and healing from childhood trauma. The culmination of the work will include a European tour and performance including a concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus Wiener Konzerthaus as a part of their "Art of Brass" series in June 2025.

Cherisse Williams, DMA in Voice and MBA student in Music Business, received the Golden Eagle Award created by UNT's Center for Leadership and Service and Division of Student Affairs. "The Golden Eagle Award is the most prestigious award that UNT bestows on a student leader." The award is inscribed, "For their impact on the University of North Texas through their Commitment to Co-curricular Involvement, Engagement in Service to the UNT and Greater Communities, Commitment to Impeccable Leadership and Achievement of Academic Excellence."

Josefina Maldonado, mezzo-soprano, (BM’19), returns to Severance Hall to be featured soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra in 3 performances of Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater” conducted by Dalia Stasevska.

UNT alumnus Thann Scoggin, bass-baritone, (BM '04, MS '07) won in the Recording Academy category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance as an ensemble member of Roomful of Teeth for the album “Rough Magic.”

The Recording Academy announced that UNT College of Music alumna and principal soloist, soprano Latonia Moore, as winner in the Best Opera Recording category for “Blanchard: Champion.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.

Cherisse Williams named Second-Prize Winner of the William Gammon Henry Concerto Competition and will perform at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas during their 2024-2025 season and with the UNT Concert Orchestra conducted by Clay Couturiaux.

Two UNT Vocal Studies Alumni have been chosen from more than 1,000 applicants for the Santa Fe Opera apprentice program for singers. Alumni Kayla Nanto, mezzo-soprano, (MM '18) and David Bogaev, tenor (MM '20) will be Santa Fe apprentice artists in 2024. "This is one of the most prestigious and competitive apprentice programs in the nation."

Winners of the 2022-2023 National Opera Association Opera Production Competition announced. The judges gave a total of 24 awards from the 87 applicants. The University of North Texas College of Music production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by André Previn & Philip Littell was named Division VII 1st place winner. UNT Associate Professor and Music Director of Opera, Stephanie Rhodes Russell, conducted, Taylor Rachel Carnes was stage director, Donna Marquet was scenic designer and Michael Robinson designed costumes. NOA divisions are based on student classification, production size and budget. Photo: Cathy Vanover.

Bass Cameron Beauchamp has been nominated in the category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance as an ensemble member of Roomful of Teeth for the album Rough Magic.

Tenor David Portillo (MM’05) received a 2024 Grammy nomination as principal soloist for Corigliano: The Lord Of Cries. Gil Rose was producer and conducted the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera Chorus.