Ellen Bakulina, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, published "Tonal Pairing in Two of Rachmaninoff's Songs" in Analytical Approaches to Twentieth-Century Russian Music: Tonality, Modernism, Serialism. Edited by Inessa Bazayev and Christopher Segall.

Associate Professor of Horn, Stacie Mickens, has released "From the Great Lakes: Music for Horn" featuring Stacie Mickens & Friends. With partial funding from a University of North Texas Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant, the album features four pieces, three of which were composed for the performer. Composers include David Morgan ("When Penguins Fly"), Susan Mutter ("Ages"), and James Wilding ("Distill" and "Melencolia.")

Assistant Professor of Music History, Brian Wright, published an article entitled "Jaco Pastorius, the Electric Bass, and the Struggle for Jazz Credibility" in the University of California Press. In addition, he co-authored a conference report in the same volume.

Kristina Caswell MacMullen, Associate Professor of Choral Studies and Director of University Singers and Kalandra, appeared on "With One Accord," a podcast of Houston Chamber Choir. April Harris spoke with Macmullen and Georgia State University’s Deanna Joseph.

Paula Gudmundson (MM ’01) was featured in the Duluth News Tribune as she performed six flute performances in one afternoon. She is Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Ruben Balboa III (MM ‘16) serves as Instructional Assistant Professor of Viola and Assistant Director/Master Teacher for the Illinois State String Project at Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University.

Haven Trio releases “Twinge” – retelling stories of survival from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The CD features trio members, UNT Professor of Clarinet, Kimberly Cole Luevano, Lindsay Kesselman, soprano and Midori Koga, piano with music by Jon Magnussen and words and narration by Barry Bearak. Released on Blue Griffin Records.
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Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of Concert Choir, Jessica Nápoles, has been appointed as the Interim Chair of the Division of Music Education for the Fall 2020 semester. She also serves co-coordinating the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conference and sits on the board of the Texas Choral Directors Association.

Jeremy Blackwood, (MM ’06, DMA ’14) was named Dean of the Graduate School at Southeastern State University in Durant, Oklahoma. He previously served as chair of the department of music, vocal coordinator, music director for Opera Southeastern and for productions with Theatre at Southeastern. He is music director for the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival.

THREE of the first FIVE instructors of the Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute taught music. The UNT College of Music is now the largest public-university music program in the United States and one of the most globally respected. About 70 students were included in that first class - today, 130 years later, UNT has 40,796 students.

Marcel Castro-Lima joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Tyler as an Adjunct Professor of Music Theory and Applied Composition.