Junior, Seth Carter, won the Tuba Artist Gold Medal and received the Leonard Falcone Tribute Award from the 2020 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival.

Assistant Professor of Music Education, William J. Coppola releases World Music Pedagogy, Volume VII: Teaching World Music in Higher Education along with David G. Hebert and Patricia Shehan Campbell

Terence Hobdy, (MM ’15) began his role as Head of Jazz Studies at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.

Sergio Pamies, (MM ’11, DMA ’16), joined the faculty of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano.

An interview with the 国家大剧院 National Centre for the Performing Arts, Andrew May, Associate Professor of Composition and David Stout, Professor of Composition Studies and Coordinator for Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA), speak to their experience with creating music using artificial intelligence.

Amrutha Murthy, Class of 2022, flute performance and music education student, has received an undergraduate research fellowship studying the facets of the ‘flow theory’ in music education which will be the basis of defending her undergraduate thesis. Her mentor will be Daniel Cook, Lecturer in Wind Studies, Director of Athletic Bands and Conductor of Wind Ensemble.

The Nimitz Middle School Varsity Treble Choir (Ector County ISD, Odessa, Texas), directed by Anne Sieloff, was invited to perform at the 2021 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) national conference. Derek Fletcher (BM '19) along with Keegan Fenton are assistant directors for the choral program.

Jessica Napoles, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education and Interim Chair of the Division of Conducting and Ensembles, was named College/Community Vice President and Allen Hightower, Professor and Director of Choral Studies, was named Church Vice President of the Texas Choral Directors Association.

Boonyarit Kittaweepitak (DMA ’20), is now euphonium instructor at the College of Music at Mahidol University in Thailand. He is also one of the founders and is music director of Mahidol University Brass Band. Boonyarit is a Besson performing artist.

Brendon Wilkins, (BM '16, MM '19) was selected to perform in one of the Emerging Artist Series concerts as a part of the National Flute Association's Summer Series. He will performed Zoom Tube for solo flute by Ian Clarke and Papilionian Dance for flute, clarinet and oboe by Gary P. Nash.

As Professor of Flute, she informally began the UNT “Summer Flute Class Series” at the onset of COVID-19 to build and retain the community of UNT flute students. Since then it has grown to a no-cost global gathering place. The recent class included more than 500 registrants with participants from across the globe and throughout the United States and welcomed professionals, amateurs, music educators and students of all ages. The esteemed William Bennett, OBE, considered widely as one of the foremost figures in the flute world, was included in the Zoom series.

Carolyn Cruse (BM '94) has been invited to lead an interest session titled "Creating Preparatory Sheets to Maximize Sequential Teaching" and is being presented with Denise Eaton at the 2021 ACDA national conference in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Cruse is Associate Director of Choral Studies and Associate Professor of Music Education at Texas Tech University.