Eckert Leads Idaho State Ensemble
Rosana Eckert, principle lecturer of vocal jazz, served as the guest conductor for the 2020 Idaho All State Jazz Choir which performed at the Idaho MEA convention in Nampa.
Rosana Eckert, principle lecturer of vocal jazz, served as the guest conductor for the 2020 Idaho All State Jazz Choir which performed at the Idaho MEA convention in Nampa.
UNT's Chinese Ensemble recently visited St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas showcasing the music and instruments of China. https://mhte.music.unt.edu/home
Terri Lyne Carrington - drummer, producer, educator and activist performed February 13, 2020. Photo: John Watson
See what some of our students, faculty and alumni have been up to during the last year
Along with student soloists Caleb Belonga, Miles Roth and Mary Maule, three University of North Texas Trumpet Studio ensembles are advancing to the National Trumpet Competition quarter finals in March.
Austin Ford has been selected as one of ten national semifinalists of the jazz division for the 2020 National Trumpet Competition taking place in March at Messiah College in Pennsylvania (USA) where the winner will also be announced.
Drew Zaremba (MM '15, BM '13) will write new works to be premiered by New York Youth Symphony Jazz under Director Andy Clausen in three concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club and another jazz venue to be announced.
See pages 4 and 5 for the double page spread in the 62nd annual GRAMMY Awards program book as we continue to celebrate 10-time Emmy Award winner Bruce Broughton's gift to the University of North Texas.
Daniel Cook presented two sessions at the Florida Music Education Association conference
Professor of Piano, Joseph Banowetz, was very recently named Honorary Education Director for Lang Lang Art World in China.
Grant Peters (DMA ’98, MM ’91) was elected to a two year term as the 23rd President of the International Trumpet Guild (Official) - the premiere professional organization of trumpeters, serving 4,000 members in more than 64 countries. Peters is in his 24th year as professor at Missouri State University Music Department where he teaches applied trumpet.
Austin Schilling, saxophone, has been named as finalist for "The President's Own" United States Marine Band 2020 Concerto Competition and in February will compete at the John Philip Sousa Band Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex in Washington, DC.
The junior music education and saxophone performance major was named winner of the Young Artists Woodwind Division of the Music Teachers National Association competition. He advances to the next round held in 2020
ALUMNA HONORED AS REGENTS TEACHER: Cynthia Gonzales (MM Theory '90, BM '82) an associate professor in the School of Music at Texas State University in San Marcos, was honored in 2019 as a Texas State University System Regents’ Teacher and received the 2018 Texas State Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
NEW YORK TIMES PRAISES ALUMNUS DAVID PORTILLO (MM '05) "The tenor David Portillo, who was a standout at the Met last spring in Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites,” was wonderful as Tamino: a rich sound, melting phrasing during moments of lyrical reverie and impressively crisp diction." - Anthony Tommasini
Christine Belle Cumberledge (BM '97) and Nick Wilson (BM '15) direct bands at Central Jr. High (Hurst-Euless-Bedford TX ISD). The symphonic band traveled to Chicago for the international Midwest Clinic conference.
The Galveston based and one of the largest foundations in Texas recently announced a $125,000 grant to The College of Music in “assistance with a series of six free concerts in public accessible venues throughout Dallas.”
Eun Seo Park (MM '15, BM ‘13) has become an instructor for University of Arkansas chamber music studies and the U of A Community Music School
The Rea Charitable Trust, administered by Wells Fargo Bank, has granted THE College of Music $20,000 to expand our Mariachi program to include other regional Mexican music traditions. Congratulations to Cathy Ragland on this successful grant submission. Mariachi Águilas de UNT recently moved to the Division of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology where Cathy has assumed the role of faculty advisor.
PILOT EPISODE SCREENED: The Media Series Workshop students and College of Music’s Drew Schnurr, Assistant Professor in Composition and Media Arts, screened the feature length pilot episode of Fairview Chronicles.