Sean Powell, Chair of Music Education presented "One-Dimensional Praxis: The Ideology of Performance and Competition in Music Education" https://mdg31.weebly.com/sean-robert-powell.html

Associate Professor Donna Emmanuel and Assistant Professor Crystal Gerrard co-presented "Reconceptualizing Community Engagement: An Ecology of Wholeness" https://mdg31.weebly.com/crystal-gerrard--donna-emmanuel.html

A student note of thanks posted on the office door of Benjamin Graf, Senior Lecturer of Music Theory.

Writing about inclusivity, "...the formal jazz-study hubs for aspiring musicians, such as the Juilliard School, Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas College of Music, the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, and the University of Michigan, which have opened the music to women and other students from all backgrounds." Seven mentioned in the article will be guests on campus while two have performed on campus. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/women-in-jazz-sisterhood

ALUMNUS NEWS: Jesse Orth (MM '10 & DMA '15) has been appointed to a tenure track faculty position at Texas A&M University at Kingsville as Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium.

Associate Professor of Music Theory's book, The Americanization of Zen Chanting, has been reviewed by James Ishmael Ford. "Stephen Slottow left me nourished and inspired."

The College of Music has added electronics as instrument of concentration. Undergraduate students pursuing a composition degree may begin declaring Electronics as their instrument of choice for Fall 2020 admission. UNT describes Electronics as a "broad category of creating audio and audio/visual music using electronic devices including computing devices (computers/tablets/phones), electronic audio hardware (analog synthesizers/digital controllers), and audio/arts technology software (audio production/video production/music programming languages)."

More information in the composition handbook:

Kristin Bigham (BM '11) has been selected as one of only three individuals taking part in the administrative portion of the residency helping to create a broad network of female administrative leaders of performing arts organizations. She is the Gift Planning Associate at Lyric Opera of Chicago where she works to enhance and expand Lyric’s legacy giving program. See the full story – https://dallasopera.org/community/artist-development/hart-institute/

A CAPPELLA CHOIR TO TMEA: The #UNTCoM A Cappella choir, conducted by Dr. Allen Hightower, Director of Choral Studies, has been invited to perform in San Antonio during the 2020 Texas Music Educators Association state convention. TMEA produces the largest music educators conference in the United States.

The UNT College of Music Courtyard renovation renderings showcase a new live performance space, student and community gathering places along with a significant increase in landscaping. This view looking northeast captures the large video wall to the rear of the performance space along with a covered walkway that extends from the Voertman Concert Hall Lobby out to Avenue C.