Director of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI) and Professor of Composition, Panayiotis Kokoras, named REGENTS PROFESSOR by the University of North Texas.

David Childs, Professor of Euphonium and Co-Director of the UNT Brass Band, honored by the University of North Texas with DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR designation.

The College of Music joins in celebrating Willem van Schalkwyk's (MM '06, DMA '09) appointment as Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano and Vocal Coaching. His new position begins Fall 2024.

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.

Alumni Shara Nova (BM ’98) has two choral projects nominated for the Grammy’s Best Choral Performance. Austin, Texas-based Conspirare’s “The House of Belonging” conducted by Craig Hella Johnson, for which she wrote two songs, one being the title track, and then Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based choir, The Crossing's album “Carols After A Plague,” conducted by Donald Nally, on which appear three of her compositions.

The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers, by UNT Associate Professor of Choral Studies, Marques L. A. Garrett, named Presto Music's Choral Publication of the Year. “A landmark collection… we chose this collection as our winner for its original and exceptional content, as well as its aim to improve representation within the choral sector.”

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."

Shane Morris Wise (BM '87) serves as Artistic Director of the Kauai Chorale who is in its 60th year and serves as the community chorus of Kauai County in Hawaii.

University of North Texas Professor of Euphonium, David Childs, performs Peter Graham’s euphonium concerto, “Force of Nature” at the at the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Festival in Chicago. He performed with the UNT hometown school district's Braswell High School Band Wind Symphony from Braswell High School, conducted by Aaron Snipes, III.

UNT Assistant Professor of Composition, Sungji Hong, has been selected as a Civitella Ranieri Music Fellow for their 2024 and 2025 seasons. "Civitella Ranieri Fellowships are awarded through a careful nomination and jury process by a rotating group of distinguished artists, academics, and critics that ensures access to a highly diverse group of emerging and accomplished candidates from around the world." The residency is hosted in a 15th-century castle in the Umbrian region of Italy.

UNT graduate student Tomás Jonsson released his debut single with trumpet player and vocalist Benny Benack III.

In Fall 2022, College of Music Assistant Professor of Jazz Violin, Scott Tixier, performed solo jazz violin at the Carnegie Hall world premiere of the Jon Batiste composition, “American Symphony.” Tixier appears in the Netflix-produced documentary and trailer chronicling the Batiste creation of the original symphony while his wife, Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.