College of Music in the News

May 5, 2023

College of Music Welcomes New Faculty

Amy Woody joins the UNT faculty as Lecturer in Wind Studies and Director of Athletic Bands. She currently serves the College of Music as a Doctoral Conducting Associate. Prior to UNT, Ms. Woody served as the Director of Bands (2014–2021) and Associate Director of Bands (2007–2014) at John H. Guyer High School in Denton. The Guyer Wind Ensemble was named a Commended Winner in the 2021 Mark of Excellence New Music Category, a 2018 Mark of Excellence National Winner, and a 2018 Western International Band Conference Invited Ensemble in Seattle, Washington. She currently serves as the Chief Programs Officer for the Premier Lone Star Wind Orchestra. She earned the MM in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music and BME in music education from Baylor University.

May 5, 2023

IKCAS Launches Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journal

University of North Texas Professor of Collaborative Piano and Vocal Coaching and founder and president of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society - IKCAS, Elvia Puccinelli, has announced the launch of "On Collaborating." The journal is a multi-media platform connecting performance and research in collaborative piano.

May 5, 2023

Faculty to be Keynote Speaker

University of North Texas Distinguished Research Professor of Music and Anthropology, Steven Friedson, will keynote speak at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music. Ritual Transformations of Consciousness is the institute's second annual conference in the Black sacred arts underway May 15 in New Haven, Connecticut.

April 7, 2023

UNT at Seamus

Held in New York City, the 2023 national conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is once again well represented by 12 University of North Texas students, alumni and faculty.

April 7, 2023

Alumnus Continues Military Music Career

ALUMNUS CONTINUES MILITARY MUSIC CAREER: Ian E. Charleton MUCM (SW) (BM ’99 MM ’01) joins the Navy Band Southeast as Assistant Director and Senior Enlisted Leader, Master Chief Musician (Surface Warfare). Charleton joins after a successful tour as the Assistant Director and Senior Enlisted Leader at Navy Band Northwest. He enlisted in the Navy as a saxophone and clarinet instrumentalist May 2001.

April 7, 2023

UNT Wins National Trumpet Competition

UNT won the 2023 National Trumpet Competition - Yamaha College Large Ensemble Division held in Boulder, Colorado. Flanked by competition officials, members of the ensemble are l-r Emily Tourgeman, McKenna Hill, Abby Ward, Tyler Sarver, Guillem Toro Senent, Remy Gilboe, Ben Gerkins and Parker Burkey. Faculty coaches are Caleb Hudson, Raquel Samayoa and John Holt.

March 3, 2023

Student Wins Ethics Award and Scholarship

Flute student and College of Music Ambassador Kiana Kawahara awarded 1st place in the undergraduate student category for the Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award for the 2023-2024 academic year by the UNT Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success. The “competition was created to promote intellectual debate and discussion on ethics as related to students’ areas of study at UNT.”

March 3, 2023

Alumni GRAMMY Winners: Snarky Puppy

Congratulations to Snarky Puppy and University of North Texas College of Music alumni Michael League, Shaun Martin, Justin Stanton, Chris Bullock and Mike Maher for receiving Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for "Empire Central" at the 65th GRAMMY Awards."

March 3, 2023

Romero Receives High Honor

Professor of Piano, Gustavo Romero, designated as University Distinguished Research Professor. Michael McPherson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, said. “…your selection demonstrates the very high caliber of faculty such as yourself who merit this honorable distinction.”

March 3, 2023

Alumna Receives Award and Grant

Collaborative Piano Alumna Lauren Koszyk (MM'20) awarded the Music Teachers National Association MarySue Harris Fellowship. The grant, funded by the MarySue Harris Endowment Fund, is presented annually to a recently graduated independent teacher who demonstrates commitment to the music teaching profession and outstanding studio development.

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