The College of Music will present the gala Symphony Meets Jazz: An afternoon of symphonic music, jazz and American standards, at 4 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Winspear Performance Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Three Mean Green teams are Sun Belt 2012 champions, French horn players set a Guinness World Record and a prehistoric fish fossil is drawing visitors to UNT's Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building.
Gustavo Romero, associate professor of music, is the subject of a documentary, Gustavo Romero: Portrait in Piano, that is showing at film festivals across the country this year and is available on DVD.
Retired professor Jim Bezdek (’50, ’54 M.S.) and Brave Combo member Carl Finch (’75, ’70 M.F.A.) were honored by the National Accordion Association earlier this year.
Angela Chan has turned her strict childhood upbringing into a musical comedy. The Legacy of the Tiger Mother is a cabaret-style piece that has been presented in Las Vegas, New York City and Australia and will show in San Francisco this fall.
The opera program’s production of Marc Blitzstein’s Regina won first place in the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition. The award was presented at the association’s convention in January.
The UNT Libraries received a collection of original manuscripts, letters and photographs of famed composer Arnold Schoenberg, who created the revolutionary 12-tone technique of composition.