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Mission Statement of the UNT College of Music
To provide a dynamic, diverse, and comprehensive learning environment for both future professionals and the broad...er university community in which each student’s fullest musical potential may be achieved.
To promote the highest standards of excellence and to generate the most significant professional impact in all areas of scholarly and artistic activity.
To cultivate new music, interdisciplinary collaborations, and new approaches to scholarship, performance, and education.
To affirm the fundamental value of music in educational settings and in society at large, going beyond advocacy to enhance the musical life of the broader community, from local to international.
Vision Statement of the UNT College of Music
The College of Music will have an enhanced reputation nationally and internationally, based on recognition of the comprehensiveness, diversity, and quality of the full span of its programs. Students and faculty will develop, have access to, and engage in the latest technological and pedagogical innovations in the field of music in an environment that retains and strengthens the values of musical artistry and humanistic scholarship.
We will find new ways to engage with and transform the musical and intellectual life of the broader community through our performances and other activities. We will foster an educational environment characterized by a diverse student and faculty profile, and by musical and academic experiences that resonate with a broad spectrum of historical, cultural, and stylistic perspectives. Our students, faculty, and staff will work in an environment known for its attention to the preservation of professional health. See More
To provide a dynamic, diverse, and comprehensive learning environment for both future professionals and the broad...er university community in which each student’s fullest musical potential may be achieved.
To promote the highest standards of excellence and to generate the most significant professional impact in all areas of scholarly and artistic activity.
To cultivate new music, interdisciplinary collaborations, and new approaches to scholarship, performance, and education.
To affirm the fundamental value of music in educational settings and in society at large, going beyond advocacy to enhance the musical life of the broader community, from local to international.
Vision Statement of the UNT College of Music
The College of Music will have an enhanced reputation nationally and internationally, based on recognition of the comprehensiveness, diversity, and quality of the full span of its programs. Students and faculty will develop, have access to, and engage in the latest technological and pedagogical innovations in the field of music in an environment that retains and strengthens the values of musical artistry and humanistic scholarship.
We will find new ways to engage with and transform the musical and intellectual life of the broader community through our performances and other activities. We will foster an educational environment characterized by a diverse student and faculty profile, and by musical and academic experiences that resonate with a broad spectrum of historical, cultural, and stylistic perspectives. Our students, faculty, and staff will work in an environment known for its attention to the preservation of professional health. See More
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The University of North Texas College of Music is one of the largest and most respected comprehensive schools of music in the world.
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The College of Music is one of the nation’s largest and most respected comprehensive music schools. It offers fully accredited degrees from the bachelor to doct...oral levels and is home to the world’s first jazz studies degree program. Faculty include internationally acclaimed artists and scholars in composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music education, music entrepreneurship, music history, music theory and performance. The college presents more than 1,100 concerts and recitals annually. UNT music alumni can be found around the globe in impressive, award-winning careers across a wide-range of music professions. See More
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There are currently more than 1,500 music majors, 150 full-time and part-time graduate teaching assistants, 40 adjunct faculty and 100 full-time faculty. The C...ollege of Music consists of eight Divisions recognized for artistic and academic excellence that have a full complement of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in Conducting, Composition, Jazz Studies, Music Education, Musicology, Music Theory, and Performance. The College also offers Graduate Artist Certificates in Performance for strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano, harpsichord, organ, voice, jazz and early music concentrations, and specialized study in opera, music and medicine, ethnomusicology, and world music.
In the most recent U.S. News and World Report, the College of Music was ranked in the top 15 music programs in the country with the Jazz Studies program ranking number one. The College of Music faculty and students have made national and international appearances at such places as New York Lincoln Center, Berlin Staatsoper, and Salzburg Festival, and have performed with members of the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Berlin Stadtskapelle, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Orchestra, and United States Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force bands. Faculty and students have toured all continents and performed in such diverse countries as Japan, China, South Africa, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Australia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Thailand. Ensembles and individual faculty have produced numerous recordings, several of which have been nominated for Grammy awards. Approximately 1,800 graduates of the Music Education program teach at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and many other graduates hold music dean, department chair, and faculty positions at more than 100 colleges and universities. North Texas students have placed as national winners or finalists in a variety of competitions, including the Fischoff, Naumburg, Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium, International Clarinet, and National Organ Playing. Students also have won awards sponsored by BMI Composers, Percussive Arts Society, and North Sea Jazz Festival.
The College of Music offers approximately 1,000 performances each year, distributed among the Winspear Performance Hall and Lyric Theater (both accommodated in the beautiful Murchison Performing Arts Center) and five performance spaces located in the main College of Music building. There are more than 40 musical ensembles in which students participate, including traditional orchestras, bands, choirs, opera, and jazz ensembles. There are also specialized ensembles such as vocal and instrumental early music, new music ensembles working in both acoustic and electronic media, and ethnic ensembles such as Afro-Cuban, mariachi, Balinese gamelan, African drumming and dancing, and other world music percussion groups. Annual performances include biannual operas, jazz performances, chamber ensembles, symphonic, band and choral concerts, guest artist recitals, faculty recitals, and student recitals.
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For concerts in the Murchison Performing Arts Center after 5pm, park in the Fouts Field Parking Lot just north of the hall along North Texas Boulevard. Parking is free.
For concerts in the music building after 5pm, park in the lot off Highland between Bain Hall and the North/South practice buildings. DO NOT park in the lot behind Chilton Hall just off Chestnut Street or you will be ticketed. Highland is a one-way street going east, so to get to the Bain Hall/practice building lot entrance, take the North Texas Blvd. exit from I-35. Head north on North Texas and then take a right on Highland. The parking lot entrance will be on your left after you pass Bain Hall.
During normal business hours, visitors have three options for parking: parking garages, parking meters, or the purchase of a visitor permit. Meters near the music building can be found on Highland Street between North Texas Blvd. and Avenue C. The closest parking garage is located on Highland Street at the corner of Avenue A (southeast of the music building, east of the business building). Parking permits may also be purchased at this garage location, and visitor spaces are located in various parking lots, including the lot off Highland between Bain Hall and the North/South Practice Buildings.
For full visitor parking information, visit the UNT Parking Services website. See More
In the most recent U.S. News and World Report, the College of Music was ranked in the top 15 music programs in the country with the Jazz Studies program ranking number one. The College of Music faculty and students have made national and international appearances at such places as New York Lincoln Center, Berlin Staatsoper, and Salzburg Festival, and have performed with members of the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Berlin Stadtskapelle, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Orchestra, and United States Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force bands. Faculty and students have toured all continents and performed in such diverse countries as Japan, China, South Africa, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Australia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Thailand. Ensembles and individual faculty have produced numerous recordings, several of which have been nominated for Grammy awards. Approximately 1,800 graduates of the Music Education program teach at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and many other graduates hold music dean, department chair, and faculty positions at more than 100 colleges and universities. North Texas students have placed as national winners or finalists in a variety of competitions, including the Fischoff, Naumburg, Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium, International Clarinet, and National Organ Playing. Students also have won awards sponsored by BMI Composers, Percussive Arts Society, and North Sea Jazz Festival.
The College of Music offers approximately 1,000 performances each year, distributed among the Winspear Performance Hall and Lyric Theater (both accommodated in the beautiful Murchison Performing Arts Center) and five performance spaces located in the main College of Music building. There are more than 40 musical ensembles in which students participate, including traditional orchestras, bands, choirs, opera, and jazz ensembles. There are also specialized ensembles such as vocal and instrumental early music, new music ensembles working in both acoustic and electronic media, and ethnic ensembles such as Afro-Cuban, mariachi, Balinese gamelan, African drumming and dancing, and other world music percussion groups. Annual performances include biannual operas, jazz performances, chamber ensembles, symphonic, band and choral concerts, guest artist recitals, faculty recitals, and student recitals.
Parking
For concerts in the Murchison Performing Arts Center after 5pm, park in the Fouts Field Parking Lot just north of the hall along North Texas Boulevard. Parking is free.
For concerts in the music building after 5pm, park in the lot off Highland between Bain Hall and the North/South practice buildings. DO NOT park in the lot behind Chilton Hall just off Chestnut Street or you will be ticketed. Highland is a one-way street going east, so to get to the Bain Hall/practice building lot entrance, take the North Texas Blvd. exit from I-35. Head north on North Texas and then take a right on Highland. The parking lot entrance will be on your left after you pass Bain Hall.
During normal business hours, visitors have three options for parking: parking garages, parking meters, or the purchase of a visitor permit. Meters near the music building can be found on Highland Street between North Texas Blvd. and Avenue C. The closest parking garage is located on Highland Street at the corner of Avenue A (southeast of the music building, east of the business building). Parking permits may also be purchased at this garage location, and visitor spaces are located in various parking lots, including the lot off Highland between Bain Hall and the North/South Practice Buildings.
For full visitor parking information, visit the UNT Parking Services website. See More
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The College of Music is one of the nation’s largest and most respected comprehensive music schools. It offers fully accredited degrees from the bachelor to doctoral levels and is home to the world’s first jazz studies degree program. Faculty include internationally acclaimed artists and scholars in composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music education, music entrepreneurship, music history, mu...sic theory and performance. The college presents more than 1,100 concerts and recitals annually. UNT music alumni can be found around the globe in impressive, award-winning careers across a wide-range of music professions.
The UNT College of Music is the choice of 1,550 music majors from all around the world who are pursuing a wide variety of specializations including composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music education, music history, music theory and performance.
The college provides a rich musical environment with 100 full-time faculty members, 200 adjuncts and graduate assistants, a vast music library and more than 70 student ensembles. Internationally acclaimed faculty members include Grammy Award winners, a Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner, Guggenheim Fellows and soloists with internationally renowned operas and symphony orchestras.
UNT faculty can be heard on thousands of professional recordings; jazz bass professor Lynn Seaton alone has performed on over 125 recordings.
Over 100 guest artists come to campus every year to perform, teach clinics and provide workshops and master classes.
UNT alumni can be found in every corner of the profession in this country and abroad. Notable alumni include Robert Blocker, Jeff Coffin, Michael Daugherty, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Lecrae, Patricia Racette, Chuck Owen and Snarky Puppy.
UNT offered the first bachelor's degree program in jazz in 1946. UNT’s graduate jazz studies program is consistently rated among the nation's best.
Students have the opportunity to travel nationally and internationally. Recent trips include Austria, Hungary, China, Thailand and Australia.
Our groundbreaking initiative for live streaming our major ensemble concerts has led to over 4,300,000 viewings worldwide, representing over 200 concerts viewed in 1200 cities on five continents.
Over 300,000 volumes of books, hundreds of reference works, a wide variety of online materials and an estimated one million sound recordings are available at the UNT Music Library, one of the most extensive collections in the United States.
The Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band, UNT’s premier jazz ensemble, has performed and toured throughout the world — including Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and The Netherlands. The band performs under the direction of Alan Baylock.
The UNT One O’Clock Lab Band has issued 60 albums, and the band has earned seven Grammy nominations over the years, including two in 2010.
The Wind Symphony can be heard on more than 75 albums on GIA, Klavier and Mark Records.
The College of Music education program has a near 100 percent job placement rate.
Rankings:
The College of Music is ranked 16th in the world by The Hollywood Reporter
Denton is ranked 1st in the nation as a best college town for music majors by MusicSchoolCentral.com
Jazz studies program ranked 1st in Texas, 1st in the South and 3rd in the nation by Best-Music-Colleges.com
College of Music ranked 1st in Texas, 2nd in the South and 13th in the nation by Best-Music-Colleges.com
College of Music ranked 19th in the nation by USCollegeRanking.org
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The UNT College of Music is the choice of 1,550 music majors from all around the world who are pursuing a wide variety of specializations including composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music education, music history, music theory and performance.
The college provides a rich musical environment with 100 full-time faculty members, 200 adjuncts and graduate assistants, a vast music library and more than 70 student ensembles. Internationally acclaimed faculty members include Grammy Award winners, a Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner, Guggenheim Fellows and soloists with internationally renowned operas and symphony orchestras.
UNT faculty can be heard on thousands of professional recordings; jazz bass professor Lynn Seaton alone has performed on over 125 recordings.
Over 100 guest artists come to campus every year to perform, teach clinics and provide workshops and master classes.
UNT alumni can be found in every corner of the profession in this country and abroad. Notable alumni include Robert Blocker, Jeff Coffin, Michael Daugherty, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Lecrae, Patricia Racette, Chuck Owen and Snarky Puppy.
UNT offered the first bachelor's degree program in jazz in 1946. UNT’s graduate jazz studies program is consistently rated among the nation's best.
Students have the opportunity to travel nationally and internationally. Recent trips include Austria, Hungary, China, Thailand and Australia.
Our groundbreaking initiative for live streaming our major ensemble concerts has led to over 4,300,000 viewings worldwide, representing over 200 concerts viewed in 1200 cities on five continents.
Over 300,000 volumes of books, hundreds of reference works, a wide variety of online materials and an estimated one million sound recordings are available at the UNT Music Library, one of the most extensive collections in the United States.
The Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band, UNT’s premier jazz ensemble, has performed and toured throughout the world — including Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and The Netherlands. The band performs under the direction of Alan Baylock.
The UNT One O’Clock Lab Band has issued 60 albums, and the band has earned seven Grammy nominations over the years, including two in 2010.
The Wind Symphony can be heard on more than 75 albums on GIA, Klavier and Mark Records.
The College of Music education program has a near 100 percent job placement rate.
Rankings:
The College of Music is ranked 16th in the world by The Hollywood Reporter
Denton is ranked 1st in the nation as a best college town for music majors by MusicSchoolCentral.com
Jazz studies program ranked 1st in Texas, 1st in the South and 3rd in the nation by Best-Music-Colleges.com
College of Music ranked 1st in Texas, 2nd in the South and 13th in the nation by Best-Music-Colleges.com
College of Music ranked 19th in the nation by USCollegeRanking.org
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