- Attention UNT College of Music students! Today, Nov.22nd is the last... day to complete the Coro by iCadenza survey. Your input will be very valuable as we are currently undergoing a fall semester trial until Dec. 15th. We need your participation in this survey to help make this resource permanently available for UNT students starting in 2018. Please be sure to fill it out by following the link below. #untcollegeofmusic #corobyicadenza #musicentrepreneurship See More
- Learning the human voice: A new amazing TEDx talk Discover the talk ...of this Australian teacher and vocalist putting webcams in his throat and showing concretely how we can learn the possible uses of our human voice. “The human voice can make a lot of sounds, far more sounds than any language in the world” Mal Webb. �For more videos: http://www.tedxgeneva.net/ See More
Congratulations to UNT alumna and trumpeter A1C Ally Hany on the completion of basic training and joining the USAF Band of the Golden West!
It’s the first Monday in December, and it’s also... #Musicianmonday. Fresh out of basic training, meet our new trumpet player, Airman First Class Ally Hany! A1C... Hany is from St. Louis, Missouri and grew up hearing musicians from our sister band, USAF Band of Mid-America! She received her Bachelor’s of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, and completed her Master’s of Music in Jazz Arts from the Manhattan School of Music! A1C Hany is not only new to the Air Force, but also a newlywed! She got married two weeks before shipping to basic military training, and joked that BMT was her honeymoon! 
😂 Welcome to the band, Ally! We are happy to have you. 
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Congratulations to UNT music alumna and College of Music staff member Carol Pollard for receiving the Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Advising as an Administrator from the international academic advising association NACADA--The Global Community for Academic Advising.
Congratulations to Alumnus Mike Williams, lead trumpet for the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra on the single “I Loves You Porgy/There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon For New York” which is nominated for a Grammy Award in the following category:
o Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Congratulations to Alumnus Samuel Park, violinist, in the Oregon Symphony, which is featured on the album "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53, 64 & 96," nominated for a Grammy Award in the following category:
o Producer of The Year, Classical
Congratulations to Alumni James Ford, trumpet; Conrad Herwig, trombone; Jamie Hovorka, trumpet; and Tom Luer, saxophone, performers on John Beasley’s "MONK’estra Vol. 2," which is nominated for a Grammy award in the following category:
o Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Congratulations to Alumnus Frank Greene, lead trumpet for the Christian McBride Big Band on the album "Bringin’ It," which is nominated for a Grammy award in the following category:
o Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Congratulations to Alumnus Edward Stephan, timpanist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, which is featured on the album "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio," nominated for Grammy Awards in the following categories:
o Best Engineered Album, Classical
o Best Orchestral Performance
Stephan, also timpanist for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, which is featured on the album "Debussy: Images; Jeux & La Plus Que Lente", also nominated in the Best Orchestral Performance category.
Congratulations to UNT Alumni members of the Dallas Opera Orchestra Deborah Mashburn, timpani; Eric Swanson, trombone; Jeff Baker, trombone; Kenneth Krause, clarinet; Kristin Van Cleve, violin; Liesl-Ann deVilliers, viola; Mitch Maxwell, cello; Shannon Highland, bassoon; and Shawna Hamilton, cello; as well as faculty member John Holt, trumpet, who performed on "Adamo: Becoming Santa Claus." The album is nominated for a Grammy Award in the following category:
o Producer of The Year, Classical
Congratulations to Alumni Clay Jenkins, trumpet, and Rob Wilkerson, saxophone, performers in the Alan Ferber Big Band on the album "Jigsaw," which is nominated for a Grammy Award in the following category:
o Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Congratulations to Alumnus Chuck Owen, composer/arranger for "Whispers On The Wind," featuring fellow alumni Tom Brantley, trombone; Tamara Danielsson, saxophone; Frank Greene, trumpet; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; and Keith Oshiro, trombone. "Whispers On The Wind," is nominated for Grammy Awards in the following categories:
o Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
o Best Improvised Jazz Solo
o Best Instrumental Composition
o Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Congratulations to Alumnus Brian A. Schmidt, conductor, for "Tyberg: Masses," which is nominated for Grammy Awards in the following categories:
o Best Choral Performance
o Best Surround Sound Album
o Best Engineered Album, Classical
UNT College of Music added 2 new photos.
ALUMNUS SPOTLIGHT: "Provenance," a new recording by the Kinnara Ensemble , a professional chamber choir led by JD Burnett (DMA ’13), was released in September by Affetto/Naxos.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Paul Rennick was inducted into the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame this past August. As an instructor and arranger, he has been instrumental in altering the landscape of marching percussion in a modern era of drum and bugle corps. A former member of the 27th Lancers, Paul made a name for himself leading an up-and-coming Carolina Crown percussion section in the late 1990s. Since then he has served as an arranger and percussion caption head of Phantom Regiment and currently Santa Clara Vanguard, taking home a number of Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Awards at the DCI World Championships during his tenure.
http://www.dci.org/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=211573205
ALUMNUS SPOTLIGHT: Saxophonist Jeff Coffin is keeping busy with his own projects while the Dave Matthews Band takes time off the road until early 2018. Jeff released his newest album "Next Time Yellow" on his label Ear Up Records on July 31. This is Jeff's 12th album and is the first album he recorded entirely in his home studio. The album also features three other UNT alumi: Keith Carlock, drummer (Steely Dan, Sting, John Mayer), guitarist Lindsey Miller, and bassist Matt Wigton. You can stay up to date on more from UNT Alumni Jeff Coffin at jeffcoffin.com, on Twitter @JeffCoffinMusic, on Instagram at @jeffcoffin, and on Facebook Jeff Coffin Music
LISTEN & WATCH:
Stained Glass Times (2006) performed by Stefon Harris and The One O'Clock Lab Band. Recorded live on February 23, 2017 at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
THROWBACK THURSDAY:
The Music Hall- a three story brick building that was erected in 1917. It was originally known as Kendall Hall before its name changed. In 1954, the building was demolished. Photo taken in 1942.
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GUESS THE UNT GRAMMY WINNER:
Today's answer is Dave Pietro! Dave Pietro is a saxophonist, woodwind artist, bandleader, sideman, composer and educator. A native of Southboro, Massachusetts, he has been on the New York City music scene since 1987.
From 1994-2003 Dave played lead alto saxophone and recorded six CDs with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. He has toured and/or recorded with the bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Maria Schneider, The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, John Fedchock, Mike Holober, Anita Brown, Pete McGuinness, Jim Widner and Arturo O'Farrill. #gomeangreen
GUESS THE UNT GRAMMY WINNER:
Did you know #unt alumni have been involved in over 100 Grammy-winning projects? Try to guess the name of this Grammy-winning alumni with the following three clues. Check back at 8:00pm for the correct answer!
He earned his BM from UNT in 1987
He was selected as a semi-finalist for the first two Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Saxophone Competitions...
He has toured and/or recorded with the bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Maria Schneider, The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, John Fedchock, Mike Holober, Anita Brown, Pete McGuinness, Jim Widner and Arturo O'Farrill.
Who is he?
The new Bärenreiter urtext edition of "The Coronation of Poppea" has just been released! This volume was edited by faculty member Hendrik Schulze & a group of UNT graduate musicology students.
This new edition was first performed prior to publication in Spring 2016 by UNT Opera with the UNT Baroque Orchestra.
https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA8792/.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Natalie Mannix’s solo CD, Breaking Ground: A Celebration of Women Composers, released in May, received two silver medals from Global Music Awards in the categories of instrumental performance and album.
