DENTON (UNT), Texas – Maggie Ng, an oboe music performance student from Plano, has been named the University of North Texas College of Music’s 2017-18 Presser Scholar and recipient of a $4,000 Presser scholarship.
The Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award is presented annually to a student entering his or her senior year who has shown extraordinary musical and academic accomplishments. The Presser award is considered the most prestigious undergraduate...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Andrea Recek, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in musicology, has been awarded the Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies.
“I am honored to have been awarded this fellowship,” Recek said. “Having my project selected shows that other scholars recognize the value of my...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - KXAS-TV/NBC 5 journalist Deborah Ferguson, whose career has spanned more than 20 years in broadcast news, will receive the C.E. “Pop” Shuford Hall of Honor Award from the University of North Texas’ Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism.
The Shuford Hall of Honor Award recognizes individuals for professional and educational lifetime achievement and distinguished contributions to the journalism profession. The award...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Juana Monsalve, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in music performance, has been awarded the P.E.O., or Philanthropic Educational Organization, International Peace Scholarship. Ten UNT students have received a total of 15 P.E.O. scholarships since 2002.
Monsalve, a native of Colombia, is a classically trained singer who...
What: “Reimagining the Kimono,” an exhibition featuring 13 kimonos from the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas.
When: May 1 (Monday) to June 27 (Tuesday).
Where: NorthPark Center, 8687 North Central Expressway, Dallas.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- One of the most iconic garments in the world – the kimono – gets its own exhibition from the Texas Fashion Collection of the ...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When Nada Shabout was studying modern Arab art as a graduate student, she didn’t have all of the resources she needed.
She has made it her mission to promote that field. Now the University of North Texas art history professor is co-editing a book on the subject for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. And, artsy.net named her as one of “Eight Influential Female Art Historians You Should Know”, citing...
What: ArtWear 2017, the annual juried exhibition of the graduating seniors’ work in the fashion design program at the University of North Texas.
When: 6 p.m. May 6 (Saturday).
Where: UNT Union Ballroom, 1155 Union Circle, Denton.
Cost: $40 general admission or $25 for UNT student/faculty/staff. Purchase tickets online at www.untuniontickets.com.
More Information: Parking is available in Lot 54, near...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – It has been 70 years since the University of North Texas launched the now-acclaimed Jazz Studies program – the first of its kind in the U.S. In honor of this milestone, the College of Music will be releasing Legacy — Neil Slater at North Texas – a four-CD box set – at the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. Along with hundreds of archival photos spanning the career of Slater, Professor Emeritus and...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A newly released CD by the award-winning University of North Texas College of Music’s Jazz Singers weaves together traditional and contemporary jazz, with rock, big band swing and even Brazilian flare.
Titled “Groovin’ Hard,” the CD includes nine pieces, five of which were arranged by current or former UNT students. All of the pieces – save one – were arranged specifically for...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A newly released study by the University of North Texas shows that the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s creative industries are a boon to the local economy, jobs and taxes.
The region’s creative economies – the performing and visuals arts, music studios, museums and advertising agencies for example – contribute roughly $34 billion annually to the region, 205,000 in total jobs and $1.2 billion in state and local taxes. That’s according to the report from the Economics Research Group at UNT.
Michael Carroll,...