DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas College of Music performance and jazz studies doctoral student Daniel Pinilla has won the $10,000 top prize in UNT’s 2017 Sherman-Barsanti Inspiration Awards. Pinilla was awarded the honor April 5 for his project involving the development of a series of workshops for children in rural Colombia who have been traumatized by armed conflict.
“Colombia is a nation that has been...
What: “Education as Experimentation:Possibilities Beyond Outcome-Based Learning,” a symposium for art educators, artists, designers, museum educators and philosophers, organized and sponsored by the University of North Texas’ Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design and co-sponsored by UNT-International and the department of philosophy and religion.
When: June 17...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas College of Music, in partnership with The Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, is hosting a “waltz across Texas.”
“This will be the first time Stříbrňanka has toured with us in five years,” said Tom Sovík, professor of music theory, pop music specialist and organizer of the nine-city tour. “I couldn’t be more excited to welcome them back for 10 days of celebration Texas Czech style.”
The brass band – or dechovka in Czech – has always been a big...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Marta Frey-Clark, a University of North Texas College of Music doctoral student and teaching fellow in music education, has been awarded the 2017-18 Perry R. Bass Fellowship. To apply for the award, she had to submit a curriculum vitae, a CD of one of her choirs performing, a scholarly article that was published and a video of her teaching. Frey-Clark, who also has taught...
Diane Guerrero—an actress best known for her work on “Orange is the New Black” and “Jane the Virgin”— will speak at the University of North Texas on April 26 (Wednesday) as part of the university’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
Guerrero’s lecture begins at 8 p.m. in the UNT Coliseum, located at 600 Ave. D. Tickets and parking passes are available and may be purchased online. UNT students...
What: “Hair,” a play presented by the University of North Texas’ Department of Dance and Theatre, focuses on the hippie counterculture and anti-war sentiment of the late 1960s. The play was written by James Rado and Gerome Rani and will be directed by UNT faculty member Timothy Wilson, with music direction by Brian Piper.
When: 7:30 p.m. April 27, 28, 29 and 2 p.m. April 30
Where: University Theater, Radio Television Film and Performing Arts...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Baolong Zhang, Graduate Artist Certificate student at the University of North Texas College of Music, has earned first prize in the 2017 Virginia Waring International Piano Concerto Competition, held March 26-April 2. He earned the prestigious honor – and a $10,000 prize – for his performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
“I feel happy and a little surprised to earn this honor,” Zhang said. “There were a lot of classical music fans in the audience...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas College of Music has named Jonathan Thompson the 2017-2018 Presser Graduate Music Award winner and recipient of the $10,000 Presser scholarship.
The Presser Graduate Music Award is a program designed to “encourage and support in a special way the advanced education and career of truly exceptional graduate music students who have the potential to make a distinguished contribution to the field of music...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Seventeen communication design students from the University of North Texas took home top prizes from the Dallas Society of Visual Communicators National Student Show and Conference, the largest student creative competition in the United States.
UNT also won “Best School Award” in the competition, whose winners were announced at a banquet on April 1. Principal Lecturer Karen Dorff won the Golden Apple Award forBest Educator.
A panel of professional designers, illustrators...
What:Fine Arts Series presents Luminarium: Architects of Air
When:April 17-21
Where:University Union’s South Lawn, 1155 Union Circle
Cost:Students and members of the general public can walk through the exhibit for free from 1-7 p.m. daily.
Parking: Visitors for the Fine Arts Series event may park at Highland Street Garage and Union Circle Garage for $2 or at the parking meters on Highland Street and West Sycamore...