The University of North Texas College of Music has named harp student Danielle Cordray of Austin, currently a resident of Keller, Texas, the 2014-15 Presser Scholar and recipient of the $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 winner is nominated and selected by the UNT music faculty and receives...
What: Digital photography workshop as part of the Saturdays in the UNT Art Gallery family event organized by the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design student chapter of the National Art Education Association. Students in kindergarten through grade 12 are welcome to participate.
When: 1 to 3 p.m. March 22 (Saturday)
Where: UNT Art Gallery,...
What: The Lady Revealed, written by UNT Department of Dance and Theatre professor Dr. Andrew B. Harris, and performed by Jac Adler, founding director of Theatre3 Dallas, and other professional actors, including UNT undergraduate students.
When: 7 p.m. March 18 (Tuesday) and 7 p.m. March 19 (Wednesday)
Where: Theatre3, 2800 Routh St., Dallas
Reservations: The...
What: New York based painter, designer and street artist Ron English, a University of North Texas alumnus, will be in Denton presenting a week-long site-specific installation that explores advertising and agribusiness as a part of the Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series. At the end of the week, gallery visitors will be able to obtain a piece of artwork at the Barter Market, which gives a piece of art in return for a donation of a needed item for the Denton County Friends of the Family nonprofit group.
When:...
What: The 2014 Comics Studies Conference at the University of North Texas, featuring keynote speaker Kate Leth, creator of the webcomic "Kate Or Die!"
When: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. March 1 (Saturday). Leth will give her keynote address at 4 p.m. The conference will be followed by a documentary film screening at 5 p.m. and a closing reception and merchandise signing at 7 p.m.
Where:...
What: The UNT Symphony Orchestra performs in concert with the fall 2013 College of Music Concerto Competition winners and student conductors.
When: 8 p.m. March 5 (Wednesday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Denton. The concert will also be streamed online.
Tickets: $10 for adults; $8 for seniors, non-UNT students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more; free for UNT...
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – A senior and a doctoral student studying jazz at UNT's College of Music were among only 27 composers nationwide who recently received Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer awards.
Established by The ASCAP Foundation in 2002 to encourage gifted jazz composers under the age of 30, the winners from UNT are senior Addison Frei, who also won the award last year, and doctoral student Keith Karns.
The award carries the name of the...
What: UNT Opera and the UNT Concert Orchestra present Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, a Tony Award-winning 1979 musical written and performed in English.
When: 8 p.m. Feb. 21 (Friday), 3 p.m. Feb. 23 (Sunday), 8 p.m. Feb. 28 (Friday) and 3 p.m. March 2 (Sunday); "In the Know" pre-performance lectures begin 45 minutes prior to each performance.
Where: Lyric Theater at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35 Frontage...
What: Black History Month concert Gospel Meets Jazz, featuring College of Music faculty Brad Leali, saxophone; Jennifer Barnes and Rosana Eckert, vocals; Fred Hamilton, guitar; and José Aponte, percussion; along with the Texas Tech University Vision of Light Gospel Choir, directed by Darius Luckey, and Lubbock pastor Cory Powell, speaker.
When: 5 p.m. Feb. 23 (Sunday)
Where: Voertman Hall, Music Building, 415 Avenue C in Denton.
Cost: Free
DENTON, Texas (UNT) –...
Bright lights and loud noises in a theater might be uncomfortable to a child with autism.
To make the theater experience more enjoyable, staff members from the University of North Texas Kristin Farmer Autism Center are serving on a panel of experts from the Dallas/Fort Worth area helping the Dallas Children's Theater plan its first-ever season of sensory friendly programming.
Kevin Stewart, director of outreach and training at the Kristin Farmer Autism Center, and Lauren Mathews, a speech-language...