What: Annual Voertman Competition at the University of North Texas showcasing artworks from students in the College of Visual Arts and Design.
When: April 1 (Saturday) – April 15 (Saturday)
Where: Lightwell Gallery, 1201 W. Mulberry St. in Denton
Cost: Free
More information: To learn more about the art competition, call 940-565-4005. Parking is $2 per hour...
UNT professors, students and alumni win at media arts festival
Two students, four former students and two faculty members from the University of North Texas’ Department of Media Arts won awards from the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts.
Xiaoqun Zhang, assistant professor in the department, won first place in the Open Paper category of the...
What: The UNT Collegium Singers and Baroque Orchestra will perform a rare version of Bach’s St. John Passion.
When: 7 p.m. April 1 (Saturday)
Where: Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Ave., Dallas.
Cost: $20 for adults; $10 for seniors, students and children. Purchase tickets online or by calling the Murchison Performing Arts Center Box Office at 940-369-7802.
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Liss LaFleur of the University of North Texas will discuss how two destabilizing elements – queerness and virtual reality – work together in a panel discussion at SXSW in Austin.
LaFleur, assistant professor and program coordinator of new media art in the College of Visual Arts and Design, will speak at “Virtual Life’s a Drag: Queering VR,” at 3:30 p.m. March 13 at the downtown Hilton...
What: Women’s History Month lecture at the University of North Texas, featuring Katie Hindmarch-Watson, a cultural historian of modern Britain and the British Empire and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University.
When: 3 p.m. March 23 (Thursday)
Where: Room 080, Business Leadership Building, 1307 W Highland St. in Denton.
Cost: Free
More information: A Parkmobile lot is also available at the corner of Eagle Drive and Avenue B. For more information on parking, visit the...
What: Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family, an exhibition of photographs from the Byrd Williams family and a cooperative project between the University of North Texas Libraries’ Special Collections and UNT on the Square.
When: April 14 (Friday) – May 13 (Saturday). The opening reception is from 3 to 5 p.m. April 23 (Sunday).
Hours: 9 a.m. - noon...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – For University of North Texas College of Music graduate student Brendon Wilkins, the opportunity to perform in the Disneyland All-American College Band was much more than a summer job.
An alto saxophonist, Wilkins performed with some of the best collegiate musicians in the country while learning tips from the industry’s top jazz musicians.
“It was terrific. I have never had an experience quite like this,” said Wilkins, 24, a member of the...
What: The spring Thursday Night Music Series at UNT on the Square, presented by the University of North Texas’ Institute for the Advancement of the Arts and the UNT College of Music.
When: 7 p.m. every Thursday night March 2-May 4 (except March 16, which is Spring Break)
Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., on Denton’s historic...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - University of North Texas College of Music senior, Howard Dietz, won the Buffet Crampon and Julius Keilwerth Saxophone Idol competition and Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program award for saxophone.
Saxophone Idol is an international jazz competition in which selected finalists from around the world are invited to perform live in front of a panel of judges and a sold-out house. The Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program award “...
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Music students at the University of North Texas are invited to create and submit business plans as part of the College of Music’s inaugural Music Entrepreneurship Competition.
Competitors will be eligible to earn cash prizes totaling $18,000, which can be used by the students to launch start-up businesses.
Fabiana Claure, director of career development and entrepreneurship in music, said the competition aims to engage students in...