What: Tanya Tagaq to perform at the University of North Texas

When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 (Tuesday)

Where: University Union Lyceum, 1155 Union Circle, Denton

Cost: Free, no tickets required

The concert is part of the Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series at the University of North Texas.

Canadian musician Tanya Tagaq uses a unique instrument – her throat – to express her songs that tackle tough social issues...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Three opera productions performed by the University of North Texas Opera have been named among the best in the U.S. by the National Opera Association.

UNT Opera in the College of Music received two awards at the graduate level in NOA’s Opera Production Competition – second place for Czech opera “The...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Emmy-winning composer Bruce Broughton has made a commitment to donate his collection of music scores for film, television, video games, theme parks and concert music to the University of North Texas Music Library in support of the media music initiatives in the UNT College of Music.

Broughton is best known for his many film scores, which...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas’ premier jazz ensemble, the One O’Clock Lab Band, received an invitation to perform at Lincoln Center in New York City as part of the inaugural Jack Rudin Jazz Championship Jan. 18-19. 

Wynton Marsalis, an internationally acclaimed musician and managing and artistic director for Jazz at...

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Trombone players from around the world will be travelling to Denton this week for the inaugural BAC Instruments/University of North Texas Jazz Trombone Day and Competition.

Saturday’s event will include:

• Educational workshops taught by UNT College of Music faculty and graduate students
• Final round of a competition featuring...

A clarinet player in a high school marching band might not think twice about how long hours of practicing damages his body.

But a collaboration of educators working to improve the health of performing artists does. The Texas Center for Performing Arts Health, which includes faculty from the University of North Texas and UNT Health Science Center, is collaborating with Denton ISD to teach fine arts teachers how they can incorporate health...

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DENTON (UNT), Texas —  The University of North Texas is celebrating its new $70 million College of Visual Arts and Design building with a ribbon cutting, exhibition and open house this week.

The expanded and renovated four-story art building provides a world-class space for the college’s unique resources and award-winning programs in art education, art history, design...

What: Words and Pictures, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by UNT Regents Professor of Art Emeritus Vernon Fisher

When: Oct. 8 (Tuesday)-Dec. 7 (Saturday). Opening reception is from 1-3 p.m. Oct. 11 (Friday). Exhibition tour at 2 p.m. Oct. 12 (Saturday).

Where: UNT Art Gallery, Art 160, 1201 W. Mulberry St., Denton

Background:

The works of Vernon Fisher, one of the leaders of post-modern painting, will be on display at the University of North Texas, where he taught for 28 years....

DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas College of Music junior Besnik Abrashi has earned first prize in the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition.

Each year, the International Clarinet Association hosts a select group of clarinetists from around the world to perform live in the finals at its ClarinetFest. Besnik...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas is celebrating indigenous languages in a series of events this fall as part of the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages. 

According to the UN’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 40 percent of the world’s estimated 6,700 languages are in danger of disappearing. 

A language is not only a means of communication, it’s intertwined with the cultures, histories and identities of the people who...