What: Water-based screen printing workshop taught by Ashley Nason, associate professor of printmaking at Northern Illinois University

When: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6 (Saturday and Sunday)

Where: P.R.I.N.T Press, 1120 W. Oak St., Denton

Cost: $100 for current UNT students; $125 for UNT alumni and faculty, and senior citizens (ages 65 and older); $150 for artists

Contact: Sign up for the class at...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Author Matt Bell will start the University of North Texas’ Fall UNT Visiting Writers Series with a reading and book signing Oct. 1 (Tuesday). The series, which is sponsored by Creative Writing in the Department of English, will also include poet Alan Michael Parker and author Poe...

What: CEMIcircles, the 50th anniversary festival of UNT College of Music’s Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. The festival will showcase historic and recent works from CEMI alumni and research affiliates. 

When: Events are from Oct. 4 (Friday) through Oct. 6 (Sunday). The full schedule is available at http://cemi.music.unt.edu/cemicircles/schedule.

Where: Events will be held at UNT’s Music Building...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – College of Music jazz composition and arranging professor Richard DeRosa was recently named the new chief conductor of the Grammy award winning WDR Big Band, based in Germany. The appointment starts with the 2014-15 season.

Last fall, DeRosa traveled to Cologne, Germany, and spent 10 days with WDR Big Band while the band prepared and recorded music he had written. The band, which was in need of a new conductor, chose DeRosa because he is an experienced and imaginative arranger who commands a wide range of musical styles. This fits in well with the varied...

What: Festival Brasileiro is a five-day festival of music of Brazil, including concerts of Brazilian classical, jazz and traditional music. The festival was organized by Trio Vientos Tejanos, made up of faculty members James Ryon, oboe; Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet; and Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon.

When: Tuesday, Sept. 24 to Saturday, Sept. 28

Where: Most events will be on the UNT campus at Voertman Hall, Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater and Winspear Hall, and live streamed at UNTMusicLive....

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The six-time Grammy nominated One O’Clock Lab Band releases its latest CD this month, an homage to the university town of Denton where jazz has reigned supreme since the program started in 1946 at UNT.

“Lab 2013 is yet another example of the amazingly high level of talent that our students possess. This latest CD pays tribute to our beloved Denton, a town that not only supports our jazz program but continues to provide a welcoming and diverse live music scene,” said Steve Wiest, director of the One O’Clock Lab Band. “We hope that our fans not...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The College of Music recently welcomed Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s co-concertmaster Nathan Olson as an adjunct faculty member. Olson will perform in concert Sept. 16 and 25 at UNT.

“We are very proud to have Nathan (Olson) join our faculty, and it is a joy to have him perform twice on campus this fall,” said College of Music Dean James Scott. “Simply stated, he is one of the finest young violinists in today’s professional world. The Dallas Symphony is fortunate to have him as co-...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The University of North Texas presents six exhibitions this fall season, two at the College of Visual Arts and Design's UNT Art Gallery and four at UNT on the Square, starting with a look at historic structures in Denton.

UNT on the Square started the exhibition season Aug. 29 with Photographs of Denton, which includes homes and other structures built between 1945 and 1965. The UNT Art Gallery's...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The Department of Dance and Theatre's 2013-14 season at the University of North Texas includes a wide range of contemporary, prize-winning productions that examine relationships and the changes they make within oneself and one's world.

"We're excited to present a season that examines the world of mathematical discovery, a post-apocalyptic New York City at war with God, the racial politics of art galleries, and concludes with an opportunity for audiences to participate in a...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Innovation Greenhouse, located in Sycamore Hall on the UNT campus, will host a North Texas music hackathon beginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 13 (Friday).

The hackathon, which will last through Sept. 15 (Sunday), aims to bring together anyone interested in unique music applications, including designers, developers, programmers, industry...