DENTON (UNT), Texas - The seventh annual National Student Electronic Music Event is coming to the University of North Texas College of Music. There have been 157 submissions for the festival, including works for fixed media (stereo and multichannel), instruments + electronics, audiovisual works, actor + electronics and one sound installation for robotic performers.

What: The 7th annual National Student Electronic Music...

DENTON (UNT), Texas - A prolific poet and an award-winning novelist will visit the University of North Texas this spring.

     Poet Ruth Ellen Kocher and Booker Prize-winning novelist Paul Beatty will speak at UNT as part of the Visiting Writers Series. The event is sponsored by the Department of English.

Ruth Ellen Kocher: February 27 (Tuesday)

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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Bruce Broughton, 10-time Emmy Award winner and 2017-18 University of North Texas composer-in-residence, will return to the College of Music to join the Symphonic Band in a performance of his compositions and participate in a unique on-stage conversation where he will discuss his music, career and contributions live for the audience. Media: Download image...

What: Urban Encounters:People, Places and Politics of the City, a roundtable symposium from the UNT Urban Network.

When: 2-5 p.m. Feb. 5 (Monday).

Where: Willis Library, room 140.

Cost: Free.

DENTON (UNT), Texas — A broad group of faculty comprising the new UNT “Urban Network” is holding their first event called “Urban Encounters:...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Nada Shabout, art history professor and coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative in the College of Visual Arts and Design, has earned a $50,000 Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.

The grant was created to support writers who address contemporary visual art. Shabout was one of only 20 selected for awards and one of eight recipients in the “Books...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two University of North Texas alumni were part of projects that earned three awards at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Jan. 28). Here is a round-up of the winners:

Edward Stephan

Alumnus Edward Stephan is a timpanist for the Pittsburgh Orchestra, which won in the categories of Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Orchestral Performance.

Frank Greene

Alumnus Frank Greene is lead trumpet for the Christian McBride Big Band...

What: Metalsmithing and Jewelry: Lineages, an exhibition featuring the works of undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas and their mentors.

When: Feb. 9 (Friday) – March 17 (Saturday). Opening reception is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 (Friday).

Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., on Denton's historic courthouse square.

Hours...

Three upcoming events at the University of North Texas will feature the Paraguayan harp, breathtaking dance moves and a “factory” that reconnects people lost items.

The shows are part of the spring schedule for the Mary Jo & V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series, now in its 114^th season.

Paraguayan harpist Alfredo Rolando Ortiz will perform 3:30 p.m. Feb. 4 (Sunday) at the Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 North Interstate 35 East. He has played around the world for more...

What: The UNT Wind Symphony and The Lone Star Wind Orchestra present “Winds of a Grateful Heart,” conducted by Eugene Corporon

When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 (Thursday).                                                              

Where...

Dancers at the University of North Texas will perform innovative choreography from UNT dance professor Mary Lynn Babcock in collaboration with adjunct dance professor Whitney Geldon at the Faculty Dance Concert.

The annual event, presented by the Department of Dance and Theatre, is at 8 p.m. Feb. 8-10 (Thursday-Saturday) and 2 p.m. Feb. 11 (Sunday) at the Studio Theatre, ...