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, ...

What: “UNT Music in the City:“When a Ray of Light Meets a Prism,” featuring UNT College of Music faculty.

When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 (Friday)

Where: Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. in Dallas, Texas

Cost: $10 for the public; $8 for UNT faculty, staff and Alumni Association members; free for UNT students. Students can pick up their free ticket at the Murchison Performing Arts Center box office. UNT faculty, staff, alumni and the public, may purchase their tickets at the ...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas College of Music master’s student Kyle McKay was playing a gig with a band in New England when he noticed what turned out to be a common theme – freelance musicians need help with their finances, including tax preparation. That’s what inspired him to create The Musician’s Bookkeeper.

“I mentioned that I needed to keep track of the miles I was driving so I could deduct them on my taxes. The other band members’...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- José R. Torres-Ramos, University of North Texas College of Music doctoral student, has received a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship to study mariachi in Mexico for a year. He is the first UNT Ph.D. student in ethnomusicology to earn this honor.  

“I told myself that if I were to win this award, I’d just start crying because it’s probably one of the most prestigious awards somebody in ethnomusicology can win,” Torres-Ramos said. “I’m very humbled, I’m...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas College of Music will begin offering the world’s first Ph.D. in music with a concentration in performing arts health in fall 2018. The doctoral degree will focus on hearing, vocal, musculoskeletal and psychological health of musicians and other performing artists.

“It’s really exciting to help develop classes for this unique program,” said Kourtney Austin, teaching fellow in performing arts health. “As a new degree plan, it leaves students wide open to pursue...