A Reputation Is Built
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Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID College of Music Denton, TX 76201 Permit 455 1155 Union Circle #311367 Denton, Texas 76203-5017 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 2014 A Reputation is Built: Music at North Texas in 1964 The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) survey gathers data from alumni in creative fields on how their education in the arts relates to their life and work. More than 550 College of Music alumni participated in the 2013 SNAAP survey. We use this feedback to ensure that our programs are effective and relevant for our students. The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project Compared with all 166 schools surveyed, UNT music alumni were more likely to... ● rate their experience at the UNT College of Music as “excellent” ● say they would attend UNT again if they could start over ● recommend UNT to other students like them ● be “very satisfied” with their instructors Students graduating with no loan debt UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE 62% 44% 50% 40% UNT SNAAP UNT SNAAP Students unemployed and looking for work UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE 0% 4% 1% 3% UNT SNAAP UNT SNAAP Students attaining work before graduating UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE 40% 30% 53% 42% UNT SNAAP UNT SNAAP Features 4 Dean’s Message 5 Faculty Listing 6 New Faculty 8 Retiring Faculty 9 Grammys 12 Faculty News Festival Brasileiro 15 Student News 11 23 Alumni News 32 Dean’s Camerata 34 Staff Listing 14 UNT in Vietnam Front cover and back cover feature images from the Leon Breeden Collection and the College of Music Collection available through the UNT Digital Library. A Reputation is Built: 18 Music at North Texas in 1964 Dean’s Message College of Music Administration James C. Scott, Dean Warren Henry Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs By the Numbers Jon Christopher Nelson Associate Dean, Operations As many of our readers know, there has been a strong initiative in higher education over the last John C. Scott Associate Dean, Admissions ten or twenty years to establish parallels to business models, increase accountability and base Raymond Rowell decision-making on collected Assistant Dean, Scholarship Services & External Affairs data. This is particularly difficult in the arts, because our values lie in the meaning and quality of the artistic work itself. About Benjamin Brand two years ago, I was asked to do a presentation for our Board of Director, Graduate Studies Regents on how we reached the acknowledged high quality our College of Music, how we know it’s real and what we plan for Nicholas E. Williams the future. I pointed out that it is important to demonstrate our Associate Director, Graduate Studies achievements outside the world of numbers, but if numbers must be used, they should be meaningful in relation to our mission and Jaymee Haefner goals. Director, Undergraduate Studies I would like to share a few statistics with you, and hope they will further strengthen your UNT pride. On the inside front cover, we Division Chairs shared with you the results of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, which collected its own data from a national survey. In Joseph Klein Composition Studies the very important dimensions reported, the data showed that our graduates over a period of many years have done well and appreci- ate what they gained at UNT. In additon to the data compiled by Richard Sparks Conducting & Ensembles SNAAP, certain facts about the college demonstrate the excellence built here by generations of students, faculty, staff and friends. John Holt • The College of Music has over half of all the National Instrumental Studies Merit Scholars in the University, while representing less than 5% of its enrollment. John Murphy • Our retention of students from freshman to sophomore Jazz Studies years in 2012–13 was about 90%, the highest in the University. Steven Harlos • We have achieved what we have with stunning Keyboard Studies “efficiency” as considered by today’s criteria. Compared to a composite of our peers, we spend about half as Debbie Rohwer much per music major, while serving more than twice as Music Education many majors per faculty member. • While we have little trust in rankings, we were recently Frank Heidlberger pleased to be included in “Musical America Picks: The Music History, Theory & Ethnomusicology World’s Top 50 (or so) Music Schools”! • The employment achievements, competition successes Stephen Austin and recording accomplishments of our students—all Vocal Studies over the world—present equally compelling numbers. As our alumni and friends you should take pride in what you have Development built over the years, and we invite you to join us whenever you can to enjoy the work of our students and colleagues, and when Alan Klaas distance is an issue, enjoy our many live-streamed events. Director of Development Current Faculty COMPOSITION STUDIES Kimberly Cole Luevano Brian Piper Paul Dworak Elizabeth McNutt Chris Seiter Frank Heidlberger Kirsten Broberg Eric Nestler Paul Stephens Samantha Inman Joseph Klein Kathleen Reynolds* Timothy Jackson Panayiotis Kokoras James Ryon KEYBOARD STUDIES Justin Lavacek Andrew May James Scott Stephen Slottow Elizabeth McNutt John Scott Piano Thomas Sovík Jon Christopher Nelson Terri Sundberg Joseph Banowetz David Stout Steven Harlos Ethnomusicology Brass Berthe Odnoposoff Gideon Foli Alorwoyie CONDUCTING & ENSEMBLES Tony Baker* Pamela Mia Paul Gene Cho Brian Bowman Gustavo Romero Steven Friedson* Choral Studies John Holt Vladimir Viardo Cathy Ragland Jerry McCoy* Jan Kagarice Adam Wodnicki Thomas Sovík Richard Sparks Donald Little William Scharnberg Collaborative Piano & Adjunct Faculty Early Music Allen Vizzutti Piano Pedagogy Deanna Bush Adam Gordon Bradley Beckman Dawn DeRycke Paul Leenhouts* Percussion Steven Harlos Forest Kinnett Cynthia Roberts Gideon Foli Alorwoyie Heejung Kang William McGinney William Scharnberg José Aponte Elvia Puccinelli Mark McKnight Petra Somlai Christopher Deane Mark Ford* Organ, Harpsichord, & VOCAL STUDIES Opera Paul Rennick Fortepiano Stephen Dubberly Edward Soph Jesse Eschbach Stephen Austin Paula Homer* Petra Somlai Richard Croft Adjunct Faculty Molly Fillmore Orchestra Laura Bruton Adjunct Faculty William Joyner Clay Couturiaux Dennis Bubert Bradley Bennight Jennifer Lane David Itkin* Justin Cooper Bret Serrin Stephen Morscheck Michael Drake Damin Spritzer Elvia Puccinelli Wind Studies Keith Johnson Jeffrey Snider Brian Bowman Carl Lundgren MUSIC EDUCATION Carol Wilson Eugene Migliaro Corporon* Ann MacMillan Dennis W. Fisher Henry Okstel Donna Emmanuel CENTERS Nicholas E. Williams Nathan Olson Warren Henry Gudren Raschen Alan McClung Center for Chamber Adjunct Faculty Terence Reynolds Sean Powell Music Studies Bradley Bennight Robert Schietroma Darhyl Ramsey George Papich, director David Cloutier Ed Smith Rebecca Roesler Nikola Ružević, coordinator of C. Keith Collins Poovalur Sriji Debbie Rohwer chamber music Joshua Habermann Noel Wallace Donald Taylor Lee Lattimore Center for Experimental Music Kathryn Montoya JAZZ STUDIES Adjunct Faculty & Intermedia Allen Whear William Centera Andrew May, director Tony Baker Kathlene Goodrich INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES Jennifer Barnes Jonny Ramsey Center for Schenkerian Studies Rodney Booth Timothy Jackson, co-director Strings Richard DeRosa MUSIC HISTORY, THEORY & Stephen Slottow, co-director Jeffrey Bradetich Rosana Eckert ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Julia Bushkova Frederick Hamilton Texas Center for Music & Susan Dubois* Brad Leali Music History Medicine Daphne Gerling John Murphy Benjamin Brand Kris Chesky, director Jaymee Haefner Jay Saunders Bernardo Illari Thomas Johnson Lynn Seaton Peter Mondelli Career Development Philip Lewis Edward Soph Margaret Notley* Adjunct Faculty Felix Olschofka Michael Steinel Robert D. Pearson Debbie Brooks Eugene Osadchy Hendrik Schulze Stockton Helbing Nikola Ružević Adjunct Faculty Christy Crytzer Pierce Mike Drake Music Theory Woodwinds Dan Haerle Daniel Arthurs* * Area Coordinator Mary Karen Clardy Noel Johnston David Bard-Schwarz Daryl Coad Chris McGuire Gene Cho Deborah Fabian Richard McLure Diego Cubero UNT College of Music ♦ 5 New Faculty Diego Cubero (Music Theory) Senior Lecturer Diego Cubero’s research interests include Schenkerian analysis, aesthetics of the Romantic Period and the music of Brahms. His dissertation expands upon the common notion that Brahms’ music sounds autumnal, bringing an important aspect of the composer’s reception history in dialogue with key tenets of Romantic philosophy and with a close analysis of the music. Cubero has presented research at regional, national and international conferences, including the 2010 and 2012 annual meetings of the Society for Music Theory, the Seventh International Confer- ence on Music Theory and the Eighteenth Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music. He has taught at Indiana University and Butler Uni- versity, and at IU was awarded the Wennerstrom Music Theory Associate Instructor Fellowship in recognition for his outstanding achievement in teaching. Molly Fillmore (Voice) Professor Soprano Molly Fillmore made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2011 as Helmwige in Die Walküre, appearing on the Grammy-winning Deutsche Grammophon DVD recording. Other recent roles include a principal role in Satyagraha by Philip Glass with the Metropolitan Opera, the title role in Salome with San Francisco Opera and Arizona Opera, and Marietta/Marie in Die tote Stadt with Theater St. Gal- len in Switzerland. As a concert soloist, she has sung with orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony and Utah Symphony.