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Sean Casey Wins US Army Jazz Ambassadors Audition 22 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
Congratulations to current student, Sean Casey, who has just won the audition for the Bass Trombone spot with the US Army Jazz Ambassadors
Marcos Merino hired at Universidad de las Américas 19 Aug 2013 | 06:32 am
Marcos Merino, left, and Juan Chaves, trumpet, working with students at la Fundación Batuta in Manizales, Colombia in June, 2013. Click for larger image. Marcos Merino, pianist and May 2013 master's ...
Clay Pritchard is a semifinalist in the Monk Competition 17 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
Clay Pritchard, tenor; Jonathan Beckett, alto; Carl Murr (L) and Paul Compton, trombone, at 2008 tribute to Neil Slater and Jim Riggs Clay Pritchard, a former student in our program and former member...
Kevin Whalen hired at Columbus State University 17 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
Kevin Whalen, a recent trumpet DMA graduate of UNT and former member of the One O'Clock Lab Band, has been hired as Visiting Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Columbus State University in Columbu...
Steve Wiest Launches a New Project with ArtistShare® 22 Jul 2013 | 11:01 pm
UNT Jazz Studies Division faculty member Steve Wiest has just launched a major new project with the Grammy Award-winning fan-funded platform ArtistShare®. The project is titled Concerto for Folded Spa...
Tyler Mire big band releases CD 19 Jul 2013 | 10:23 pm
The Tyler Mire Big Band's debut album, "Enter the Atmosph-Mire" is now released through Armored Records. The CD contains 7 originals and 2 arrangements written by Mire, which features a stellar cast o...
Maniacal4 release CD "Carry On" 18 Jul 2013 | 02:11 am
Maniacal4, the trombone quartet made up of Alex Dubrov, Nick Laufer, Carl Lundgren, and Matt Jefferson, all of whom are current or former students in our jazz program, have released the CD "Carry On"....
Mónica Gastelumendi featured in Chronicle of Higher Education ad 18 Jul 2013 | 01:38 am
Jazz master's student Mónica Gastelumendi was featured in this ad in the Feb. 15, 2013 Chronicle of Higher Education. She is the recent winner of the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship.
Hubert Waldner's new site 17 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
Alumnus Hubert Waldner, in Vienna, Austria, has a new website.
Dan Foster hired at Mansfield University 14 Jul 2013 | 01:31 am
Dan Foster, trumpeter and UNT master's alumnus, has just been hired as the Applied Trumpet and Jazz Instructor at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. Dan--like Neil Slater--is an alumnus of Mansfiel...
