Division of Instrumental Studies
UNT Horn Quartet (Andrew Bennett, Sebastian Ruiz, Sarah Clements and Benjamin Ruiz) won the Quartet Competition at the Mid-South Horn Workshop in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Eduardo Lopez wins 2nd prize at the Southwest Guitar Symposium's solo guitar open division competition held in San Antonio, Texas.
University of North Texas alumna harp student and winner of the 2024 Grammy Music Educator of the Year, Annie Ray (BM '17), appears on the cover of Harp Column magazine.
The University of North Texas Center Woodwind Quintet was named quarterfinalist in the senior wind division of the 51st Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. The UNT ensemble coached by Associate Professor of Bassoon, Darrel Hale, includes graduate students Di Cao, flute; Hyungju Oh, oboe; Brandon Von, clarinet; Victoria Donaldson, bassoon and Samuel Himes, horn. The Fischoff National Chamber Music Association sponsors this, the United States' largest chamber music competition. UNT joins our friends and colleague programs named quarterfinalists from Northwestern, Arizona State, Michigan State and Indiana Universities along with Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
DMA classical guitar student, Sergio Hernandez Felix, won Third Prize at the 7th Connecticut Guitar Festival Guitar Competition and the inaugural competition in honor of Leo Brouwer.
Masters student Kaho Mills named Euphonium Young Artist Solo winner of the Southcentral Regional Tuba & Euphonium Conference held in Memphis, Tennessee.
College of Music graduate clarinet student, Charlotte MacDonald, has been awarded a Fulbright United States Student Study-Research Award to Poland for the 2024-2025 academic year. She will be studying at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków with clarinetist Barbara Borowicz - clarinetist and conducting research in Polish clarinet repertoire and pedagogy.