The University of North
Texas Early Music Program is one of the largest and most active programs of its
type in North America. With its collection of over 200 instruments, nearly any
ensemble of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries can be assembled.
Regular ensembles include: the UNT Baroque Orchestra, a complete Baroque
orchestra of 17-25 members; The Collegium Singers, a vocal group of 16 that
specialize in motets, madrigals, cantatas and other early vocal literature for
soloists and small groups; a cornetto-sackbutt ensemble; recorder and other
early wind ensembles; a broken consort (Morley Consort) of plucked and bowed
instruments; Les Agréments, a Baroque chamber ensemble; Baroque trumpet and
horn ensembles, etc. The Collegium ensembles are open to all members of the
student body by audition and participation is required ensemble for graduate
majors in musicology and undergraduates enrolled in the history and music
literature program.
Private instruction is offered in many instruments: Baroque violin (Cynthia
Roberts); Baroque oboe (Joyce Alpers); recorder (Sarah Funkhouser); Baroque
bassoon (Kevin Hall); Baroque flute (Lee Lattimore); Baroque trumpet (Leonard
Candelaria); natural horn (William Scharnberg); harpsichord (Lenora McCroskey);
and lute (Lyle Nordstrom).
The program director, Dr. Lyle Nordstrom, was awarded the year 2000 Thomas
Binkley Award by Early Music America for his outstanding work at the collegiate
level. For information contact Lyle Nordstrom
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