Orchestral Studies offers performance opportunities to music majors and non-majors. With three ensembles, any interested UNT student can find an ensemble to develop their musicianship, experience the excellence of the College of Music, and participate in the greater UNT community.
 UNT Symphony Orchestra
The UNT Symphony orchestra was established in 1938 and has played concerts regularly for 68 years. During this time the orchestra has had only six regular conductors. With the return of Maestro Anshel Brusilow in 1989, the orchestra has catapulted into international prominence. The 100-member ensemble, including students from 25 states and 12 countries, is quickly being recognized as one of America’s top training grounds for professional orchestral players. Students at UNT have the opportunity not only to play under the baton of Maestro Brusilow, but also to study conducting with him. In 1992 the UNT Symphony Orchestra toured Spain and the Mediterranean for two weeks. The following season the orchestra was invited to play Verdi’s Requiem in Monterrey, Mexico.
Recent repertoire list for prospective students:
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 61
Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Op. 86
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Violoncello in A minor, Op. 102
Debussy: Prelude a L’Apres-midi d’un Faune
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Peck: The Glory and the Grandeur
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Ravel: Bolero
Ravel: Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand
Ravel: Daphnes et Chloe – Suite No. 2
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
UNT Chamber Orchestra
The UNT Chamber Orchestra was organized in 1973 by Maestro Brusilow during his first tenure at this school. It consists of 40 of the most experienced and advanced players in the school. It gives students the opportunity to discover a body of orchestral literature that is subtle, complex, and largely unexplored. The Chamber Orchestra was invited to play at the Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center in 1991. This all-Mozart program marked the orchestra’s first professional New York appearance. The UNT Chamber Orchestra also performs an opera each semester with the UNT Opera Theatre.
Recent repertoire list for prospective students:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Ibert: Capriccio
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme – Suite, Op. 60
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Tartini: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in D Major
Verdi: Falstaff
Zyman: Concerto for Flute and Small Orchestra
UNT Repertoire Orchestra
The UNT Repertoire Orchestra fosters the highest performance standards while offering its members an opportunity to expand their technical, intellectual, and musical horizons. The UNT Repertoire Orchestra is open to any university student. Emphasis is given to the development of tone quality, intonation, rhythm, and technique through performance of a wide variety of literature.
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