UNT Division of Jazz Studies

The DVD of the "30 Years of Vocal Jazz" celebration in honor of Paris Rutherford is now available via the Jazz Studies Office. The new CD by the Jazz Singers, directed by Paris Rutherford, will be available on August 24, 2009. Call (940) 565-4344 for details.

The $3,000 BMI Foundation annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize was awarded to UNT One O'Clock Lab Band Alum and talented composer Sara Jacovino on June 26 at the BMI Jazz Composer Workshop Showcase Concert. Pictured at the concert are (l-r) bassist Rufus Reid; drummer Dennis Mackrel; composer Darcy J. Argue; showcase winner Sara Jacovino; BMI VP, Corporate Communications Robbin Ahrold; Workshop Music Director Jim McNeely; and Workshop Associate Director Mike Holober.

Congratulations Sara!

Paul Lamoureux was one of the first graduates of the UNT Master's program in Jazz Studies and played bari in the Three O'Clock as well as tenor in most other bands. After a a 20-year absence from the U.S., living in Toronto, he is back in the U.S. He recently won a job as the Assistant Bandleader of Cirque du Soleil's "O" show at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. It's a challenging sax/keyboard/music technology job. He would enjoy hearing from other alumni. His email is paul@lamchops.com and his website is www.paullamoureux.com

From the UNT press release: The One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas has been invited to perform at one of the world's largest gatherings of professional, amateur and student saxophonists – the 15th World Saxophone Congress.

This year's gathering will be held from July 7 to 12 (Tuesday to Sunday) at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. The One O'Clock Lab Band's performance at 7 p.m. July 11 (Saturday) will be the feature jazz band performance for the event. The band welcomes James Carter and UNT Prof. Brad Leali as guest soloists. The band leaves on July 8 (Wednesday). Read more.

The Denton music community once again showed how it cares. At our two concerts we raised over $3,000. Visit: www.dylanfest.org or www.texzimmerman.com for more details.

Two new Jazz Singers photo albums are now available:

This year's Addison Festival

May 1-2 Thirty Years of Vocal Jazz weekend

Link to the feature by Lucinda Breeding.

UNT Jazz Studies Division congratulates these spring 2009 jazz studies graduates:

Bachelor of Arts
Patrick Bubert

Bachelor of Music
David Abrams
Brian Allgaier
James Blackwell
Cole Freeman
Cheung Chun Ho (Teriver)
Francesca Johnson
Mike Maneechote
Brad Mezei
Matt Moore
Chris Reardon
Kathryn Stachitus
Lawrence Williams, Jr.
Hajime Yoshida

Master of Music
Hyuck Bang
Hyo Choi
Hyounwoo Choi
Ryan Davidson
Maristella Feustle
Veronica Garcia-Melendez
Tim Goynes
John Guari
WonHwa Hong
Hyoung Jun Kim
Derek Molacek
Chris Nicholas
Dave Richards
Graham Richards
Sasha Tuck
Brad Williams

Master of Music Education
Thad Bonduris

Li Xiaochuan, UNT Jazz student from northtexasjazz on Vimeo.

Li Xiaochuan, master's student in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, USA, is shown rehearsing with a big band, speaking in Chinese to music students in China about his experiences at UNT, and playing with his small group at a local coffeehouse.