UNT Division of Jazz Studies

Bassist and jazz studies alumnus Carlos "Fifo" Rengifo has a video blog on Colombian music and musicians:

notasdelbajomundo.blogspot.com

There's no telling where a jazz degree will lead. Guitarist and jazz master's graduate Landon Mattox's path led to China, for teaching and language study.

Landon recently got a job at XingHai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, where UNT's Dr. Gene Cho gives lectures every year. He'll be teaching one course in jazz this term in the department of modern music. He's also been playing concerts and recording sessions.

Here's a recent photo taken in YangShuo entitled "cormorant fisherman."

Guitarist and recent Jazz master's grad Daniel Bruce has released a CD entitled "A Single Thread." Every one who plays on the CD is a current or past student in the program. There will be a CD release show on Jan. 25th. For more information on that and and sound clips, see www.danielbrucemusic.com.

From the site:

Alumnus Kevin Brunkhorst directs the St. Francis-Xavier University Guitar Ensemble in a performance of his composition "Atlas of Epicurus."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECwM8YVB-Zg

Leon Breeden played two tunes with the rhythm section at the Nov. 5, 2006 gig by the Official Texas Jazz Orchestra, directed by Jim Riggs, at the Duck Inn in Lake Dallas.

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On Sept. 21, 2006, the UNT Graduate Council approved a major revision in the Master of Music in Jazz Studies.

The revised degree has three tracks: Performance, Composition/Arranging, and Pedagogy. There is a core set of requirements for students in all of the tracks. Each track has different requirements for the remainder of the degree. The most significant change is the addition of applied study in the jazz idiom in all three tracks.

More details are available in a document linked to the degrees page.

Tracks: Son of George (Akira Sato), Doktor Creepface (Carl Murr), Call Waiting (Neil Slater), Evidence (Thelonious Monk, arr. Alex Sipiagin, adapted by Evan Weiss), Foe Destroyer (Chris McQueen), What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Michel Legrand, arr. Paris Rutherford), Lately (Josh Hanlon), Future Echoes (Dave Richards), Time for a Change (Hank Levy).

Personnel: Brad Danho, Brian Donohue, Clay Pritchard, Matt Sawyer, Andrew Pangilinan, saxophones; Jason Levi, James Blackwell, Dave Richards, Evan Weiss, Jay Jennings, trumpets; Carl Murr, Sara Jacovino, Victor Barranco, Jonathan Adamo, Benjamin Polk, trombones; Josh Hanlon, piano; Chris McQueen, guitar; Daniel Foose, bass; Shawn Pickler, drums.

See the recordings page for a link to the order form for this and all of our CDs.

The festival will take place on March 29-31, 2007.

This is the website for the Jazz Studies Division in the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas.

The UNT Jazz Studies program was the first university jazz degree program in 1947 and it continues to thrive. It is part of a dynamic college of music and a rapidly-growing university that has been designated as an emerging research institution by the state.

This site provides information about our program and the activities of its students, faculty, and alumni. The newest information is found on the blogs, especially the news blog. The RSS feeds will help you keep up with the most current items; here's how to use them.

This site might seem confusing at first because it has a lot of content. That's because there's a lot going on here. The menu on the left side of the main page lists all of the sections of the site. You can use these links to find out about admission (including auditions), scholarships, assistantships, auditions for ensemble placement, degrees, courses. There's also a search box.

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