A composition recital presented at the UNT College of Music MEIT as part of the International Conference of Electroacoustic Music.

Conference recital performed at the UNT College of Music MEIT (M1001).

Conference recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Chamber music studies concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A chamber music studies concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Chamber music studies concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Chamber music studies concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Chamber Music Studies concert presented at The UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

An ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Chamber concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Chamber of Music Studies Session II recital presented at The UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A chamber music recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Lonnie Johnson (1894–1970) was a virtuoso guitarist who influenced generations of musicians from Django Reinhardt to Eric Clapton to Bill Wyman and especially B. B. King. Born in New Orleans, he began playing violin and guitar in his father’s band at an early age. When most of his family was wiped out by the 1918 flu epidemic, he and his surviving brother moved to St. Louis, where he won a blues contest that included a recording contract. His career was launched. Johnson can be heard on many Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong records, including the latter’s famous “Savoy Blues” with the Hot Five. He is perhaps best known for his 12-string guitar solos and his ground-breaking recordings with the white guitarist Eddie Lang in the late 1920s. After World War II he began playing rhythm and blues and continued to record and tour until his death. This is the first full-length work on Johnson. Dean Alger answers many biographical mysteries, including how many members of Johnson’s large family were left after the epidemic. He also places Johnson and his musical contemporaries in the context of American race relations and argues for the importance of music in the fight for civil …

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A performance by the Center for Chamber Music Studies ensembles at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Contemporary chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Recording of the Saturday evening recital performance at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall, as part of the CIME/ICEM (International Conference on Electroacoustic Music) Festival and Conference with the theme "Acousmatic Music in the Internet Age."

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.