WITH LOVE, 1986, a fantasy for live cello and decorated cello cases, in memory of Myrtle Hollins Adelberg, by Vivian Adelberg Rudow, won FIRST PRIZE in the 14th International Electroacoustic Music Competition, Bourges,1986, program division. It won with straight ten's. Rudow was the first woman to win a first prize in the Program division of the Bourges competition and the first American woman to win any first prize. This work was composed for live cello and stereo tape. For the first performance, January 1986, Paula Skolnick-Virizlay, cellist at the Baltimore Museum of Art, two separate tracks were transmitted to two separate speakers, one inside decorated cello case "Electronic Mom", the other inside decorated cello case"Electronic Woman". Amalie Rothschild, Baltimore artist, created the cello cases. The sounds coming from the different speakers represented the feelings of that specific woman. All the sounds from "Unmarried, spirited, flamboyant, "ELECTRONIC WOMAN" were electronically reproduced by the composer. The sounds from "ELECTRONIC MOM" were spoken thoughts from 23 people in interviews about their moms and moms sharing their thoughts about being mothers, original music composed for the work, plus fragments of earlier works by Ms. Rudow. The cellist sat between the two ladies and the …

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall

Recording of Burt Warren's Racter and Eliza- A computer opera (of mistakes). For computer voice synthesis. Racter and Eliza are two computer programs which were early attempts at artificial intelligence. The computers were ran by feeding the outputs of one into the input of the other and they were able to interact. Using an Amiga computer little speech synthesis was used, and the voices were fed through a malfunctioning pitch to voltage converter; resulting the electronic accompaniment.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Dave Weckl on February 25, 1986 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Dave Weckl, drums, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Bob Berg on March 4, 1986 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Bob Berg, saxophone, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Dave Holland on March 11, 1986 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Dave Holland, bass, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Hal Galper on April 1, 1986 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Hal Galper, piano, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Hal Galper on April 1, 1986 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Hal Galper, piano, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Jim Hall on April 29, 1986 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Jim Hall, guitar, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Jim Hall on April 29, 1986 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Jim Hall, guitar, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the annual Symphony in Black concert held on July 18th, 1986., The tape includes two tracks of audio that document the Dallas symphony orchestra performing various scores of music at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas Texas.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Hassenplug. Hassenplug was born 5 May 1921 in Melton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June, 1944. His first assignment was aboard the USS O-7 (SS-68). Then on 29 January 1945 he was ordered to report on board the USS Pintado (SS-387) at Pearl Harbor. He served on the boat for six months during which time it was on two combat patrols. Hassenplug recalls the experience of picking up crew members of a downed B-29 off the coast of Japan. [The fairwater from the Pintado is on display at The National Museum of the Pacific War]

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Albert Montague. Montague enlisted in the Navy in 1941. He shares his story while at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, where he was stationed during the attack on 7 December 1941. After the initial attack he worked with a base diving buoy to rescue the servicemen aboard the capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37). They assisted many of the survivors of the damaged battleships. He shares his observations of the damage to the ships and the island overall. He completed signal school at the base and served as Signalman 3rd Class. He was later transferred to the USS Stingray (SS-186), and served throughout the Pacific and at the Aleutians. They traveled to Huizhou, China to lay mines in the harbor. They continued on to the Solomon Islands where he describes an attack on their sub by a US Marine bomber. Montague provides details of their numerous war patrols, the attacks they made on various Japanese fleets and consequent attacks made upon their sub. He was discharged in December of 1946.

Interview with members of the Aldonian Club, discussing their organization and its history.

Interview with Roger Brown, who discusses his personal experiences and viewpoints.

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music

Faculty and guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall

Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music

Recording of Eric Chasalow's Left to his own devices (To Milton Babbitt at 80). In this work, the composer combined archival interviews with Milton Babbitt with a virtual RCA synthesizer. This music draws on quotations from Babbitt’s instrumental music performed by the sounds of the RCA. The text composited of phrases that Milton has spoken many times over the years. The composer has tried to intensify these phrases by building a dramatic, musical structure both from them and around them.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by George Simon on February 18, 1986 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture by George Simon, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Dave Holland on March 11, 1986 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Dave Holland, bass, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Jon Faddis on March 25, 1986 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Jon Faddis, trumpet, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by John Patitucci on March 22, 1988 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by John Patitucci, bass, interspersed with questions from the audience.