Chamber Music Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Chamber Winds concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Chamber Winds concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

A Capella concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

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

SA Chorale concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

TB Chorale concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Junior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

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

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Chamber winds concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

In TFS Extra Book #28, Beatrice Upshaw shares her memories of growing up in County Line. A Biscuit for Your Shoe captures the lore of a community which began as a freedom colony west of Nacogdoches in East Texas. The book is a memoir, but it shares more than merely family memories of significant events. It tells of beliefs, home remedies, folk games, and customs, as well as the importance of religion and education to a community of like-minded people. The narrative is a rich source of colloquial language and proverbial sayings that help define a group of people and their strong sense of place. Richard Orton was first introduced to County Line by F. E. “Ab” Abernethy, the Secretary-Editor of the TFS for nearly four decades. Richard eventually did a photographic book on the people of the community, The Upshaws of County Line: An American Family, but he believed that Beatrice’s memoir should be developed into a separate work that could be shared with an audience larger than just family and friends. Richard’s introduction explains the value of the stories Beatrice Upshaw presents in A Biscuit for Your Shoe; they are personal, but the overall narrative speaks collectively about …

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

Chamber Winds concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Chamber Winds concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Concert Choir Ensemble B concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate(GAC) degree.