Photograph of the prologue of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffmann, played by William Joyner, is standing in a tavern with a group of students.

Photograph of Titania (Kara Leimer) standing over three of Titania's Faeries, played by (left-2nd from right) Adanma Akoma, Lauren Ory-Flowers, and Amanda Overstreet, during a scene in "A Jazz Dream," a University of North Texas musical-theatre production adapted from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Photograph of (l-r) Bolt Harvey, Cameron Potts, Devin Miller, Justin Relyea, Russell Sharp, and Klarice McCarron playing street artists Snug, Peter Quince, Nick Bottom, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, and Robin Starveling, respectively, during a scene in "A Jazz Dream," a University of North Texas musical-theatre production adapted from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Photograph of Lysander (Desmond Thomas) and Hermia (Emily McClendon) kissing during a scene in "A Jazz Dream," a University of North Texas musical-theatre production adapted from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The characters are sitting on stage beneath an orange moon.

Photograph of (l-r) Pat Coil, Rodney Booth, and Mike Steinel performing "Chelsea's Dream" at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Coil is playing the grand piano while the other two men play the flugelhorn.

Photograph of Mike Steinel (left) and John Patrick Murphy (right) performing Pat Coil's composition, "Here and Back Again," at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. The men are standing side by side, playing the trumpet and saxophone, respectively.

Photograph of (l-r) Lynn Seaton, Ed Soph, Fred Hamilton, John Patrick Murphy, and another man at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Seaton is holding the neck of a double bass in his right hand. Murphy is playing the saxophone.

Photograph of Pat Coil performing at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Coil is sitting with his back to the camera, playing the grand piano in front of him.

Photograph of Pat Coil performing at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Coil is facing to the left of the camera, playing a piano that is out of frame.

Photograph of Pat Coil performing at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Coil is facing to the left of the camera, playing the grand piano in front of him.

Photograph of the sheet music for Pat Coil's composition, "Skeets," taken during a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. The page is sitting among other compositions on a sheet music stand.

Photograph of Rodney Booth (left) and Fred Hamilton (right) at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Booth is facing Hamilton, who appears to be speaking to a third man in the foreground.

Photograph of Pat Coil (left) and John Patrick Murphy (right) at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. Murphy is seated, looking up at Coil, who is standing over him.

Photograph of Rodney Booth (left) and Pat Coil (right) at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. The men are standing side by side, holding sheet music in their hands.

Photograph of Rodney Booth (left) and Pat Coil (right) at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. The men are standing side by side, looking down at the sheets of paper in Booth's hands.

Photograph of Pat Coil (left) and Fred Hamilton (right) at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. The men are standing across from each other and appear to be conversing.

Photograph of Pat Coil (left) and Fred Hamilton (right) at a faculty jazz recital in the University of North Texas' College of Music building. The men are standing side by side, looking down. A guitar is hanging from Hamilton's shoulder by a strap.

Photograph of Andrew May, Associate Professor of Composition at the University of North Texas, standing in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater during the 2014 CIME/ICEM (International Conference on Electroacoustic Music).

Photograph of University of North Texas students Jesse Orth (tuba) and Richard Adams (trumpet) playing Ingolf Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments" during a concert hosted by the Center for Chamber Music Studies in Voertman Hall.

Photograph of University of North Texas students Heather Suchodolski (French horn), Lucas Borges (trombone), Jesse Orth (tuba), Rachel Madden (trumpet), and Richard Adams (trumpet) playing Ingolf Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments" during a concert hosted by the Center for Chamber Music Studies in Voertman Hall.

Photograph of University of North Texas student Richard Adams playing trumpet for Ingold Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments" during a concert held by the Center for Chamber Music Studies in Voertman Hall.

Photograph of University of North Texas student Heather Suchodolski playing French horn for Ingold Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments" during a concert held by the Center for Chamber Music Studies in Voertman Hall.

Photograph of University of North Texas student Jesse Orth playing tuba for Ingold Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments" during a concert held by the Center for Chamber Music Studies in Voertman Hall.

Photograph of University of North Texas student Richard Adams playing trumpet for Ingold Dahl's "Music for Brass Instruments" during a concert held by the Center for Chamber Music Studies in Voertman Hall. Jesse Orth is visible behind Adams, playing the tuba.