Tuba and euphonium ensemble concerts performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall

Symphony Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Overture to Die Zauberflote by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Suite No. 1 from Carmen by Georges Bizet, Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche by Richard Strauss, and includes an interview with Victorio Riette.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Army Air Corps, basic training and flight school. He then went to a base in South Carolina to learn to fly B-25s. At Fort Myers, Florida he flew B-26 bombers and trained to fly them off of aircraft carriers so they could drop torpedos on the Japanese fleet during naval battles. He traveled across the Pacific to Brisbane only to be told that they didn't have B-26s for the crews; the colonel there knew nothing about the plan to launch B-26s from aircraft carriers, so they were sent to New Guinea to fly B-17s and supplement the crews for those bombers. From there they made bombing runs or "Washing Machine Charlie"-type runs to keep people awake at night on various Japanese targets in the islands, particularly the base at Rabaul. In fall of 1943, the Army grounded the B-17s due to the damage they had incurred and replaced them with B-24s. The men received manuals and were given only a few days to familiarize themselves with the new planes. They were then sent on bombing runs. He finished his tour of duty at …

Concert performed at UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music at Stan Kenton Hall.

Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

Recording of the second Sunday afternoon performance of the opera "Le nozzi di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)" at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.

New music ensembles concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

UNT Wind Symphony concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Recital presented at the UNT Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.