Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Characters are watching Spalanzani (front left) and Olympia (front right), played by Wei-Shu Tsai and Alicia Marie Suschena respectively, who are dancing.

Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Olympia, played by Alicia Marie Suschena, is sitting in the center of a crowd.

Photograph of Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Characters are watching as Olympia, played by Alicia Marie Suschena, dances.

Photograph of Act III of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffmann (left), played by William Joyner, is standing among other characters.

Photograph of Alicia Marie Suschena and Wei-Shu Tsai playing Olympia and Spalanzani, respectively, in Act I of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of Alicia Marie Suschena and Wei-Shu Tsai playing Olympia and Spalanzani, respectively, in the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of (l-r) guest artist John Clayton, UNT jazz faculty member Lynn Seaton, and students Brian Ward and Brian Casey performing "Walking at Ya!" at Winspear Hall. The men are standing side by side, playing the double bass

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali (left) performing with guest artist John Clayton (right) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the saxophone and the double bass, respectively.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali (left) performing with guest artist John Clayton (right) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the saxophone and the double bass, respectively.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali (left) performing with guest artist John Clayton (right) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the saxophone and the double bass, respectively.

Photograph of Brad Leali (left) and John Clayton (right) shaking hands after performing a duet at Winspear Hall. Both men are smiling. Clayton is holding the neck of a double bass with his heft hand.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali (right) performing a solo during a set with John Clayton at Winspear Hall. Fred Hamilton, Ed Soph, and John Clayton are playing the guitar, drumkit, and double bass, respectively, as Leali plays the saxophone.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali performing a solo during a set with John Clayton at Winspear Hall. Leali is closing his eyes as he plays the saxophone.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali (right) performing a solo during a set with John Clayton (left) at Winspear Hall. Clayton is playing the double bass in the background as Leali plays the saxophone.

Photograph of the One O'Clock Lab Band performing John Clayton's composition, "Just You," with UNT jazz faculty member Brad Leali at Winspear Hall. Leali is playing the saxophone as Clayton conducts the band behind him.

Photograph of (l-r) Maria Bellanca, Lara Elizabeth Wasserman, Jennifer Youngs, Christian Bester, Emily Hueske, and Shaun Brown performing Act One, Scene Four of "A Death in the Family" at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Act II of the opera "Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)" performed at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hoffmann (left), Miracle (2nd from left), and Frantz (right) -- played by William Joyner, Mason Jarboe, and Clint Turner, respectively -- are watching as Crespel (Ryan Stoll) holds Antonia (Kristen Hoffman), who has just died.

Photograph of UNT faculty members Ed Soph (left) and Stefan Karlsson (front right) performing with guest artist John Clayton (back right) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the drumkit, piano, and double bass, respectively.

Photograph of UNT faculty members Ed Soph (left) and Stefan Karlsson (center) performing with guest artist John Clayton (right) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the drumkit, piano, and double bass, respectively.

Photograph of an Early Music Concert, March 2010. Four students playing cellos and basses are dressed in black and sit on chairs and stools. The students are performing on a wood stage in a large room with a vaulted ceiling.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty members Fred Hamilton (left) and Ed Soph (center) performing with guest artist John Clayton (right) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the guitar, drumkit, and double bass, respectively.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty members Fred Hamilton (front) and Ed Soph (center) performing with guest artist John Clayton (back) at Winspear Hall. The men are playing the guitar, drumkit, and double bass, respectively.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Fred Hamilton (center) performing a solo during a set with John Clayton at Winspear Hall. Ed Soph (left) and John Clayton (right) are playing the drumkit and double bass, respectively, as Hamilton plays the guitar.

Photograph of UNT jazz faculty member Fred Hamilton (center) performing a solo during a set with John Clayton at Winspear Hall. Ed Soph (left) and John Clayton (right) are playing the drumkit and double bass, respectively, as Hamilton plays the guitar.