Recital performed at UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Recital performed at UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Guest artist Robert Carney performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Recital performed at UNT College of Music Stan Kenton Hall.

Recital performed at UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Faculty recital performed at UNT College of Music Concert Hall

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall

Prairie Gothic is rich in Texas history. It is the story of Erickson s family, ordinary people who, through strength of character, found dignity in the challenges presented by nature and human nature. It is also the story of the place instrumental in shaping their lives the flatland prairie of northwestern Texas that has gone by various names (High Plains, South Plains, Staked Plains, and Llano Estacado), as well as the rugged country on its eastern boundary, often referred to as the caprock canyonlands. One branch of Erickson’s family arrived in Texas in 1858, settling in Parker County, west of Weatherford. Another helped establish the first community on the South Plains, the Quaker colony of Estacado. They crossed paths with numerous prominent people in Texas history: Sam Houston, Sul Ross, Charles Goodnight, Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker, Jim Loving, and a famous outlaw, Tom Ross. Erickson’s research took him into the homes of well-known Texas authors, such as J. Evetts Haley and John Graves. Graves had written about the death of Erickson s great-great grandmother, Martha Sherman. The theme that runs throughout the book is that of family, of four generations’ efforts to nurture the values of civilized people: reverence …

George John Beto (1916-1991) is best known for his contributions to criminal justice, but his fame is not limited to this field. Walking George , authored by two of his former students, David M. Horton and George R. Nielsen, examines the entire life of Beto and his many achievements in the fields of both education and criminal justice—and how he wedded the two whenever possible. Beto initially studied to become a Lutheran pastor but instead was called to teach at Concordia Lutheran College in Austin, Texas. During his twenty years at that institution he became its president, expanded it into a junior college, racially integrated it, made it co-educational, and expanded its facilities. His successes convinced the administrators of the church to present him with a challenge to revitalize a seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He accepted the challenge in 1959, but after three years of progress, he left the seminary to become the head of the Texas Department of Corrections. Although Beto had no real academic training in corrections and had never served in any administrative position in corrections, he had learned incidentally. During his last six years in Austin, he had served on the Texas Prison Board, a volunteer …

Recital performated at UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall

Recital performed at UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

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

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Main Auditorium

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall

Choral Fest 2005 performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall

Guest Artist Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall

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

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