A Jazz Ensemble Recital performed at the College of Music Kenton Hall by UNT faculty member, Lynn Seaton and students of the Jazz Department. The arrangements were made by the band--i.e., members of the Jazz ensemble.

A composition recital presented in partial fulfillment of the degree Bachelor of Music in Composition.

Guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Texas singer/songwriter Vince Bell’s story begins in the 1970s. Following the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Bell and his contemporaries Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, and Lucinda Williams were on the rise. In December of 1982, Bell was on his way home from the studio (where he and hired guns Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson had just recorded three of Bell’s songs) when a drunk driver broadsided him at 65 mph. Thrown over 60 feet from his car, Bell suffered multiple lacerations to his liver, embedded glass, broken ribs, a mangled right forearm, and a severe traumatic brain injury. Not only was his debut album waylaid for a dozen years, life as he’d known it would never be the same. In detailing his recovery from the accident and his roundabout climb back onstage, Bell shines a light in those dark corners of the music business that, for the lone musician whose success is measured not by the Top 40 but by nightly victories, usually fall outside of the spotlight. Bell’s prose is not unlike his lyrics: spare, beautiful, evocative, and often sneak-up-on-you funny. His chronicle of his own life and near death on the road reveals what …

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

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

Latin jazz ensembles performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Concert featuring new compositions performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

UNT Chamber Orchestra performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

UNT Flute Choir performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

New Music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Tuba-Euphonium ensembles performed at the UNT College of Music Orchestra Hall.

Women's and Men's Chorus concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

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

Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

UNT Jazz Lab Bands performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

UNT Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Jazz Singers II performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Jazz Singers III performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Brass Band performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Student recital performed by the UNT Harp Ensemble and the Frisco ISD (i.e., Independent School District) First and Second Year Harp Ensembles at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

L-5 Guitar Ensemble performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

A senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.