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

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music degree.

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

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

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

A chamber music ensembles concert presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Orchestra concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Band concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

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

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

Symphonic wind and band concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Flute choir concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Choir concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

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

Percussion ensembles concert presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Choir concert presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

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

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

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

Faculty chamber music ensembles concert presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

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

John Thomas Biggers (1924–2001) was one of the most significant African American artists of the twentieth century. He was known for his murals, but also for his drawings, paintings, and lithographs, and was honored by a major traveling retrospective exhibition from 1995 to 1997. He created archetypal imagery that spoke positively to the rich and varied ethnic heritage of African Americans, long before the Civil Rights era drew attention to their African cultural roots. His influence upon other artists was profound, both for the power of his art and as professor and elder statesman to younger generations. Olive Jensen Theisen’s long-time commitment to the art of John Biggers resulted from the serendipitous discovery of an early Biggers mural in a school storeroom in the mid-1980s. Theisen immediately recognized the artist, the work, and its significance. She then set about returning The History of Negro Education in Morris County, Texas to a place of honor and found herself becoming a friend and recorder of John Biggers’s stories and experiences relating to the creation of his other murals too, including Family Unity at Texas Southern University. Containing more than eighty color and black-and-white illustrations, Walls That Speak is a richly illustrated update …

Faculty Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Paul Voertman Concert Hall.