A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Guest string ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

A symphonic band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

A jazz recital performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

A faculty flute recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Guest piano recital performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Lecture given Tuesday, February 23, 1999, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Wednesday, February 24, 1999, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 23, 1999, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 22, 1999, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 22, 1999, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Wednesday, February 24, 1999, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Transcript of an oral monologue by John A. Hugghins. Hugghins finished high school in Bryan, Texas in May, 1041, and went to Baylor University that fall on a football scholarship. He joined the Navy and was called to active duty in July, 1943. In the meantime, he stayed in school. Once he received the call, he reported to stations in Mississippi and New York for training. When he finished midshipman school in Plattsburgh, New York, he was commissioned an ensign in June, 1944. He immediately reported to Charleston, South Carolina, where LSM-152 was under construciton. Before long, he was made gunnery and supply officer assigned to USS LSM-201, which became his home for the duration of the war. Aboard USS LSM-201, Hugghins passed through the Panama Canal on the way to Pearl Harbor, where tanks were loaded aboard the vessel for transport to Iwo Jima. Hugghins speaks about his first impression of Iwo Jima, the naval bombardment prior to the invasion and making a landing there. He also discusses the flag-raising and what it felt like to witness that. Hugghins visited the island one day and got a tour from a Marine in a jeep. He also visited the Marine …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tom Peays. Peays served as a pilot with the Air Transport Command in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. He joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program in Lubbock, Texas in 1940. He received his commercial pilot’s license and joined the Army Air Forces primary training program in 1941. He received his instructor’s rating and served as a flight instructor for aviation cadets in 1942. He went to the Air Transport Command in Dallas and took a civilian job flying military airplanes throughout the US. In 1943 Peays was commissioned as a flight officer. He flew B-24s, B-25s, C-54s, C-87s. He received his training in Homestead, Florida. In December of 1943 he was sent to Calcutta with a C-54 crew. He shares details of his travels, flying through various weather conditions, hauling high-octane aviation fuel. He traveled across the Himalayas and Burma where he encountered Japanese Zeros. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater as a pilot from 1944 through 1945, and was discharged in March of 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudy Kiehne. Kiehne was born in Fredericksburg, Texas, 25 October 1919 and enlisted in the Navy in 1938 upon graduating from high school. He was assigned to the USS Maryland (BB-46) in Pearl Harbor as a gunner’s mate responsible for a battery of 5-inch/.51-caliber broadside guns. He was aboard the Maryland the morning of 7 December 1941 and watched a Japanese plane drop a torpedo on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), which was tied up next to the Maryland. He describes his role in manning an anti-aircraft battery, but does not recall any success against the Japanese aircraft during the attack. He recalls that a bomb penetrated the forward hull of the Maryland but there were a minimum of casualties. Kiehne was transferred to a fleet oiler in October 1942 and describes his new ship’s role as a member of a tanker group located in Ulithi, Caroline Islands, conducting underway replenishments for the fleet preparing for battle in the Philippines. He next recalls before transferred to USS USS LCS-392 and participating in the landing on Okinawa in April 1945. He was discharged at Camp Wallace, Texas after the war.

Recording of Yuanlin Chen's Couleur de Pékin. This is a work for electronics.

Recording of Rubén Hinojosa Chapel's FX 1050. This piece explores the possibility of electroacoustic music creation with limited means. The entire piece was developed from a sound fragment of a dot matrix printer. It premiered at the "XIV Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea" in 1999.

Recording of Rogelio Sosa's Maquinaria del Ansia. This composition is an attempt to translate into sound the sensations that are felt during a state of anxiety. The challenge was to create a musical discourse starting from a minimal number of elements, in this case only one recording of a stroke on a wood body was used. This sound, through transformation and manipulation, created all material for this piece.

Sound recording of a TNRCC (now Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) meeting with the Texas Air Quality Coalition in Gainesville, TX on January 25, 1999.

A faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Recording of Lennart Westman's Spiritus. This is a work for audio and video and consists of 3 movements: 1. Passacaglia Spiritus, 2. Spiritus Animatus, and 3. Graal Hommage. The work as a whole was inspired by the poetry of the Swedish poet, Gustaf Fröding as well as the music of Bach. All three movements premiered at ICMC2002 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The work consists of synthesized sounds as well as segments performed by a four-part choir with singers from two Stockholm choirs.

Recording of Matthew Burtner's The Winter raven. This recording is a collection of excerpts from a live performance of the opera. This is a large-scale multimedia composition for voice, instrumental ensemble, electronics, dance ensemble, video projection, and theatrical staging. The three act composition metaphorically connects an Inuit creation story, in which the world is created by "Raven" with snow, with the ecological seasonal approach of winter. Each act contains a chamber music piece with video and a "story" involving music, dance, and interactive video. This piece was inspired by the composers home in Alaska and was written as part of his dissertation at Stanford University. It premiered at the University of Virginia in 2003.