UNT Assistant Professor for Jazz Strings Scott Tixier was recently profiled by Alex Temblador in the April edition of D Magazine , one of the region's premier cultural publications. In the feature, Prof. Tixier described his winding route to Denton by way of New York and Parisian conservatories.
Image (NewMusicBox): the 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipients
Current UNT saxophonists Gus Arnold (BM'19) and Ian Weidmann have come in first and second place respectively in the 2021 Region IV Jazz Saxophone competition of the North American Saxophone Alliance.
Gus Arnold and Ian Weidmann both also hold the lead alto saxophone chairs in the One and Two O'Clock Lab Bands respectively, as well.
Congrats!
Image: ITA announcement on Facebook.
Image: John Sturino modeling a Yamaha tom drum.
From Yamaha–
First-year undergraduate jazz trumpet performance student Joshua Jennings has won a spot amongst the 2021 National YoungArts Foundation Merit winners.
Image: Joshua Jennings playing a jam session on a New York City street corner.
From NYAF–
This wordless, instrumentally-inspired piece was composed in May 1979 by Gene Puerling and recorded by The Singers Unlimited on their album A Cappella III (and contained in the Magic Voices box set). This is NOT a transcription, but an authentic edition created from the handwritten manuscript of Gene Puerling. The influence of Chick Corea is found in the simple repetitive harmonies and driving rhythms.
This swinging rendition of the theme from the children’s hit television show was arranged in 1971 by Gene Puerling and recorded by The Singers Unlimited with the Oscar Peterson Trio on their album In Tune (and contained in the Magic Voices box set). This is NOT a transcription, but an authentic edition created from the handwritten manuscript of Gene Puerling. The fun-loving nature of the song is maintained from the original television show theme song, with up to six parts in the ensemble vocal parts.
