University of North Texas College of Music Opera
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UNT Opera Workshop, Murchison Performing Arts Center, University of North Texas College of Music (photo by Craig D. Blackmon, FAIA, courtesy of Holzman Moss Architecture)
The University of North Texas Opera, aka UNT Opera Workshop, is the student performing company of the Opera Studies Department of the Vocal Studies Division (one of eight divisions) of the University of North Texas College of Music. Founded in 1944 by the college's dean, Wilfred Bain, and then newly appointed artist-in-residence, Mary McCormic, the Opera Workshop presents one or more operatic productions each semester — fully mounted with orchestra, set, lighting, and costumes.
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UNT College of Music
| Academic and Performance Divisions | |||||||
| Composition Studies | Conducting & Ensembles | Instrumental Studies | Jazz Studies | Keyboard Studies | Music Education | Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology |
Vocal Studies |
| Departments | |||||||
| Choral Conducting |
Brass | Ethnomusicology | Opera Studies |
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| Early Music |
Percussion | Music History |
Vocal Studies |
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| Orchestral Conducting |
Strings | Music Theory |
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| Wind Conducting |
Woodwinds | ||||||
Directors, Past & Present
| 1944–1960 | Mary McCormic (1895–1981) |
| 1960–1967 | Eugene Conley (1908–1981) |
| 1967–1970 | Donald Kerne (1928–2000) |
| 1970–1974 | Arthur Paul Schoep, DMA (1920–2001) (hosted monthly Music of North Texas on KERA and WRR) |
| 1974–1976 | Jeannine Crader (born 1929) |
| 1976–1980 | Thomas Holliday (born 1945) |
| 1981–1991 | Dennis Wakeling (1939–1992) and Jeannine Crader (born 1929) |
| Spring 1992 | Anthony Addison (born 1926) |
| Fall 1992–pres | Paula Homer (born 1953) |
Notable people
Faculty
Alumni
- John Ardoin
- William Blankenship
- Latonia Moore
- Mark Nicolson
- Geeta Novotny
- Patricia Racette
- Julia Smith
