University of North Texas College of Music Opera

The University of North Texas Opera, 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.

History Founded in 1944 by the college's dean, Wilfred Bain, and a newly appointed artist-in-residence, Mary McCormic, the Opera Workshop has presented one or more operatic productions every semester since inception — fully mounted with orchestra, set, lighting, and costumes. Opera productions at the College of Music predate the founding of the Opera Workshop. In one notable instance, in 1938, North Texas produced Cynthia Parker, an opera by Julia Smith, who had graduated from North Texas in 1930.

UNT College of Music divisions Academic and Performance DivisionsComposition StudiesConducting & EnsemblesInstrumental StudiesJazz StudiesKeyboard StudiesMusic EducationMusic History,Theory and EthnomusicologyVocal Studies DepartmentsChoralConductingBrassEthnomusicologyOperaStudiesEarlyMusicPercussionMusicHistoryVocalStudiesOrchestralConductingStringsMusicTheoryWindConductingWoodwinds

Directors, Past & Present

1944–1960Mary McCormic (1895–1981)1960–1967Eugene Conley (1908–1981)1967–1970Donald Kerne (1928–2000)1970–1974Arthur Paul Schoep, DMA (1920–2001) (hosted monthly Music of North Texas on KERA and WRR) 1974–1976Jeannine Crader (born 1929)1976–1980Thomas Holliday (born 1945)1981–1991Dennis Wakeling (1939–1992) and Jeannine Crader (born 1929)Spring 1992Anthony Addison (born 1926)Fall 1992–Spring 2017Paula Homer (born 1953)Fall 2017–presentJonathan Eaton

Notable people Faculty Richard Croft Mary McCormic Richard Sparks

Alumni John Ardoin William Blankenship Latonia Moore Mark Nicolson Geeta Novotny Patricia Racette Julia Smith

See also The Scarecrow (opera)

External links University of North Texas College of Music Opera Studies University of North Texas Opera

References