Music History, Theory & Ethnomusicology
The Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology is a vibrant contributor to the College of Music.
It maintains a full range of academic programs from the bachelor's to the doctorate.
In fact, the Ph.D. program, celebrating a half-century of activity, was the first in the university.
Today more than 60 students are enrolled in its graduate programs. As a hub of academic activity, it fosters a wide range of activities.
Recently division faculty members have been recognized with significant awards variously for outstanding teaching, research, and promotion of diversity.
It sponsors a lecture series that annually attracts scholars from throughout the world, regularly invites short residencies from major figures in the disciplines, and in recent years has hosted important international conferences on Strauss, Berlioz, and 500 years of printed music.
It publishes Theoria, a journal devoted to historical aspects of music theory, recently achieving its eleventh volume.
Annually the division conducts study abroad opportunities in Eastern Europe, Africa, and China.
The Early Music Performance program, one of the largest in the United States, has been designated an area of excellence within the College.
Its Baroque Orchestra maintains an extraordinary level of historically informed performance on period instruments and garners great acclaim internationally.
The newest program is the master’s degree in Ethnomusicology, now in its third year.
A recent acquisition for this program is a full Balinese gamelan.
Division students regularly contribute research to national and international conferences and practice professional behavior through GAMuT, the Graduate Association of Musicologists and Theorists.
While the faculty members have achieved distinction in the full range of their respective disciplines, UNT has become noted as center for study in early music, African and African American music, and especially nineteenth and early twentieth century music.
With regard to the latter, an important focal point of activity is the Center for Schenkerian Studies, which particularly seeks to integrate scholarship and performance, and soon will publish its own Journal of Schenkerian Studies .