Backstage Access
Backstage Access is a celebration of disabled and neurodivergent artists in the Dallas area. This event will showcase 10 performing artists and 10 visual artists, and will take place on July 19, 2025, at Owenwood Neighbor Space in East Dallas. The gallery will be open from 4:00 to 8:00 PM, with performances scheduled from 5:00 to 6:30 PM. This event is open to disabled and neurodivergent artists of all ages, experience levels, and art forms. Open to the public for anyone who enjoys arts!
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Garrison Gerard Recital - Sonic Ecosystem
Sonic Ecosystem will be an hour long performance combining sound installations with live musical performances. Weather permitting, the performance will take place outdoors in the UNT College of Music Courtyard (The Spec's Charitable Courtyard).
Based on sounds from around Texas and beyond, you will move through different soundscapes over the course of the hour. This is a casual concert, you are invited to arrive late or leave early, and to move about, converse, and be a part of the soundscape throughout the performance.
Program Order:
Prelude: The Courtyard
I. Les Vents (for Open Instrumentation)
Interlude: A Green Study
II. Slivers Wavering into Horizons (for solo clarinet)
Interlude: Resonance Structure
III. Further Down the Old Park Road (for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello)

NOVA New Music Ensemble | Spring Concert
Join us for a great evening of new music featuring works by Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Ellen Reid, Saksri Pang Vongtaradon, and the Texas premiere of a new work by Julia Wolfe, Oxygen.
If you aren't able to join us in person, you can watch the live stream through UNT Recording Services at the following link: TBA
Varun Raja Composition Recital: Character and Emotions
UNT senior composition recital (in-person or virtual)
location: UNT Voertman Concert Hall
The pieces of his recital feature a wide array of characters and emotions which he has personally spent many hours pondering.
Program Order:
Spry Grasshopper - Solo Clarinet
The Stagnance of Time - Piano Trio
Healing - Soprano and Pierrot Ensemble
Solemn Breeze - String Quartet
Live Stream:
Amy Wang (Hiller) Violin Recital
Violin Concerto No.2 in B Major, BB 117 — Béla Bartók
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante tranquillo
III. Allegro molto
6 pieces for Violin and Piano, op.79 — Jean Sibelius
I. Souvenir
V. Tanz-Idylle
VI. Berceuse
Erin Cameron DMA Clarinet Recital - Bartok Contrasts
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz. 111 — Béla Bartók
Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
Pihenö (Relaxation)
Sebes (Fast Dance)
Luke Ellard DMA Clarinet Recital
Bartok - Contrasts Sz.111 (1938)
- Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
- Pihenö (Relaxation)
- Sebes (Fast Dance)
John Skinner Oboe Recital
Mozart - Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b (1781)
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Rondeau. Allegro
Amy Wang DMA Recital
Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor (1948 )
-- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
I. Nocturne (Moderato)
II. Scherzo (Allegro)
III. Passacaglia (Andante - Cadenza)
IV. Burlesque (Allegro con brio - Presto)
Sonata No.4 "Children's Day at the Camp Meeting" (1916) ---Charles Ives(1874-1954)
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Location: UNT College of Music, Recital Hall
Date: February 17, 2018
Dr. Olschofka's Studio Recital
From the Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (1947-48)….Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-75)
III. Passacaglia: Andante
IV. Burleske: Allegro con brio
Piano: Marcin Parys
AMFS Chamber Showcase
Violin Sonata in G minor (1917)---Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
I. Allegro vivo
II. Intermède: fantasque et léger
III. Finale: très animé
Piano: Benjamin Hopkins
Amy Wang & Daseul Kim Joint Recital
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.5, Op.24 "Spring" in F Major
with pianist Marcin Parys