Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble

The UNT Baroque Orchestra and Early Music Ensembles are open to all members of the student body by audition. Participation is required for the MA and PhD in Musicology with an Emphasis in Early Music Performance as well as for Early Music Related Fields for the MM, DMA and PhD degrees. Participation in the UNT Baroque Orchestra can also be applied as a chamber music requirement for Master’s students, and ensembles can fulfill the requirement for several Artist Certificate programs. Private instruction is offered on the following instruments: baroque violin and viola (Cynthia Roberts); baroque cello, viola da gamba & double bass (Allen Whear); voice (Jennifer Lane); baroque oboe and recorder (Kathryn Montoya); baroque bassoon (Keith Collins); baroque flute (Lee Lattimore); baroque trumpet (Adam Gordon); sackbut (Julie Gray); natural horn (Stacie Mickens); lute, theorbo & baroque guitar (Arash Noori); harpsichord & basso continuo (Brad Bennight); double bass & chamber music (Gudrun Raschen). Private instruction is required in the degrees listed above. The ensembles within the Early Music Studies Area offer one of the largest and most active performance activities of its type in North America. With a collection of over 260 instruments, nearly any ensemble performing 16th-, 17th- and 18th century repertoire can be assembled. Ensembles perform regularly throughout Texas and the United States and at the Boston & Berkeley Early Music Festivals. UNT's flagship early music ensemble 'Fantasmi' has toured Brazil, Peru, Puerto Rico, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Vietnam, Taiwan and China during the past eight years.