UT will host a national music conference February 13-15 that will draw music educators, scholars, students, composers, and professionals from around the nation. It will include a keynote address by famous jazz trumpeter Doc Severinsen, the longtime band leader of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and a Grammy Award winner. The Joint Regional Conference of the College Music Society Southern and Mid-Atlantic Chapters, and the Association for Technology in Music Instruction will be held in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center.
Numerous media outlets have highlighted the conference including: