Meet the freshmen

Nick Arbolino

Rebecca Johnson

Heidi Jones

Sandra Lorden

Karina Montoya

Change of Leadership

High Fashion, High Art

The Freshman Experience

Life on the Sidelines

NICK ARBOLINO

Music performance/oboe major from Plano East High School

UNT ties: My parents, Phil Arbolino (’81 M.B.A.) and Linda Samaj Arbolino (’80 M.M.E.), are alumni.

Favorite memory from freshman year: Playing oboe in the orchestra for Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Favorite thing to do on campus: Attend recitals.

Most surprising thing about freshman year: How well I got along with my roommate.

Best thing about having a roommate: There’s always someone to do things with.

Missed most about home: My mom and my two pet cats.

Favorite professor: Dr. [Charles] Veazey, my oboe professor, because he’s always willing to help you.

Favorite classes: Music Theory and Orchestra Ensemble.

Favorite spot on campus: The Lyric Theater.

Favorite band: The New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Favorite book: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

Favorite way to take a break from studying: Practicing my oboe.

Fall 2001 courses (16 hours):
Music Theory I
Symphonic Band
Science and Technology of Musical Sound
College Writing I
Aural Skills I
Orchestra
Oboe

Spring 2002 courses (17 hours):
Keyboard Skills
Aural Skills II
Music in Human Imagination
Music Theory II
Chamber Orchestra
Symphonic Band
College Writing II
Woodwind Chamber Music
Oboe