Lynn Seaton, professor of jazz studies, has been named a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar.

He will live in Riga, Latvia, this fall and teach jazz bass and improvisation for all instruments, as well as coach music ensembles at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.

He also will learn more about the traditional folk music native to Latvia.

Seaton, one of the world's leading performers and teachers of jazz bass, is director of the Lynn Seaton Jazz Double Bass Workshop held every summer at UNT for advanced high school, college, serious amateur and professional bassists.