<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/reuben-allred.html" dsn="news"><item_date>07/18/2017 4:30:00 pm</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Reuben</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Allred</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'13</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed>graduate artist certificate in music performance from UNT</degree-program-completed><position-held-at-the-university>teaching assistant for UNT ensemble group NOVA</position-held-at-the-university><title>Reuben Allred</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Reuben ‘Ben’ Allred, Denton. He was a talented pianist skilled in classical and jazz music and was working on his dissertation as a music doctoral student. He was in his second season as Dallas Opera assistant chorus master and was a teaching assistant for UNT ensemble group NOVA. He earned a graduate artist certificate in music performance from UNT in 2013 and a master’s from the University of Texas at Austin.</main-content></item>