PAT AND SHIRLEY BOONE RECORDING STUDIO AND CREATIVE LABORATORY THE
presented to PAT BOONE Fall 2022
It All Started Here! “I felt the ties with what had become a family here. I loved the teachers.”
Pat, you came to North Texas with a desire to start something new. From Nashville to Springfield to Denton, you and Shirley embarked on a wonderful adventure, both professionally and personally. The fascinating parallels between your life and career and the 75th anniversary of UNT Jazz Studies are evident. You exemplify what the University of North Texas is all about. Now is the ideal time to honor both you and UNT Jazz in a permanent and meaningful way.
Legacies Planted “I can still remember the smell of the air while my new bride and I were hanging clothes on the line outside of our first apartment on Avenue D in Denton.” While at UNT, you sang with the Aces of Collegeland and grounded yourself in the North Texas community by working at the Ft. Worth Star Telegram and, subsequently, with all regional media outlets. Legacies Rooted “It was such an amazing time in our lives while I was at NTSU. Not only was my career starting, but I was also newly married and we had our first daughter, Cherry. Altogether, we spent almost four years in Denton and I give the utmost credit to NTSU for founding us in our marriage and in life.”
Your years at NTSU coincided with the early years of the Jazz Studies program. Inspired by Gene Hall in the late 1940s, the Jazz Studies curriculum quickly grew in popularity and reputation, with the 1950s yielding some of its first graduates. Under ‘Fessor Graham’s direction, the Aces of Collegeland ensemble was the precursor to what is now the One O’Clock Lab Band, one of the most highly regarded collegiate ensembles in history.
Legacies Flourishing “Our daughter, Cherry, is the mother of our grandson, Brendan O’Neill, who came to UNT for Jazz Studies and graduated in 2010. He still performs in the area.”
Pat, your remarkable career still affords you many opportunities to market yourself across the country in press tours and personal appearances. Your music and films will continue to be heard and seen long into the future. Your life and storied career started at North Texas. It is fitting that your enduring legacy is recognized and honored here as well. To that end, we respectfully present the following philanthropic opportunities for your consideration. THE PAT AND SHIRLEY BOONE MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO AND CREATIVE LABORATORY* | $25M • Provide funding for construction of a free-standing, state-of-the-art studio on the UNT Denton campus. • Establish the Pat and Shirley Boone Endowed Chair in Recording Engineering. • Endow a research/creative fund to sponsor student and faculty projects. • Endow a research fund to ensure that equipment, instruments and software are always current. • Drive institutional reputation and national rankings through transformational philanthropy.
THE PAT AND SHIRLEY BOONE MUSIC INNOVATION LABORATORY SUITE* | $10M • Reimagine and renovate hallowed spaces that have been the epicenter of lab band and vocal jazz music for 75 years – Lab West and Lab East. • Provide student performance opportunities in a fully ADA-compliant webcasting venue. • Endow a research fund to ensure that equipment, instruments and software are always current. • Endow a creative activities/research fund for commissions, artist residencies and research. • Recruit and retain students with facilities that match the caliber of the program.
*Pending approval by the UNT Board of Regents
Amplify the Impact of Your Gift
The Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP) provides matching funds for private contributions that encourage and enhance research activities at emerging research universities in Texas. As such, UNT is eligible to apply for state-matched funds for philanthropic gifts that support research and research-related activities, such as endowed chairs, professorships, graduate fellowships, facilities, equipment and program costs. A portion of your gift to the UNT College of Music may be eligible for a TRIP match, depending on how you decide to structure your gift. Match ratios are calculated based on the payment amount(s) received rather than the total amount pledged.
GIFT PAYMENT $2M to $10M $1M to $1,999,999 $100,000 to $999,999
MATCH LEVEL
100% 75% 50%
A Note of Sincere Thanks Pat, we are deeply grateful that you would consider a gift of this magnitude to the University of North Texas College of Music. Your generosity and philanthropic spirit will provide countless opportunities for UNT’s talented student musicians to learn, improve and succeed as they orchestrate a bright future. Your gift makes a bold statement about UNT’s future impact in the music industry and establishes a legacy that will stand as a lasting tribute to your commitment to the University of North Texas.
Thank you for being a champion of UNT!
Cherese Bassett-Sowell Executive Director of Development cherese.bassett@unt.edu 940-565-2243 John W. Richmond, Ph.D. Professor and Dean john.richmond@unt.edu 940-565-4388
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