Eliza Jane McKissack (née Eliza Jones Aykroyd 11 December 1828, in New Bern, North Carolina[1] – 15 January 1900, in Nashville, Tennessee) was a music teacher who, in 1890, became the founding head of music at the University of North Texas College of Music, then called Normal Conservatory of Music,[2][3] part of Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, which was founded in 1890 as a private institution. The College of Music, today, is a comprehensive school with the largest enrollment of any institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.[4] It is the oldest (and first) in the world offering a degree in jazz studies. Since the 1940s, the College of Music has been among the largest in the country.[5]
- ^ "Christ Church Parish Baptism Records, New Bern, North Carolina". Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ James Lloyd Rogers (1926–2006), The Story of North Texas, University of North Texas Press Archived 2023-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (c2002)
- ^ Pilot Point Post Mirror Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, Sep. 20, 1890
- ^ HEADS Data – Special Report, 2009–10, National Association of Schools of Music.
Music Enrollment at North Texas 2006-07 1,649 2007-08 1,659 2008-09 1,608 2009-10 1,635 - ^ James Lloyd Rogers (1926–2006), The Story of North Texas, University of North Texas Press Archived 2023-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (2002)