Arlington - Texas Music Education Primer

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Tarrant County College • Southeast Campus - Fine Arts
2100 Southeast Parkway
Arlington, TX 76018
(817) 515-3725; (817) 515-3100; Fax (817) 515-3189
pert.durapau[at]NOSPAMtccd.edu
Pert Durapau, Chairperson
Josue Munoz
Terry Ergish, Fine Arts Secretary

Music Department Statistics
Year department established:
Undergraduate students:
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors:
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording facility: no
Scholarships available: yes
A limited amount for which auditions are held each spring.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Jay Adkins

Accreditations/Affiliations
NA

TCC is a complete university parallel leading to a major or minor in music. The emphasis is on performance, though all courses lead to a music education degree as well. In addition, we offer MIDI and Notation software as a main component of the program. The various ensembles are well known throughout the North Texas area and actively participate in several tours each year. In fact, the college choir performed at Carnegie Hall in March of 2006. To participate in an ensemble, one does not need to be music major, but some do require an audition. All instruments and voice types are taught. College Choir, Madrigal Singers, College Band, Jazz Band, College Orchestra. Contact Jay Adkinsat (817) 515-3718. C.A. Roberson Theatre, capacity 270, The Commens, capacity 100, North Ballroom, capacity 400

Overall enrollment: NA
Typical undergraduate tuition:

University of Texas at Arlington • Department of Music
Box 19105
Arlington, TX 76019-0105
(817) 272-3471; Fax (817) 272-3434
music[at]NOSPAMuta.edu
Dr. John Burton, Chairman
Beth Wright, Dean

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1970
Undergraduate students: 296
Graduate students: 33
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 25
Part-time instructors: 23
Student-Teacher ratio: 6.2:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 137
(within major: 36; within minor: 15)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship required: yes
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Scholarships are available through auditions.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Dr. John Burton (817) 272-3471

Accreditations/Affiliations
National Association of Schools of Music
Texas Association of Music Schools
Texas Music Educators Association

The University of Texas at Arlington Music Department offers a Masters of Music in Music Education, a Certificate in Performance and a Bachelor of Music with Teacher Certification (all-level, secondary), along with majors in Performance, Theory/Composition, Jazz Studies, Music/Business, Music/Theater, and Music/Media. The music building houses a variety of large and small classrooms, rehearsal areas and practice facilities, a recording studio and MIDI lab, and the Irons Recital Hall with two Steinway pianos and a Casavant organ. The University is located midway between Fort Worth and Dallas in an artistically active metropolitan area. . Performance opportunities include A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, University Band, Marching Band, UTA Symphony Orchestra, UTA Jazz Orchestra, and Opera Workshop, in addition to brass, woodwind, percussion, vocal jazz, trombone, and saxophone choirs, string quartets, viola ensemble and a cello ensemble. Director of Choral Studies is Jing Ling-Tan 817-272-3482; Area Coordinator of the Wind and Percussion Division is Dr. Douglas Stotter 817-272-2442; Coordinator of the Orchestra/Stings Division is Sergio Espinosa 817-272-2445; Coordinator of Jazz Division is Tim Ishii 817-272-1205. Performance facilities include the Music Department's Irons Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Building (380 seats) and Texas Hall (2,709 seats -- Director is Sharon Carey, 817-272-3277)

Overall enrollment: 25,297
Typical undergraduate tuition: $5,300

University of Texas at Arlington • Human Performance Institute, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering 2
UTA Box 19105
Arlington, TX 76019-0180
(817) 272-2249; Fax (817) 272-2253
kb[at]NOSPAMuta.edu
Khosrow Behbehani, Ph. D, Chairman

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1986
Undergraduate students: 0
Graduate students: 0
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors: 3
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification:
Internship required:
Recording facility:
Scholarships available:
NA
Scholarship coordinator and phone: NA

Accreditations/Affiliations

The Human Performance Institute is dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of human-task interfaces. With the University of North Texas, one focus is musician education and health (i.e., occupational related injuries). We are investigating different low-level performance resources (such as finger speeds, pitch discrimination, memory, etc.), and how each contributes to the quality or level of musical performance. Performance resource availability can increase through training or decrease through injury or aging. Models are being developed to map changes in the measured availability to a change in overall "music performance capacity" and ultimately assist a performer to improve musical performance and also reduce risk of injury. Currently we have a limited ability to provide individualized performance resource profile assessments and are carrying out research concerning measurement and evaluation of injuries sustained through musical activities, as well as their prevention.

Overall enrollment: NA
Typical undergraduate tuition: NA