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Austin
Community College • Commercial Music Management Program
11928
Stonehollow Drive • Northridge Campus
Austin, TX 78758-3101
(512)
223-4780; (512) 223-4004; Fax (512) 223-4001
cmusic[at]NOSPAMaustincc.edu
Geoffrey
Schulman, Department Chair
Gary Hampton, Dean
Joy Opp, Administrative
Assistant
Music Department Statistics
Year department
established: 1990
Undergraduate students: 450
Graduate students: 0
Doctoral
students: 0
Full-time professors: 3
Part-time instructors: 14
Student-Teacher
ratio: 15:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 63
(within major: NA;
within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: yes
Recording
facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Scholarships and financial
aid available through Austin Community College Financial Aid Office.
Scholarship
coordinator and phone: Financial Aid Office at (512) 223-4734
Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
Austin Community College offers
a two-year program to attain an Associates Degree of Applied Science in Commercial
Music Management. Courses include: Survey of the Music Business, Legal Aspects
of the Entertainment Industry, Audio Engineering I, II, III and IV, Concert Promotion
and Venue Management, Music Publishing, MIDI I, and II. The Record Industry Synthesis
I and II, Live Music and Talent Management, Internship, Student Initiated Project,
Commercial Music Theory, History of Popular Music, Songwriting, Commercial Music
Ensembles, Remixing, Guitar Performance in Contemproary Music, Acoustics and Live
Performance Presentation. Instructors include: Geoffrey Schulman, Scott Cain,
Dan Childers, Russell Scanlon, Robert Skiles, Chris Payeur, Buck McKinney, Tim
Ditmar, Jean Spivey, Joe McDermott, Andre Moran, Francis Preve, Mark Wilson and
Casey Monahan. Performance opportunities include ensembles include rock, improvisation,
and jazz. Each ensemble consists of 10 students.
Overall enrollment:
30,000+
Typical undergraduate tuition: NA
Concordia
University • Music Department 2
11400 Concordia University Drive
Austin, TX 78726-1887
(512) 486-1167; (512) 486-2000; Fax (512)
459-8517
brian.trittin[at]NOSPAMconcordia.edu
Brian
Trittin, DMA Music Department Head
Music Department Statistics
Year
department established: 1926
Undergraduate students: 15
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors:
7
Student-Teacher ratio: 12:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 128
(within
major: 55; within minor: 24)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship
required: yes
Recording facility: no
Scholarships available: yes
Scholarships
available include the Leo and Thelma Gastler Distinguished Music Scholar, Leo
and Thelma Gastler Music Scholarship, Bolland Church Music Scholarship, Julia
Krumm Aspiring Organist Scholarship, Marilyn Bauer Erickson Scholarship, Bernard
and Ruth Gastler Scholarship and Instumental Music Scholarships.
Scholarship
coordinator and phone: Brian Trittin, (512) 486-1167
Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
Concordia University is a small
private Lutheran university that places special emphasis on education for teachers
and church musicians. We offer a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education (vocal),
and Music Ministry with a concentration in voice, guitar, instrumental, piano
and organ. We also offer minors in all areas and a Worship and Arts minor. Brian
L. Trittin, DMA is Music Department Head.. Performance opportunities include the
University Choir, Early Music Consort, Chapel Choir Ensemble, Handbell Choir,
Wind Ensemble, Contemporary Music Group; and various instrumental ensembles. Concordia
sponsors the Austin Children's Choir, a 90-member choir of children from Austin
area schools. Performance facility is the Schroeder Performance Hall (250 seats;
Charolette McConnell, Director 512-486-1175)
Overall enrollment: 1,100
Typical
undergraduate tuition: $25,160
Huston-Tillotson
University • Department of Music
900 Chicon Street
Austin,
TX 78702
(512) 505-3121; (512) 505-3000; Fax (512) 505-3190
glquinlan[at]NOSPAMhtu.edu
Dr.
Gloria H. Quinlan, Music Department Head
Dr. Joseph Jones, Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences
Music Department Statistics
Year
department established: 1875
Undergraduate students: 3040
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors:
2
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 120
(within
major: 48; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship
required: yes
Recording facility:
Scholarships available: yes
Michael
Jackson, John Lennon, Janet Jackson, UNCF College Fund
Scholarship coordinator
and phone: Bronte Jones at (512) 505-3000
Accreditations/Affiliations
Texas
Association of Music Schools
Texas Music Educators Association
Texas
Music Educators Conference
Huston-Tillotson University offers courses
leading to a Bachelor of Arts, along with a specialized all-levels program leading
to a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. The objectives of the music program
are to represent the University by giving public concerts providing music training
for teachers in public and private schools. Admission to the program requires
an audition in the student's principal applied subject. We are also a member of
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Performance opportunities include
Concert Choir (Dr. Gloria Quinlan, 512-505-3120), piano (Dr. Stephen Burnaman,
512-505-3119) and classical guitar (Mr. Klondike Steadman 512-505-3120). Performance
facilities include King-Seabrook Chapel, Mary E. Branch Auditorium, and Agard-Lovinggood
Lecture Hall; for more information contact Fred Lopez (512) 505-3016.
Overall
enrollment: 650
Typical undergraduate tuition: $14,000
St.
Edward's University • Music Department
3001 South Congress
Avenue, CM No.1039
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 428-1297; (512) 448-8400
mikeem[at]NOSPAMadmin.stedwards.edu
Michael
McKelvey, Head of Music Department
Music Department Statistics
Year
department established: 1885
Undergraduate students: 50
Graduate students:
0
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time professors: 4
Part-time instructors:
Student-Teacher ratio: 1:12
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within
major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship
required: no
Recording facility: no
Scholarships available: no
NA
Scholarship
coordinator and phone: NA
Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
St. Edward's University Music Department
offers a music minor for piano, voice, and theory. The Hilltopper Chorale is a
concert choir. The Omni Singers is a pop choir. A jazz ensemble and Omni singers
are conducted by Pamela Stout. Both give four major performances a year, 2 each
semester. Hilltoppers Chorale is directed by Brother Gerald Muller (512) 448-8670.
A jazz ensemble and Omni singers are conducted by Pamela Stout (512) 301-0576.
Performance facilities include the Jones Auditorium and the Ragsdale Student Center
(seating 252). Contact the director at: (512) 448-8796.
Overall enrollment:
3,350
Typical undergraduate tuition: NA
St.
Edward's University • Digital Media Management
3001 South
Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 428-1220; (512) 448-8400
russellr[at]NOSPAMstedwards.edu
Russell
Rains, Director
Marsha Kelliher, Dean, School of Management
Music
Department Statistics
Year department established: 2005
Undergraduate
students:
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors:
3
Part-time instructors:
Student-Teacher ratio:
Undergraduate
degree hours needed:
(within major: ; within minor: )
Teaching certification:
Internship required:
Recording facility:
Scholarships available:
Scholarship coordinator and phone:
Accreditations/Affiliations
The
MBA in Digital Media Management is designed for highly motivated students who
would like to focus their full-time efforts on pursuing a graduate degree. There
are five semesters during this daytime MBA and you'll complete 54 hours of course
credits during the program. In year one, you'll begin in the fall, move on to
classes in the spring, followed by the summer internship. Year two wraps up with
the final fall and spring semesters. With this special MBA, you can do pretty
much anything you've ever dreamed of on the creative or business management side
of film, music, online, television or interactive media. As the brainpower behind
the music, film and interactive media, you could: manage product development for
a video game development company; be an artist representative for the next hot
music talent; manage content syndication at a worldwide news agency; work in publishing
or distribution for the music industry; promote interactive media products to
consumers or businesses; manage licensing arrangements or product placements for
films; handle merchandising rights for a major brand, or choose one of the many
other exciting and diverse roles in the digital media field. Also offering a BBA
with a major in Digital Media Management
Overall enrollment:
Typical
undergraduate tuition:
University
of Texas at Austin • Austin Live Music Academy.
1 University
Station, E3 100
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-7764
jhellmer[at]NOSPAMmail.utexas.edu
Jeff
Hellmer
John Fremgen
Music Department Statistics
Year
department established: 2007
Undergraduate students:
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 1
Part-time instructors:
Student-Teacher ratio:
Undergraduate degree hours needed:
(within
major: ; within minor: )
Teaching certification:
Internship required:
Recording facility:
Scholarships available:
Scholarship
coordinator and phone:
Accreditations/Affiliations
The
Austin Live Music Academy is a comprehensive commercial music program for post-secondary
school aged musicians. Located in the "Live Music Capital of the World", ALMA
will offer a thorough curriculum as well as the benefits of the Austin music scene.
The faculty is a combination of local world-class musicians and Graduate students
at the University of Texas. Students at ALMA will be exposed to a wide array of
"real world" tutelage, along with a strong technical/theoretical experience. Courses
will cover private instruction, theory, ear training, history, music business
and more.
Overall enrollment:
Typical undergraduate tuition:
University
of Texas at Austin • Center for American Music
1 University
Station, E-3100
Austin, TX 78712-0435
(512) 471-0777
americanmusic[at]NOSPAMmail.music.utexas.edu
Elizabeth
B. Crist, Chair
David Neumeyer, Chair of the Governing Board
Music
Department Statistics
Year department established:
Undergraduate
students:
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors:
4
Part-time instructors:
Student-Teacher ratio:
Undergraduate
degree hours needed:
(within major: ; within minor: )
Teaching certification:
Internship required:
Recording facility:
Scholarships available:
Scholarship coordinator and phone:
Accreditations/Affiliations
The
mission of the Center for American Music is to advance the teaching, scholarship,
and performance of American music from all traditions, including concert, folk,
and popular musics. In keeping with the richness and diversity of the United States
itself, we attend to the multiplicity of music in America through research, educational,
and performance programs of the highest quality directed to all those who love
American music. Inaugurated in the fall of 2002, the Center is now planning several
new projects in the areas of research, teaching, and performance. In addition,
the Center will contribute to initiatives sponsored by the School of Music, most
notably the creation of new programs in recording technology, music business,
and of a UT recording label. The Center for American Music is the only such center
or institute to be integrated with a comprehensive school of music within a major
research university. The UT School of Music aims to create a unique community
of scholars, performers, and industry professionals in a collaborative learning
environment. And the University of Texas offers remarkable institutional resources
for the comprehensive study of American music. Our Center draws upon the University�s
exceptional programs in American history and American studies, unique archival
collections, and superb general library system. The Center for American Music
plans to work closely with the Center for American History and Harry Ransom Center,
drawing upon these respective collections for the research and teaching of American
music. New courses in the music of Texas, for example, incorporate historic sound
recordings and photographs found at the Center for American History into lectures
and presentations. Austin is known as �the live music capital of the world,� and
its unparalleled musical scene and burgeoning recording and film industries provide
the perfect context for the study of American music in its many guises: from traditional
folksong, country, blues, and gospel, to rock, rap, blue-eyed soul, and contemporary
concert music. The Center for American Music at the University of Texas plans
to forge links between the academy and the community to facilitate an unprecedented
exchange between musicians, scholars, students, and citizens of Austin. The programs
of the Center and the School, the resources of the University, and environment
of Austin together form a vast network of opportunities for the study, performance,
and practice of American music. Whether you are a student, music professional,
educator, or curious listener, the Center for American Music offers something
of interest and value as we explore the varied experiences of music in America.
Overall enrollment:
Typical undergraduate tuition:
University
of Texas at Austin • School of Music
1 University Station,
E3100
Austin, TX 78712-0435
(512) 471-7764; (512) 471-3434; Fax (512)
471-7836
generalinfo[at]NOSPAMmail.music.utexas.edu
B.
Glenn Chandler, Director
Winton Reynolds, Recruitment, Development
Kathryn
Van Zandt, Publicity
Jeff Hellmer, Austin Live Music Academy
Music
Department Statistics
Year department established: 1938
Undergraduate
students: 371
Graduate students: 367
Doctoral students: 227
Full-time
professors: 90
Part-time instructors: 13
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate
degree hours needed: 128
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching
certification: yes
Internship required: yes
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships
available: yes
Scholarships are available to undergraduate and graduate students
on a competitive basis. Teaching assistantships are available to graduate students.
Scholarship
coordinator and phone: Anne Hall at 232-2054
Accreditations/Affiliations
Music
Educators National Conference
National Association of Schools of Music
Texas
Association of Music Schools
The University of Texas at Austin School
of Music undergraduate degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor
of Music in Performance, Theory / Composition, Jazz and Music Studies. Our graduate
degrees include a Master of Music in Performance (Conducting and Opera), Literature/Pedagogy,
Music Theory, Music Composition, Music and Human Learning, Jazz, Musicology, and
Ethnomusicology. We also have a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Music
and Human Learning as well as a Ph.D in Theory, Music Composition, Musicology
and Ethnomusicology. UT offers courses in recording, music business, and MIDI
techniques. Also affiliated with: Music Teachers National Association, Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Music Educators Association.
Audition dates are as follows: January 27, February 10 and February 17 (piano
only), February 24 (all). Additional contact: Undergraduate Office (512) 471-0508,
Graduate Office (512) 471-0799 Performance opportunities include the Chamber Singers,
University Chorus, Women's Chorus, Longhorn Singers, Concert Chorale (J. Morrow,
Director of Choral Ensembles, (512) 471-0806), UT Symphony Orchestra and UT Wind
Ensemble (J. Junkin, Director, (512)471-0386), Symphony Band and Longhorn Band
(both directed by R. Carnochan, (512) 471-4093); Jazz Ensembles (J. Hellmer, Director,
(512) 471-0744), the New Music Ensemble (D. Welcher, Director, (512) 471-0821),
and the Opera Theatre (R. DeSimone, Director, (512)471-9408). Performance facilities
include Bates Recital Hall (700 seats), Bass Concert Hall (3,000 seats), McCullough
Theatre (450 seats), Jessen Auditorium (350 seats) and a Recital Studio (185 seats);
for more information, contact the Scheduling Office at (512) 471-5911
Overall
enrollment: 47,000 univeristy / 1,491 college
Typical undergraduate tuition:
$3,512- $4,437