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Brookhaven College • Music Department
3939 Valley View Lane
Farmers Branch, TX 75244-4997
(972) 860-4102; Fax (972) 860-4385

Elaine Gardner-Morales, Chair Music Dept.
Roy Allen, Director of Inst. Studies
Melody Gamblin-Bullock, Director of Choral Studies
Octavio Gutierrez, Director of Keyboard Studies

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1980
Undergraduate students: 800
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 4
Part-time instructors: 35
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
College and department merit and privat scholarships available.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Elaine Gardner-Morales (972) 860-4102

Accreditations/Affiliations
Texas Music Educators Association
Texas Association of Music Schools; NASE
National Association of Jazz Educators

Brookhaven College's music department offers training and performing opportunities to pursue a career in music as well as numerous courses designed for a student who is interested in just personal music enrichment. Brookhaven's music program addresses educational needs with small classes and with instructors working along side each student. Students can take an array of music courses including: theory, music literature, composition, digital music, appreciation, private music lessons in voice and all instruments, and participate in numerous vocal and instrumental ensembles. The Music Department facility boasts the latest in a piano laboratory, computerized theory lab, electronic recording studio, and a digital music lab. We offer a core curriculum that is equivalent to freshman and sophomore levels at other university programs. Also, through a special 2+2 articulation agreement with the University of North Texas, Brookhaven music majors can transfer to UNT and will be accepted as junior level music majors after having successfully completed the music core curriculum. Performance opportunities include: Classical Guitar Ensemble, Carlo Pezzimenti; Jazz Guitar Ensemble, Jim Shannon; Handbell Ensemble, Bonnie Riddle; Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Elaine Gardner- Morales; Flute Ensemble, Pam Youngblood; Brookhaven Choral Society, Melody Gamblin-Bullock; Windsong Ensemble, Melody Gamblin-Bullock; Lab Band, Kieth Umbach ; Jazz Combo, Roy Allen; String Ensemble, Octavio Guiterrez; and Keyboard Ensemble, Octavio Guiterrez. The Performance Hall has 689 seats; contact Roger Bennett (972) 860-4730.

Overall enrollment: 11,000
Typical undergraduate tuition: $700 15 hours / semester in district