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Southwestern University • Music Department
P.O. Box 770
Georgetown, TX 78627-0770
(512) 863-1504; (512) 863-6511; Fax (512) 863-1422
tamagawk[at]NOSPAMsouthwestern.edu
Dr. Kiyoshi Tamagawa, Chairman
Dr. Paul Gaffney, Dean of Fine Arts

Music Department Statistics
Year department established:
Undergraduate students: 50
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 9
Part-time instructors: 19
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 122
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship required: yes
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Scholarships are available by audition. Scholarships for Music majors are $3500, $5000, $7500, and $10,000. Performance Awards for non-music majors are $2500. Scholarships are renewable annually for up to four years.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: For scholarship information, please call (512) 863-1379.

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

Southwestern University is a four-year liberal arts university. The Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Music with concentrations in Performance, Theory, Literature, Music Education, Music Technology, and Sacred Music. Southwestern University's faculty consists of professionally active performers who are dedicated to teaching in a liberal arts setting. Performance opportunities include the Chamber Orchestra (35 members; Lois Ferrari 512-863-1354), the Chorale (45 members; Keneth Shepard 512-863-1358), Jazz Band (16 members; Lois Ferrari 512-863-1354), Southwestern Singers (50 members; Keneth Shepard 512-863-1358), Wind Ensemble (50 members; Lois Ferrari 512-863-1354), Opera Theatre (12 members; Bruce Cain 512-863-1366). Performance facility is the Alma Thomas Theater (770 seats).

Overall enrollment: 1,200
Typical undergraduate tuition: $23,650