Hurst - Texas Music Education Primer

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Tarrant County College • Northeast Campus
828 Harwood Road
Hurst, TX 76054
(817) 515-6497; (817) 515-8223; Fax (817) 515-6242
karen.parsons[at]NOSPAMtccd.edu
Karen Parsons, Music Department Chair
Bob Sparks, Chair of Music Department
Philleppe Baugh, Instructor

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1967
Undergraduate students: 640
Graduate students: 0
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time professors: 4
Part-time instructors: 28
Student-Teacher ratio: 20:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording facility: no
Scholarships available: yes
A local music group now gives $500 to a music student each spring.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: NA

Accreditations/Affiliations
Texas Association of Music Schools
National Association of Music Schools
Texas Classroom Teachers Association

Tarrant County College's Northeast Campus Music Department has a variety of musical courses to offer and can accommodate study needs on an individual (private lessons - vocal and instrumental), group (Class Voice, Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, choirs, Opera Workshop, Madrigals, Guitar Ensemble, String Ensemble and Class Piano) and theoretical basis (Harmony, Ear Training, Music Literature, Music Appreciation, Composition, Music Reading, MIDI.) We are delighted to announce that our students, after having prepared in our department, have regularly been awarded top scholarships and acceptances in major universities and conservatories, and have won various competitions. Graduates from our department are now enjoying flourishing professional careers! We are the largest Music Department in the TCC District, and offer training in many styles of music for all ages, credit and noncredit students inclusive. We are dedicated to thoroughly preparing musicians for the professional, educational, and academic world, and have four full-time professionally active faculty, plus a large, professionally active part-time staff. Our large faculty of instructors enables us to offer you the highest quality instruction, with a wide variety of schedules available. Performance opportunities include: African Hand Drumming, 15, Warren Dewey 817-515-6497; Collegiate Choral, 20, Bobbie Douglas 817-515-6497; Country Strings Ensemble, 20, Diane Enger 817-515-6497; Guitar Ensemble, 20, Jan Ryberg 817-515-6497; Jazz Lab Band, 20, Edwardo Perez 817-515-6497. Performance facilities include the Theatre, 250, Karen Parsons 817-515-6567.

Overall enrollment: NA
Typical undergraduate tuition: $840