Paris - Texas Music Education Primer

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Paris Junior College
2400 Clarksville Street
Paris, TX 75460-6298
(903) 782-0341; (903) 785-7661; Fax (903) 782-0370
jvaughan[at]NOSPAMparisjc.edu
Cathie Tyler, Chairwoman of Fine Arts
Jennie Vaughan, Music Majors Contact, Performance School Contact
Patricia Fowzer, Music Instructor

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1950
Undergraduate students: 113
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors: 3
Student-Teacher ratio: 14:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 67
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording facility: no
Scholarships available: yes
General performance scholarships are available.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: NA

Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Texas Association of Music Schools
Texas Music Educators Association

Paris Junior College offers a variety of music majors with an emphasis on keyboard and vocal music, as well as some instrumental music. Paris Junior College sponsors a show choir, chamber singers, chorale and a small instrumental ensemble. Musical theater productions are presented in alternate years. Music fundamentals and the four-semester sequence of harmony, sightsinging, and eartraining classes are offered. Individual instruction is available in piano, organ, voice, woodwinds, brass, and guitar. Ensembles include: the PJC Chorale with 45 members - contact Pat Fowzer (903) 782-0343; the PJC Chamber Singers with 20 members - contact Pat Fowzer; Encore! which is PJC's show choir with 22 members. On-campus concert halls include the Karrer Theatre for the Performing Arts with 375 seats - contact Cathey Huey (903) 782-0242; the DeShong Chapel with 100 seats - contact Pat Fowzer (903) 782-0343; and the J. Emory Shaw Recital Hall with 110 seats - contact Jennie Vaughan (903) 782-0341.

Overall enrollment: 3,286
Typical undergraduate tuition: $1,800