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Temple
College • Performing Arts Department
2600 South First Street
Temple,
TX 76504-7435
(254) 298-8555; (254) 298-8558; Fax (254) 298-8549
colin.mason[at]NOSPAMtemplejc.edu
Dr.
Colin M. Mason, Department Chairman
Thomas A. Fairlie, Director, Division
of Fine Arts
Rachel Reynolds, Secretary of Division of Fine Arts
Music
Department Statistics
Year department established:
Undergraduate
students: 190
Graduate students: 0
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time
professors: 8
Part-time instructors: 10
Student-Teacher ratio: 2.5 to
1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within major: NA; within minor:
NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording
facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Please call for an appointment
to audition. Housing scholarships available.
Scholarship coordinator and
phone: Temple College Music Office (254) 298-8555
Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
Texas Association of Music Schools
Texas
Music Educators Association
Traditional first two years of music degree
program; Strong departmental emphasis on performance; Latest technology with new
Mac lab and related software; new piano lab; recording studio; music business
and sequencing also offered; strong jazz program with department hosting the annual
Temple Jazz Festival. Performance opportunities include: Temple Jazz Orchestra,
Thomas Fairlie 254-298-8555; Temple College Orchestra, Mary Fairlie 254-298-8552;
Temple College Symphonic Band, Brent Callwell 254-298-8574; Temple College Jazz
Ensemble, Temple College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Ben Irom 254-298-8554; Temple Symphony
Chorale, Temple College Show Chair, Roy Finney 254-298-8561; Temple College Brass
Ensemble, Gary Smith 254-298-8557; Temple College Saxophone Quartet, Dr. Colin
M. Mason 254-298-8558. Performance facilities include: Mary Alice Marshall Fine
Arts Auditorium, 1,200, Music Office 254-298-8555. Jackson - Graeter Backstage
Theater, 100.
Overall enrollment: 4,700
Typical undergraduate
tuition: $1,200