Wharton - Texas Music Education Primer

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Wharton County Junior College • Music Department 2
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
(979) 532-6300; (800) 561-9252 ; Fax (979) 532-6587
pauls[at]NOSPAMwcjc.edu
Dr. Paul Spellman
Dr. Ty Pate
Dr. Paul Spellman, Chair/Division of Communications and Fine Arts

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1946
Undergraduate students: 25
Graduate students: 0
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time professors: 4
Part-time instructors: 2
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 66
(within major: 35; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Scholarships are available in band, choir, jazz band and chamber singers.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Lee Lemson at (979) 532-6447

Accreditations/Affiliations
Texas Association of Music Schools
Texas Council of Arts in Education
Texas Junior College Association

Wharton County Junior College offers an Associate of Arts degree with a concentration in music. The Music Department offers the complete curriculum for the first two years towards a Bachelor of Music. A student may major in brass, woodwinds, percussion, voice, piano or organ. The music program at Wharton employs current computer technology in many areas. Music directors are Joe Waldrop, Lee Lemson, and Jason Lester. Performance opportunities include Concert Band, Concert Choir, Jazz Band, Piano Ensemble and Chamber Singers. Performance facility on campus is the Horton Foote Fine Arts Theatre (323 seats; Dr. Paul Spellman, 409-532-6421).

Overall enrollment: 6,000
Typical undergraduate tuition: NA