Brownwood - Texas Music Education Primer

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Howard Payne University - School of Music and Fine Arts
1000 Fisk Avenue
Brownwood, TX 76801
(325) 649-8500; (325) 646-2502; Fax (325) 649-8945
areed@NOSPAMhputx.edu
Dr. Allen Reed, Dean
Dr. Robert Tucker, Director of Bands
Mr. Monte Garrett, Choral Coordinator
Dr. Elizabeth Wallace, Professor of Piano

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1919
Undergraduate students: 110
Graduate students: NA
Doctoral students: NA
Full-time professors: 9
Part-time instructors: 2
Student-Teacher ratio: 8:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 128
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship required: yes
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Music scholarships are available for both music majors and minors.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Dr. Allen Reed at (915) 649-8500.

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

The School of Music offers the Bachelor of Music degree, the Bachelor of Music degree with teacher certification and the Bachelor of Arts degree. Music degrees consist of 128-139 semester hours, which includes courses in general education, music and electives. Music courses emphasize applied music, music theory, music history, and literature and performance. We offer the Bachelor of Music degree with majors in performance (voice, organ, instrumental and piano), church music, piano pedagogy and accompanying, and music with teacher certification. A music major is also available through the Bachelor of Arts degree. We also offer a music minor which consists of 18 to 21 semester hours. The C. J. Davidson Music Complex, opened in 1998, is a 21,000-square-foot facility that includes band and choral rehearsal halls, music education classrooms, faculty offices, teaching studios, computer lab and an organ studio. Our state-of-the-art music computer lab is located in the Davidson Music Complex. Performance opportunities include the Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Winds of Triumph Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, A Cappella Choir, University Chorus, Chamber Singers, Heritage Singers, Handbell Choir and small chamber ensembles. Instrumental contact is Dr. Robert Tucker at 915-649-8502 and Choral contact is Mr. Monte Garrett at 915-649-8503. Performance facility on campus is Mims Auditorium.

Overall enrollment: 1,150
Typical undergraduate tuition: $9,700