El Paso - Texas Music Education Primer

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El Paso Community College • Music Department
919 Hunter
El Paso, TX 79998 79915
(915) 831-2490; (915) 831-2000; Fax (915) 831-2792
aharri18[at]NOSPAMepcc.edu
Dr. Lucy Scarbrough
Ruben Ochotorena, Instructional Dean, Communications and Fine Arts

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1975
Undergraduate students: 387
Graduate students: 0
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors: 18
Student-Teacher ratio: 12:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 64
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: no
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: no
We do not have any scholarships in the music department.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Lucy Scarbrough at (915) 831-2454.

Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern Association of Colleges
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

El Paso Community College's Music Department offers an Associate of Arts and Sciences. The program is designed for individuals interested in pursuing a career in the field of music and covers the first two years of the four-year bachelor's degree in music. Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution should check degree requirements of the institution to which they plan to transfer. The music major must complete a balanced program, including music theory, music literature, applied music and performance ensembles. In applied music, the music major must select a principal instrument and a secondary instrument. Both the principal instrument and the secondary instrument must be taken by individual instruction; the principal instrument in two credit-hour courses. Piano must be included as either the principal instrument or as the secondary instrument. The entire core curriculum is transferable to any public Texas institution of higher learning. Performance opportunities include the Concert Choir (35 members; Dr. Lucy Scarbrough 915-831-2454), the Jazz Ensemble (16 members; Thomas Fraga 915-858-2301) and a guitar ensemble. Performance facilities include the Forum at the Transmountain Campus (380 seats; Dr. Lucy Scarbrough 915-831-2454).

Overall enrollment: 18,850
Typical undergraduate tuition: $822

University of Texas at El Paso • Department of Music
500 University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
(915) 747-5606; (915) 747-5000; Fax (915) 747-5023
music[at]NOSPAMutep.edu
Dr. Lowell Graham, Chairman
Dr. Howard Daudistel, College of Liberal Arts

Music Department Statistics
Year department established:
Undergraduate students: 294
Graduate students: 33
Doctoral students: 0
Full-time professors: 27
Part-time instructors: 7
Student-Teacher ratio: 19:1
Undergraduate degree hours needed: 120
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: yes
Internship required: yes
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
NA
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Department of Music at (915) 747-5606.

Accreditations/Affiliations
National Association of Schools of Music

University of Texas at El Paso Department of Music offers a Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Music in Performance (keyboard, band/orchestra, vocal), Music Theory and Composition, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre, Master of Music Education, and a Master of Music in Performance. Performance opportunities: University of Texas El Paso Band (Ron Hufstader, Director), Orchestra (Ron Hufstader, Director), Choir (William McMillan, Director), Jazz Bands (Sam Trimble, Director), and Opera and Zarzuela (Elisa Wilson). Performance facilities include the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (485 seats) and Magoffin Auditorium (1,200 seats).

Overall enrollment: 20,000
Typical undergraduate tuition: $5,600