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Music Education adds new degree to program
Corey Konter
Issue date: 3/6/09 Section: News
Shorter's School of the Arts will be offering a new music degree starting in the fall of 2009 for students interested in becoming band directors.
The degree's official name will be called The Bachelor of Music in Music Education with an emphasis in Instrumental music.
"It was a concentration of people who decided we needed this program here at Shorter," said professor of music, Sam Baltzer.
"President Newman decided, when Shorter gained a football team, a band would soon follow it," Baltzer continued.
The degree will lead to Georgia Music Certification and will give students excellent training for a career as a band director.
This program will not only give Shorter the chance to draw in more instrumentalists from around the South but also bring students who share creative ideas for music.
"The program is a tremendous plus to the music department and the band," said Shorter's director of bands, Tom Smith. "It was a logical fit to add instruments, so the bands can become more diverse."
Freshman Audra Erbe thinks that the addition of the degree to the music program will help with Shorter's recruitment efforts.
"Since Shorter is a private school, the new scholarships offered by the degree will help pay the cost," said Erbe.
At the same time, other students like Eric Forsyth, a freshman, think that other departments could use a new program for recruitment as well.
"The non-music majors could have used the money," said Forsyth. "The history and English departments do not have a lot."
The degree requires that students must participate in the band if they accept the scholarship offered by the program.
If a student decides to discontinue their participation with the band, he or she will lose the scholarship.
Shorter recently began the recruitment and acceptance process for Fall 2009 for the new program.
The degree's official name will be called The Bachelor of Music in Music Education with an emphasis in Instrumental music.
"It was a concentration of people who decided we needed this program here at Shorter," said professor of music, Sam Baltzer.
"President Newman decided, when Shorter gained a football team, a band would soon follow it," Baltzer continued.
The degree will lead to Georgia Music Certification and will give students excellent training for a career as a band director.
This program will not only give Shorter the chance to draw in more instrumentalists from around the South but also bring students who share creative ideas for music.
"The program is a tremendous plus to the music department and the band," said Shorter's director of bands, Tom Smith. "It was a logical fit to add instruments, so the bands can become more diverse."
Freshman Audra Erbe thinks that the addition of the degree to the music program will help with Shorter's recruitment efforts.
"Since Shorter is a private school, the new scholarships offered by the degree will help pay the cost," said Erbe.
At the same time, other students like Eric Forsyth, a freshman, think that other departments could use a new program for recruitment as well.
"The non-music majors could have used the money," said Forsyth. "The history and English departments do not have a lot."
The degree requires that students must participate in the band if they accept the scholarship offered by the program.
If a student decides to discontinue their participation with the band, he or she will lose the scholarship.
Shorter recently began the recruitment and acceptance process for Fall 2009 for the new program.
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posted 1/11/10 @ 5:45 PM EST
I think that it is great that Shorter's School of the Arts will be offering a new music degree.
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posted 5/20/10 @ 11:46 AM EST
Well, it will urge the young student to respect of the music as a real benefit. I were tight, when you posted it here. Thanx!
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