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The environment here is very supportive and students work very hard. They
respond to what teachers ask for and there's a very close relationship
between student and teacher. Everyone knows everyone's names
and we're all working towards that same goal. Faculties very close-knit as well
and I think that that reflects in how well the students do, because they react to
that kind of cohesive atmosphere.
We're very lucky to have a brand new facility and it is state of the art. We
have all the tools in place for the students to be successful here,
and we're the perfect size. We are just small enough that the students get
individual attention from professors, but yet we're big enough that we're attracting
really fantastic students so the ensembles are top notch,
the performing opportunities are fantastic, and you can be in a big pond
here. You know, I mean it feels like a big university with a small university
educational philosophy really.
As musicians, it's important that we develop our own personal
musical abilities and here we have fantastic ensembles. In fact Texas
A&M Commerce will be taking the wind ensemble to Carnegie Hall to perform
next year, so that's
a performing opportunity that very few people get.
The students are very lucky to have that opportunity.
But in our music education program, we work very hard to get the students out into
the schools,
and observing, and seeing real, live
music educators at work, get them working with students as soon as we can.