Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC AT TECH THE MUSIC MAN k»mk k- UiMh 4 I DR. GENE HEMMLE Department Head The Sound of Music has had Julie Andrews singing in the hills of Austria at a Lubbock theatre since before Thanksgiving. In June, at the time of this writing, she was still at it. But Dr. Gene Hemmle, head of Tech ' s music department, has been around longer than Julie Andrews, and Tech ' s music department has a longer tradition of good music than the movie, The Sound of Music. Dr. Hemmle has been the music de- partment head at Tech for 16 years. He co-ordinates the work of the various organizations making up the depart- ment. Before becoming head of the de- partment. Dr. Hemmle was director of the Tech choir. The department, under the direction of Dr. Hemmle, has be- come known throughout the stale and nation for its excellent teachers, choir directors and band directors. Included in the performing organizations at Tech are the Tech Symphony Orchestra, Tech Band, Stage Band, Brass Choir, String Quartet, Tech Singers, Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Ensemble, Tech Choir, Madrigal Singers, Opera Thea- ter and Choral Belles. Members of the faculty make up the Piano Trio, Woodwind Quintet and the Brass Quartet. The department of music has four objectives for the student; 1) to edu- cate teachers of music; 2) to help each student attain the skills and proficiencies of a strong musician, while achieving through liberal arts courses the same sort of broad general education which is to the intellectual foundation of the cultivated man or woman; 3) to de- velop talent to the highest degree of artistic capability; and 4) to help any student enrolled in the College acquire discriminating taste and sound critical judgment through courses in music, supplemented by concerts and through association with distinguished teachers. The department of music offers work leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music Education and the Bachelor of Music in Applied Music. G«ne Kenney Gene Kenney is choir director at Tech and is a guest conductor for high school choirs throughout the South- west. The problem is one of space. Paul Ellsworth conducts the Tech Symphony Orchestra and Dean Killion leads the Big Red Band in Florida. If only the football team hod . . . ' • TYME 25

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