Music Program
Complete Your Degree in Music!
The Music Degree Program provides a full music experience for incoming music students working to complete their degree in Music. In partnership with Temple College, music faculty, offices and classrooms are located in the Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Center at Temple College in Temple. The Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Center facility features a 1003-seat auditorium, the 99-seat, Jackson-Graeter Backstage Theatre and recital hall, with rehearsal halls and practice rooms. Priscilla Santana is the interim Fine Arts coordinator at Temple College. Dr. Ben Irom is the current liaison for Temple College.
What’s Your Instrument?
Applied areas of study include: Voice, Piano, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion and Guitar.
Performance and Music Ensemble Opportunities
Music Degrees
- Bachelor of Music, Instrumental Concentration
- Bachelor of Music, Vocal Concentration
- Bachelor of Music, Instrumental, Education Minor
- Bachelor of Music, Vocal, Education Minor
Take Note: Learn more about Music Business Careers and Entrepreneurship
Jazz Ensemble
Dr. Benjamin Irom, Director of Jazz Studies, Jazz Piano
Dr. Colin Mason, Director, Jazz Ensemble and Sax Ensemble
The Jazz Ensemble is a twenty-piece “big band” comprised of traditional college students and community members. The group performs 2-4 concerts per year and performs in local/regional venues, high schools, and jazz festivals. Performing a wide variety of literature from traditional to contemporary, the ensemble gives one the opportunity to work on developing their skills in the jazz style and challenges the student rhythmically, technically, and harmonically.
Each spring music students at Temple College and A&M-Central Texas participate in the Temple College Jazz Festival.
Audition-based select group.
Percussion Ensemble
Nathan Siegel, Director, Percussion Ensemble and Percussion Studies.
The percussion ensemble performs a wide variety of literature from the music of the African Diaspora to contemporary compositions and arrangements. Instrumentation is varied and ranges from marimba duets to full pop percussion ensemble to ragtime xylophone quartets to Ghanain Ewe drumming ensemble, to Brazilian Batucada and Afro-Cuban Rumba. The group performs 2-4 concerts per year. Percussion students have access to a dedicated percussion studio for private practice, rehearsing, and percussion instrument storage in addition to dedicated marimba practice spaces.
Audition-based select group.
Take Note: “Music Entrepreneurship”
Prepare for a career in music as a self-employed musician.
Music Entrepreneurship: Bachelor of Music students have the option of taking a course in Music Entrepreneurship. This course helps students with the business aspect of being a self-employed musician. Topics include branding, marketing, networking, taxes, funding sources, web sites, and business plans for musicians.
CONTACT
Dr. Gabriel Araújo for more information about Music Entrepreneurship, the Music Internship Program, Electronic Music, and Audio Recording.
*A&M Central Texas also offers a Degree in Business. Learn More
Guitar Studies
Dan Andersen teaches applied guitar, contemporary jazz/rock/blues guitar, and classical guitar. The guitar program is open to students who aspire to be professional performers, singer-songwriters, accompanists, music educators, and graduate students as well as recreational musicians. There are opportunities to play with the Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combos, and collaborate with other ensembles.
For more information contact Dr. Colin Mason.
Email: [email protected]
Keyboard Studies
Dr. Kate Bae, Applied Piano, Chamber Music, Piano Class, Piano Pedagogy, and Collaborative Piano
Dr. Benjamin Irom, Director of Jazz Studies, Jazz Piano, Form and Analysis, Orchestration
Opportunities are available for students to play in Chamber Music Ensembles, play with the Jazz Ensemble and perform concerto literature with the Temple College Orchestra.
Vocal Studies
Teri Johnson, Director, Opera Workshop, teaches Applied Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Foreign Language Diction for Singers and Vocal Literature. If a student is aspiring to become a K-12 choral director and pursue music education then the Mus. Ed degree intensive is recommended with teaching certification at the end of the Senior year. For students interested in pursuing vocal performance in opera or musical theatre then the performance degree is recommended. Weekly lessons include covering repertoire across multiple time periods, languages, and styles in preparation for the Junior or Senior recital.
Priscilla Santana, Dean of Fine Arts at Temple College teaches Musical Theatre.
Opera Workshop
Opera Workshop takes place each fall semester. Performances take place in the Jackson-Graeter Backstage Theatre. Performance opportunities are available through the college in both opera workshop and at least one musical production a year. There are also opportunities for music and stage directing experience.
Opera Workshop is an audition-based select group.
Chorale
Chorale Director: Sherry Millican
Chorale is a premiere, auditioned choral ensemble made up of Temple College, A&M Central Texas students and community members. Chorale frequently collaborates with Temple Symphony Orchestra as part of the Temple Symphony Chorus.
Chorale meets weekly, one evening rehearsal each week, during spring and fall semesters.
Auditions for Chorale contact Sherry Millican.
Orchestra
Orchestra Director: Dr. Alexander Corbett
The orchestra is a full symphony ensemble consisting of A&M Central Texas students, Temple College students, and community members. It rehearses once weekly and performs twice during the academic year. Players receive a diverse ensemble experience through the preparation of core orchestral masterworks, cutting-edge new music, and regular concerto collaborations featuring guest soloists from the faculty, community, and student body.
Dr. Corbett, coordinates applied studies for strings:
- Violin, Viola
- Cello
- Double Bass
Auditions for Orchestra, contact Dr. Alex Corbett.
Symphonic Band
Symphonic Band Director: Dr. Glen Brumbach
Symphonic Band meets weekly, one evening rehearsal each week, during spring and fall semesters. Performances are 2-4 times a year.
For more information, email Dr. Glen Brumbach: [email protected]
- Brass – Dr. Glen Brumbach
- Woodwinds – Dr. Colin Mason
- Percussion – Norman Bergeron
Auditions for Symphonic Band, contact Dr. Glen Brumbach.
Music Faculty
Dr. Glen Brumbach is the Lead Faculty Advisor.
Email: [email protected]
For more information about the A&M-Central Texas music program, contact Glen Brumbach.
Music classrooms and faculty offices are located in the Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Center (PAC facilities) at Temple College, 2487-2567 S. 5th St, Temple, TX 76504
Dr. Glen Brumbach, Lead Faculty Advisor
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Gabriel Araújo
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Alex Corbett
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Benjamin Irom
Liason for Temple College
Email: [email protected]
Teri Johnson
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Colin Mason
Email: [email protected]
Sherry Millican
Nathan Siegel
Email: [email protected]
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