Beginning in the spring semester, Texarkana College will become the first junior college in the state of Texas to offer private lessons in guitar and synthesizer and an introductory course in jazz.
Dr. Murry Alewine, head of the TC music department, said the courses were approved Tuesday to be offered to interested students.
“We are in the process of setting these courses up now,” said Alewine, “and we will be the only junior college in Texas to offer them once they are established.”
Instruction ranging from beginner to advanced status will be provided in both guitar and synthesizer, and Alewine urged any student interested in enrolling in the courses to contact him in the music department.
The “Introduction to Jazz” (Music 134) requires no previous music instruction and includes a survey of modern and historical literature of the jazz idiom plus a comparison of size groups, styles, and geographic influence.