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| AUDITIONS FOR COMMERCIAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCED! |
| Auditions for Fall semester 2008 to major in Commercial Music Performance on Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Piano, or Vocals begin May 8, 2008. Audition times are available every Tuesday and Thursday throughout May with addtional audition times available throughout the summer TBA. However, space in the program will be awarded to successful auditionees on a first-come-first-serve basis. So call now at 409.984.6520 to schedule your auditon. For information regarding what you need to prepare, please click on "Audition Information for Performance Majors" at the bottom of the page. |
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| New Degree in Commercial Music Performance! |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Commercial Music Department is proud to announce the offering of an Associate of Arts Degree in COMMERCIAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE with a specialty in SESSION MUSIC, beginning in the Fall of 2008. This opportunity is open to musicians and vocalists. If you have pretty good chops on guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, or you sing up a storm, this may be the opportunity you've been seeking! Call 409.984.6520 for more information.(Admission by audition only - See "audition information for performance majors" link at bottom of home page) |
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| Aaron Horne Joins Commercial Music Faculty |
| We are proud to announce the addition of Aaron Horne to our full-time Commercial Music faculty! Aaron comes to us with a long list of credits as an Audio Engineer, Editor, Sound Designer, and Film Composer. We are thrilled to have Aaron on board! |
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| LSC-PA Studio Facilities Offer Multiple Platforms |
| It is primary to our mission here at LSC-PA that our students graduate into the real world with hands-on knowledge of a wide variety of recording platforms. Studio A is oufitted with a Mac-based Pro Tools and Nuendo control. Studio B offers PC-based Pro Tools and Cubase 4. Studio C avails our students to 10 IMac workstations with Pro Tools LE. Finally, Analog has joined the family of LSC-PA Recording Studio platforms with the addition of a MCI-JH24 Analog 24 Track Tape Recorder, a MCI-Autolocator III, and a Peavy AMR 1600 Audio Console. Students now have the opportunity to learn how to record by tape, and digitally via Pro Tools (both Mac and PC), Nuendo, and Cubase 4. |
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About Lamar State College - Port Arthur
 Lamar State College - Port Arthur, a two-year, state-supported institution, is a member of The Texas State University System. Located in the city of Port Arthur, an industrial and cultural center of Southeast Texas, the Lamar State College - Port Arthur campus contains 22 buildings situated on approximately 40 acres. The city of Port Arthur features modern public schools, churches, shopping districts and recreation areas serving a community of approximately 70,000 persons. The greater metropolitan area, known as  the Golden Triangle, includes the cities of Beaumont, Orange, Vidor, Port Neches, Nederland, Groves and Bridge City. All lie within 25 miles of Port Arthur and form the heart of the upper Texas Gulf Coast where approximately 350,000 people live.
Lamar State College - Port Arthur offers general academic course leading to Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees. Courses for transfer to four-year institutions are offered in accounting, economics, anthropology, art, government, health, home economics, physical education, physics, history, speech, computer science, mathematics, psychology, biology, chemistry, geography, geology, sociology, criminal justice, music, drama, English and Spanish.
 The technical education curriculum at Lamar State College - Port Arthur includes programs in commercial music, accounting, automotive technology, computer information systems, cosmetology, industrial instrumentation, legal assistant, management development, medical assistant, medical office administration, microcomputer support specialist, substance abuse counseling, surgical technology, vocational nursing and registered nursing.
For more information about the college, See the Lamar State College - Port Arthur website.
Call Mike Judy, Director of Music Programs and Commercial Music at 409.984.6520 or Jeff Sturms, Chief Audio Engineer at 409.984.6343. |
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