Training
•Bullet: Designed to prepare inspiring school music teachers with near 100% job placement
•Bullet: Concentrations lead to careers as choir, band, orchestra, and general music teachers
•Bullet: Available with or without all-level Texas teacher certification preparation
•Bullet: Cody Hunter teaches bassoon and music theory and performs as the bassoonist of the Stone Fort Wind Quintet
•Bullet: Kirsten Nelson has served as principal bassoonist of the SFA Symphony Orchestra and as a Stone Fort Wind Quintet member
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Corey Graves: award-winning Texas band director, Midwest Clinic board member, named to Yamaha Music's 2023 "40 Under 40" and CMA Music Teacher of Excellence
•Bullet: Mark Melton: 37-year band director, inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame
•Bullet: Dr. Isaiah Odajima: Director of the Golden Wave Marching Band at Baylor University
Professional Development
•Bullet: Certification track includes elementary and secondary classroom experience plus a final semester of student teaching
•Bullet: School of Music complies with all Texas Education Agency teacher certification policies
Facilities
•Bullet: Wright Music Building
•Bullet: NASM accredited
