Mary Jeanne van Appledorn Records, 1912-2009

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra (Lubbock, Tex.)

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The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra first performed in 1946 under the direction of its founding conductor, William Harrod. It is now classified as a group VI orchestra and consists of 84 professionally trained musicians. It performs 12 classical concerts annually for the public and two concerts for elementary age school children of the area. From the guide to the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Records, S 616. 2., 1946-1988, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech Univers...

Texas Technological College. Dept. of Music

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Texas Tech University. Music Department

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John Gillas, born John Gillaspy on October 23, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, joined the faculty of Texas Tech in 1971. Mr. Gillas earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Indiana Univeristy in 1955 with a full scholarship. Upon his arrival at Indiana University, he was immediately cast in the title role of the American premiere of Benjamin Britten’s “Billy Budd”. Mr. Gillas served in the United States Army. He was a founding member of the United States Army Chorus. After his time in t...

Texas Music Educators Association

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Organized in 1924 as the Texas Band Teachers Association, and renamed in 1937 as the Texas Band and Orchestra Association. Became the Texas Music Educators Association in 1938. Sponsors contests and promotes music education in the public schools, colleges and universities of Texas. From the description of Records, 1924-1969, 1924-1961. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 22981131 Established in 1920 as the Texas Band Teachers Association, the Texas Musi...

Texas Tech University. College of Music

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Texas Tech has offered music courses since 1925, but not until 1952 was a Bachelor of Music made a degree option. By the academic year 1954-1955, there were nine full-time staff members and three part-time. A music building was constructed in 1951. From the guide to the College of Music Records, U 123. 10., 1937-2006 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University) ...

Van Appledorn, Mary Jeanne, 1927-

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Texas Association of College Teachers

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The Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT) was founded in 1948 to serve as a voluntary organization of faculty, librarians, and research personnel in public colleges and universities in Texas. Its main functions are to lobby the state legislature in matters concerning higher education and to inform its membership of pertinent news including legislative action on salary increases, questions of academic freedom, and comparisons of pension plans. From the guide to the Texas Associ...

Hemmle, Gene

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Texas Tech University. Dept. of Music

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Texas Tech University. School of Music

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Made up of twenty-five members, Texas Tech's band made it's first official appearance at the Tech vs. McMurry football game in 1925. The band got it's first official uniform in 1926 and by 1955, had grown to include 135 members. The decade of the 1960s marked the Tech Band's appearances in several major bowl games from which the band received the nickname " The Goin' Band from Raiderland." Texas Tech has offered music courses since 1925, but not until 1952 was a Bachelor...