Performances showcased twice a month
Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s (TAMUK) School of Music has partnered with KEDT Radio to share students’ talent with South Texas.
The performances will be broadcast on KEDT 90.3FM during the first and third Tuesday of each month, directly after the news.
Some performances will be approximately 35 minutes long and will be streamed from either the School of Music Complex or the KEDT studio. Interviews about each performance will follow the broadcasts.
The remaining schedule for the performances is as follows:
Nov 16: Student Showcase featuring Solos and Ensembles
Dec 7: Christmas Music featuring Variety of Ensembles
Dec 21: Christmas Music featuring Variety of Ensembles
The partnership with KEDT would not have been possible without President Mark Hussey.
“It all began when President Hussey contacted me to ask if we would be interested in a musical partnership with KEDT Public Radio,” Director of the School of Music and Regents Professor of Music Dr. Paul Hageman said. “Dr. Hussey had been in contact with Don Dunlap, the president and general manager of KEDT, and they thought it might be a mutually beneficial partnership to feature the local talent of our School of Music in collaboration with KEDT Public Radio.”
Planning the broadcasts began this past summer when the School of Music put together a KEDT/Texas A&M University-Kingsville Performance Series committee the focus of which was to work out the details of the airings.
The committee chair is Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, however, everybody involved in the School of Music worked together to formulate a proposal to feature the students, faculty and ensembles.
Faculty discuss with their students when they are ready to perform or asks them if they can share a particularly strong excerpt from a recital recording or competition.
These pieces are then submitted to the committee, which chooses the top submissions, based on the theme for the week’s showcase and the approximately 30 minutes of airtime the School of Music is responsible for filling.
“I was very excited [about the broadcasts],” Janzen said. “This partnership means more of our great talent and performances can be showcased on a much more frequent basis. That’s good news for the School of Music, good news for TAMUK, good news for KEDT, and good news for the community as a whole, especially since KEDT now reaches audiences not only in Corpus Christi, but also down into the Rio Grande Valley and as far north as Victoria.”
Not only is this partnership an opportunity for all involved at TAMUK, but KEDT is able to air music by local talent that shows the excellence of the programs at the university, especially the School of Music program.
“Anything is possible regardless of [your] demographic,” Interim Associate Director of Bands and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Amy Bovin said.
Because of KEDT’s pleased reaction to the quality of the performances and recordings, the School of Music does see more opportunities to work with the radio show in their future.
