APSU Department of Music, Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts unveil new small Recital Hall
September 22, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Last spring, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Music and the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) had another busy semester of events featuring nationally and internationally renowned artists.
Austin Peay State University small Recital Hall. (APSU)
Kay Martin gifts piano to APSU Department of Music for All-Steinway School Initiative
August 20, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Kay Martin recently contributed an in-kind gift of a Steinway piano to the Austin Peay State University Department of Music. The gift enabled the department to acquire two new Steinway instruments.
Larry Martin (’67) and his Steinway piano. (APSU)
APSU’s CECA highlights art innovations on campus during state conference
June 25, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – More than 200 art educators, administrators and artists from across the state visited the Austin Peay State University campus this month to discover new, innovative ways to teach and advocate for the arts in the coming year.
APSU’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) hosted the Tennessee Arts Commission’s 2018 Tennessee Arts and Arts Education Conference, which allowed CECA to show off the groundbreaking projects taking place at Austin Peay State University.
Scott Raymond, Austin Peay State University assistant professor of art + design, shows how to paint in virtual reality at the Tennessee Arts and Arts Education Conference.
Austin Peay State University Department of Music’s Day Camp “Camp Granada” set for sixth year
March 11, 2017
Clarksville, TN – As it prepares for its sixth year, Camp Granada, Austin Peay State University Department of Music’s summer music day camp, continues to expand its mission of providing area children with an opportunity to develop a life-long love of music.
The theme for Camp Granada 2017 is “Kids at Work,” and students will explore the history of music in the workplace.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
APSU Homeschool Music Program presents new offerings in 2016
August 29, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Since 2013, the Austin Peay State University Homeschool Music Program has offered general music courses for home-schooled students in Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky.
Beginning with the 2016-17 academic year, Austin Peay has announced the launch of several additional opportunities targeted at early childhood, upper elementary and middle school students.
Austin Peay State University’s Music / Mass Communication Building. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University’s Camp Granada music day camp expands in its fifth year
March 2, 2016
Clarksville, TN – As it prepares for its fifth year, Camp Granada, Austin Peay State University Department of Music’s summer music day camp, continues to expand its mission of providing area children with an opportunity to develop a life-long love of music.
Established in 2011 on the APSU campus, Camp Granada has grown throughout Montgomery and surrounding counties in both Tennessee and Kentucky.
APSU Department of Music now offering bachelor, master of music degrees
January 6, 2016
Clarksville, TN – To better prepare students for rewarding careers in both performance and music education, the Austin Peay State University Department of Music now offers bachelor of music degrees in both music education and performance.
In addition, APSU now offers a restructured Master of Music in Music Education, along with online course offerings for working professionals.
Austin Peay State University’s Music / Mass Communication Building. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University student promotes music education in Washington, D.C.
September 23, 2015
Clarksville, TN – In July, Austin Peay State University music education student Davey Edmaiston boarded an airplane for the first time. If he was nervous, the Troy, Tennessee, native probably calmed himself by thinking about the importance of his trip. In a few hours, he’d land in Washington, D.C., to ask members of the U.S. Congress to make music education a priority for American school children.
“I’d never been anywhere out of the state before. First plane ride and everything. My mom was pretty scared,” Edmaiston said. “But we got to meet with senators and House representatives and talk about the Every Child Achieves Act, which identifies music as a core-curricular so every student has access to music.”
Austin Peay student Davey Edmaiston.
Austin Peay State University’s Eric Branscome offers music career advice in new book
October 21, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Several years ago, Dr. Eric Branscome, Austin Peay State University associate professor of music, kept running into students who were worried about their future. Specifically, they didn’t know what they’d do for a job once they graduated with a music degree.
“Students started coming to me more and more frequently and saying, ‘I don’t foresee myself as a music teacher, but I don’t think I’m strong enough to become a performer, so I’m at a loss,’” Branscome recalled. “That question revealed they’re completely unaware of what else is out there in terms of music careers. It’s not just limited to education and performance.”
APSU Music Education Students attend state conference
October 17, 2013
Clarksville, TN – “Think Music. Think Austin Peay.” That’s the motto of the Austin Peay State University Department of Music, and earlier this year, Dr. Eric Branscome, coordinator of music education at APSU, decided to remind his students what exactly those five words meant.
“For the longest time, we have not had students in music education participate in many of the local or state-wide music education events,” he said. “My soapbox to the students has been, it’s hard to ‘think music, think Austin Peay’ when Austin Peay is not involved in the music education community.”
Austin Peay Music Students attend National Association for Music Education’s National Conference.
