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| NEWS & HAPPENINGS |
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| SONGWRITER SHOWCASE! |
| Join us this Thursday, 7:30 pm in the Music Hall on campus, for our 1st Annual Songwriter Showcase, featuring original songs written and performed by LSCPA Commercial Music majors. This crew of very talented young song writers include Adam David, Hunter Davis, Courtney Lachausse, Taylor Busby, Vernon Dunn, Daniel Howard, Lane Dudley, and Pug Johnson. Admission is free. |
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| AUDITIONS FOR COMMERCIAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE - SPRING SEMESTER |
| Auditions for entry into the Commercial Music Performance degree program, Spring semester 2010, will take place December 14-17 on campus at LSCPA. Major areas of study include guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, and session vocals. All instrumentalists will be required to play along with tracks available for download on this site (Click "Audition on Premise" under "Audition and Interview Information" on the homepage of this site). Vocalists are asked to prepare two selections and bring either sheet music for accompaniment or tracks. To schedule an audition, call 409-984-6520. |
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| GET CERTIFICATION IN LIVE SOUND! |
| Start your live sound education with the Live Sound certificate. Spring of 2010 will be the first semester that the new Live Sound/Sound Reinforcement Certificate is offered at Lamar State College Port Arthur, with the next certification class beginning in the Fall of 2010. We are so excited to be the second college in all of Texas to offer this certificate. Learn how to rig and run sound for concert tours, arenas, places of worship, theaters, theme parks, and much more. Learn to design, install, optimize, operate, and maintain sound reinforcement systems of all sizes in real world environments! Call 409.984.6520 for more information. |
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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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Welcome to Commercial Music at Lamar State College - Port Arthur!  If you are looking for a career in the music industry you’ve come the right place! We will provide you with the tools and training you need to succeed!
Unique Environment – Located in the heart of Southeast Texas – a vibrant music community with a long and continued tradition of producing top name artists, songwriters, and producers.
Outstanding Curriculum – Full degree and certificate programs in  Commercial Music with an emphasis in Recording Arts/ Audio Engineering in addition to one of the few Recording Session Musician degree programs in the country
State-of-the-Art Facilities – Multiple studios with the latest and highest quality hardware and software, brand new piano labs and midi labs, comfortable classrooms and rehearsal rooms, all nestled in a brand new six million dollar Performing Arts Center.
Caring and Experienced Faculty – Full-time faculty with an accumulation of many years of impressive credits in the music industry, as well as higher education - who take a sincere interest in students by providing the individual attention they need.
Audition and Interview Information
All interested candidates for Commercial Music, both for sound technology and music performance, are asked to interview, either in person or by phone. Commercial Music Performance majors (musicians) must also audition on premise.
Touring Band Auditions
Download both the sheet music and MP3s at Touring Band Materials.
You can find out more about our Commercial Music programs by exploring this website. If you'd like more general information about Lamar State College - Port Arthur, please visit this page.
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