TCU has a long and distinguished tradition of training organists and church musicians, offering the Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance, Bachelor of Music in Church Music, and Master of Music in Organ Performance degrees. Financial aid of various kinds is available: need based, merit or performance based, and church vocation scholarships; graduate assistantships pay full tuition plus a stipend.

There are five pipe organs on campus, including a four-manual, sixty rank Moller (tonal design by Richard Whitelegg) in Ed Landreth Auditorium, a three-manual, thirty-six rank Ross King in Carr Chapel, a two-manual, nineteen rank Sipe tracker in the organ studio, and practice organs by Moller and Reuter. There is ample practice time available on all of these instruments. In addition the school owns two Kingston harpsichords and a collection of Renaissance and Medieval wind and string instruments. Students will have frequent opportunities to perform in both recitals and chapel services. TCU's outstanding choral department provides excellent training in singing and conducting.

TCU is frequendy the site of organ recitals and master classes by major guest artists. In addition, Fort Worth has a very active AGO chapter. The Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex is an unusually rich cultural environment with many fine church pipe organs, concert halls, musical organizations and museums.

The School of Music at TCU offers programs of study fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and the Southern Association of Music Schools. The university offers Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees, graduate degrees in music and music education, with concentrations in most areas of musical study, as well as certificate and diploma programs in piano for those with exceptional ability who prefer a conservatory-based course of study. A distinguished teaching and performing faculty guides the studies and career interests of an enthusiastic and talented student community.

Texas Christian University is a major teaching and research institution with a focus on the individual usually found only at smaller colleges. In academic recognition, TCU is among fewer than 10 percent of the nations' schools selected for a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, signifying high quality in liberal arts education.
TCU is located four miles southwest of downtown Fort Worth and thirty miles west of Dallas. Neither inner city nor rural, the campus is comfortably situated on 237 landscaped acres in a residential neighborhood. Shops, restaurants, and churches are within walking distance of the campus.

A student practices on the Sipe tracker organ; Kingston harpsichord in foreground.

For further information about organ and church music at TCU and audition requirements, contact: Dr. H. Joseph Butler, School of Music, TCU Box 297500, Fort Worth, TX 76129; phone: (817) 257-6629; e-mail: h.j.butler@tcu.edu; website: http://www.fwago.org/butler/. For information on specific programs, admission requirements, and scholarship assistance, call (817) 257-7490 or (800) 828-3764; or visit Sadler Hall Room 112, on the TCU campus.

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