By Joseph Marcades The curtain goes up. The pressure is on. Few people know the tremors of that precious moment in the spotlight like students in the Texas Tech University School of Music, who are required to perform for their peers and professors many times in their academic careers. The goal is to prepare them […]
Music: Practice Makes Perfect
April 14, 2016 by
Texas Tech University School of Music students can be seen performing often, on stage or in the halls of the Student Union Building, to rounds of applause. Behind the curtain, though, their reality is less glamorous: hours and hours of tedious and difficult practice. Perfecting one’s craft is always time-consuming, but music majors are known […]
Two Worlds
September 20, 2013 by
Gallery: 1) Click an image for full size 2) Click “play slideshow” below image caption Leon Eldridge is a bisexual 26-year-old man living in Lubbock. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a degree in operatic performance and classical music, and he sings at the Metropolitan Community Church in Lubbock. He said […]
Music Is A Must
July 2, 2013 by
Have you ever thought of music as medicine? Alex Sanchez said he would consider music not only a remedy, but also a cure-all for just about anything. Sanchez, a senior marketing major from Odessa, Texas, has been recording with Texas Tech’s Crossroads Recording Studio since 2011 and said working with the studio has changed his […]
