Now a three-hour course, it will also be required of all majors. Basics of Improvisation has gone from one to three credit hours. Leanne Polvado of Music Ministries will be teaching that course. The worship director is becoming a producer. Preparing students for work in a field that continues to change requires that the department continue to change as well.
Computers have a different kind of keyboard, but the goal is the same.
We want to train our students so they're marketable. Scholarship dollars are always tight, but Pierce says the department continues to attract good students. Senior secretary Melodye Moore meets with many of the parents, Pierce said. She's been very helpful in making those contacts. It's very demanding.