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“Music for the New Millennium” Campaign Priorities

Visualize a Music Hall on Gee Lake: $12 Million
This state-of-the-art, acoustically-sound concert hall features an orchestra pit and seating for 1,000. Events will draw visitors onto campus for symphony performances, musicals, contemporary concerts, and special events. Student recitals will take place here, providing the professional environment so important to their future success. Your gift could provide the sound system, the organ bay or stage lighting.

Visualize Enough Scholarship Funds to Meet the Needs of Today’s Deserving Students: $1.5 Million
Top ACT/SAT scores and musical talent are not always found in households which can afford a college education. The need for financial aid and scholarships has more than doubled in the last 10 years. Each year hundreds of students face the reality that education is beyond their financial means. This is especially true of the older, returning undergraduate, the first-generation student and the graduate student. Your gift will create an opportunity for a deserving music student.

Visualize Strength from Endowed Professorships: $1.5 Million
Attracting music scholars with special skills will reinforce our position as the second largest music department in the A&M System. Wemust be assured that our programs meet the needs of our students and business partners. We must also seek those top professors who can inspire our students effectively. Your gift will ensure a generation of quality musical instruction.

Visualize Texas A&M University Commerce as the Hub for Regional Cultural Enrichment: $2.5 Million
Opportunity awaits in the wings of the concert hall. Area children take music lessons. Area church organists refine technique. Band and flag corps camps are enhanced. Your own music is digitalized or recorded. Winter Sundays are spent in a listening laboratory. Your gift will create or equip:
• A band rehearsal hall $800,000
• A listening lab $500,000
• Acoustically treated practice rooms $ 20,000 ea.
• An instructional lab for $200,000 electronic/traditional pianos
• A choral rehearsal hall $590,000
• Well-equipped classrooms $330,000
• A MIDI-lab for computer-aided $250,000 music design
• A recording studio $470,000
• Support services for $ 20,000 the Northeast Texas Symphony
• Music resources for $ 20,000 the state park project
Or, replace or repair aging instruments $100,000