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Austin College

Music Department

Music Department

900 North Grand Ave
Sherman, Texas 75090
903.813.2251
admission@austincollege.edu

Degrees offered

Bachelor of Music in Music

About the program

Not sure about studying music? Did you know that music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school? Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that 66 percent of music majors who applied to med school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. For comparison, 44 percent of biochemistry majors were admitted.

Acceptance rate

Austin College in Sherman, Texas has an acceptance rate of around 47%

Faculty

Bob Archer - low brass Dr. Fenia Chang - piano Dr. Wayne Crannell - voice, choirs Daniel Dominick - piano, orchestra, music history Dr. Ricky Duhaime - woodwinds, cello, orchestra, jazz band Alan Harkey - low brass, bands Eric Hessel - horn Randy Inman - string bass Timothy Jenkins - accompanist Dr. John McGinn - composition, collaborative piano, music theory Cathy Richardson - violin, viola Sylvia Rivers - voice Dr. Lisa Thomas - organ Michael Walker - trumpet

Goodspeed to Host 41 Writers for Annual Writers Grove

Goodspeed to Host 41 Writers for Annual Writers Grove

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 22, 2026

Goodspeed Musicals has revealed the participants for the 14th annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, which will be held on the Goodspeed campus in East Haddam, Connecticut.

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