Professional Entertainment
Program
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Dr.
Deborah J. Hicks
Associate Professor Music and
Director of Professional Entertainment Program
B. S., Tennessee Technological
University (Music Education, 1973);
M. S.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(Communication, 1986);
M. M. University of Tennessee,
Knoxville (Piano Pedagogy,
1998);
Ed. D (Higher Education
Organization and Policy Studies, 2003)
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The offered by
Walters State Community College’s Sevier County Campus is a distinctive,
premier training program for students wishing to enter the field of
entertainment. The program
offers performance opportunities; internship opportunities; coursework
that allows students to articulate to a four year institution in music or
theatre; the opportunity to work with professionals who work in the field
of entertainment; and a curriculum designed specifically for those wishing
to work in the entertainment industry.
Walters State offers the Associate of Science degree
in Professional Entertainment Performance and Professional Entertainment
Stage Management/Technician. These
programs are university parallel programs and coursework is transferable
to senior institutions for students who pursue a baccalaureate degree.
Both PEP majors and non-majors are offered the
opportunity to become involved in a performing ensemble.
The Sevier County Campus offers a concert choir open to all
singers. In addition, the
campus offers “On Our Own,” an a cappella ensemble open by
audition only for vocalists. “Backbeat”
is an audition only ensemble offered for those who are
singer/dancers/actors. This
is a professional level ensemble made up of students.
“Backbeat” currently provides a USO Show as the signature event
for the Tennessee Museum of Aviation.
The Sevier County campus also offers a jazz band to
instrumentalists, as well as private lessons available to those who sing
or play in an ensemble.
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