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UT Tyler to Offer Songwriting Workshops for High School Students

January 16, 2020

UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

UT Tyler to Offer Songwriting Workshops for High School Students

January 16, 2020

Media Contact: Beverley Golden
Senior Director of Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.566.7303

The University of Texas at Tyler has announced two workshops to help area students develop and refine songwriting skills.

Presented by the UT Tyler Composer Mentor Program, the free workshops will be offered 6–7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and Feb. 5 in the UT Tyler Center for the Musical Arts. The workshops are designed primarily for high school students but are open to the general public, regardless of musical ability or experience.

 “The UT Tyler School of Performing Arts is pleased to offer this unique mentoring experience to the students of Tyler and East Texas,’’ said Dr. Kyle Gullings, SPA director and workshop coordinator. “This is a great opportunity for high school and junior college students – or anyone – to explore the art and craft of writing music and lyrics with our guest teaching artists.’’

The workshop will include a folk/rock/gospel/country music track taught by Matt Magill and a musical theater track taught by Holly Reed. A singer and songwriter, Magill performs with the Magill & Company band and is the director of B3 Ministries. Reed is a lyricist/composer and the owner of Reed Creative Group LLC and MusicalWriters.com.

To register for the workshop, visit uttyler.edu/songwriting-workshop. For more information, contact Gullings at kgullings@uttyler.edu or 903.566.7388.

A member of the prestigious UT System, The University of Texas at Tyler focuses on student success and innovative research in the more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered to nearly 10,000 students. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News and World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.