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Donors' Gifts Energize Freed-Hardeman University Music Department

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Monday, August 28, 2023

HENDERSON, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Significant developments in Freed-Hardeman's Department of Music have strengthened the department and increased opportunities for students. A jazz band has been added to the program; a generous gift has improved Draughon Music Center and its equipment; and funds are being raised for a scholarship for music students.

Key Points: 
  • Music education majors are expected to be able to teach both vocal and instrumental music.
  • Chris and Holly Hallmark, from Tupelo, Mississippi, have turned their love of music into a personal investment in the Freed-Hardeman University music department.
  • At an FHU event in Tupelo, they met music major Jesse Eaton and talked with him about FHU's music department.
  • FHU's music program currently offers a Bachelor of Arts in music with a performance emphasis in voice and piano.