A lot of the kids coming here for this have never studied written music. They've learned to play guitar and write songs, but if I asked them to play a C7 chord with a flatted 9th, most of them wouldn't know how. At the end of one year, they will.

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Right now, Delta State is at about 4,000 students. If we increase like we think we will, this music program alone will bring the enrollment up to about 4,500 or 5,000 over the next five years. That could have a tremendous economic impact on the area.

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