Meek, Richard 2022-06-13
This interview features Richard Meek as he discusses his early career in the Texas Tech Music department. Meek describes what the Texas Tech Music department was like when he first started teaching in the 1960s. He recalls some of the other music faculty members that he worked with and what they were like. Meeks also explains the classes he teaches at the university, and some of the programming that the department does, as well as some extra activities he participates in.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name:Richard Meek
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Date: June 13, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Lynn Whitfield
Length: 01:42:35 (1 hour 42 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and his first impression of Texas Tech; His introduction into the school of music curriculum; teaching; The quintet he played in; other TTU faculty musicians and Gene Hemmle; The Lubbock tornado; city orchestra’s he played with; His family history & family names; impressions of other music faculty members; Texas Tech University’s music theory course; graduate students; Impressions of other music faculty members continued; The Texas Tech University band camp; orchestras; Music faculty salaries; Ellsworth’s Quartet; challenges in teaching; Don Caldwell; growth of the TTU music college; Recitals and recital locations back in the 1970s
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374093 >
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