Van Appledorn, Mary Jeanne 2000-08-15

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This interview features Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn as she gives a more in depth account of her career at Texas Tech University. In this interview, Van Appledorn describes building up the music department, and creating music degrees in the early years of the department. She also discusses a symposium that she worked on and why it ended.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: August 15, 2000

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Leslie Dutton

Length: 01:09:15


Abstract

Introduction and being employed at Texas Tech; Her eight piano teams and shows she did; The music building at Texas Tech, and Gene Hemmle; How she feels about performing and recordings, and the new music building; The symposium and how it started; Recapturing music, and the symposium’s end


Access Information

Original Recording Format: mini-disc and audio cassette

Recording Format Notes: access copy available in reading room

Transcript: available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/364099>

Related Interview: Van Appledorn, Mary Jeanne 2000-06-08


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