Soft Skills Seminar
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Whether the required skill is simply knowing how to look an adult in the eye and shake their hand, or navigating a job interview, a person who has mastered basic soft skills will succeed. This seminar uses basic improvisation skills,… Continue Reading →
We are grateful to the folks at Sweetwater Sound LLC (https://Sweetwater.com) for their generous support in helping ETPA donate more guitars to students. As a distributor of music instruments and equipment, they tend to offer the best retail prices available… Continue Reading →
was difficult This 8-years-old had no trouble grasping the concepts, but holding the instrument was challenging and selecting chords because of hand size. Fortunately, there are guitar sizes for everyone.
Each young lady received a new Epiphone acoustic guitar. NOw, they can play together and help each other progress.
These two young men received Epiphone acoustic electric guitars and practice amps to help them refine their already advanced skills. They attended our guitar camps and had instruction appropriate for their more advanced level.
We are proud and grateful for our ongoing partnership with the Gibson Gives Foundation that makes it possible for ETPA to give guitars to young musicians in Harrison County, Texas.
Success! Our first Youth Guitar Camp was fun, and quite gratifying. Our students came to us with zero guitar experience and left in less than two hours with a working knowledge of chords and strumming. And they now know how… Continue Reading →
đ¸ FREE Youth Guitar Camp! đ¸ East Texas Performing Arts, Inc. is excited to host a FREE Youth Guitar Camp on Saturday, June 27, 11 AM to 1 PM. Open to ALL skill levels! Whether youâve never picked up a… Continue Reading →
East Texas Performing Arts was privileged to present Tuesday’s workshop for a group of Marshall High School students focusing on soft skills that are needed when entering the workplace. ETPA President, Sara Whitaker, led the program, assisted by Glenn Barnhart,… Continue Reading →
East Texas Performing Arts awarded a new Epiphone acoustic/electric guitar (Epiphone is a Gibson owned brand) to an outstanding high school student, Taylor Skinner. Taylor is a Marshall. She will graduate high school as Valadictoian of her class, and holding… Continue Reading →
East Texas Performing Arts (ETPA), gifted a Les Paul Standard guitar and amplifier to Landynn Evans, a freshman at Marshall High School. Landynn was recommended by his ROTC Sargeant, Brian Cumberland. Landynn’s strong interest in guitar, his high grades, and… Continue Reading →
East Texas Performing Arts, Inc. donated a Regiment US Regulation Bugle to the Marshall Jr ROTC. The immediate goal is to have a cadet learn to play taps for various ceremonies. The bugle becomes a teaching tool and provides a… Continue Reading →
A great classroom visit! East Texas Performing Arts’ President, Sara Whitaker, and Pamela Rooney, award winning recording artist from Quebec, Canada, visited Marshall Early Childhood Center to talk about music and its role in our lives. The experience was fun… Continue Reading →
Thursday, October 3 – In-class seminar at Marshall Early Childhood Center – All morning and early afternoon Visiting Canadian musician/singer/songwriter, Pamela Rooney, will present a free seminar, “Music As Education” to individual classrooms. _______________________________________ Tuesday, December 17 (date subject to… Continue Reading →
A racial awakening. Texas in Paris is the musical journey, based on true events, of two singers, a man and a woman-one white, one black-invited to France to perform in a concert series. They have never met, have no professional… Continue Reading →
Tickets now on sale for the 2024 Texas SOunds International CMA Festival, October 3 – 6, 2024. www.MemorialCityHall.com
Texas Sounds Super Star at RĂźeggenbach Brewing Co. April 7, 2024 2 – 6 PM @ Reuggenback Brewing Co. 108 W Houston St, Marshall, Texas Pamela Rooney, 2023 Texas Sounds International CMA Entertainer of the Year, flies in from Quebec, Canada… Continue Reading →
Auditions for all, ages 6 – 19 for the upcoming season’s call 903-634-7665. Tentative dates are for January and February, 2025. Exact dates to be announced soon. We offer these as acting oppotunities with focus on learning acting skills, character… Continue Reading →
ETPA’s lineup of instructional classes and performance opportunities is being expanded for spring 2024 ! Participation in classes and/or productions is always free. Everyone is welcome. Physical, emotional, and developmental handicaps are not barriers to participation. Please contact us at… Continue Reading →