Stamps Baxter School of Music


July 13 - 25, 2008
Trevecca University,
Nashville, TN

"This school is dedicated to the furtherance of Southern Gospel Music and to raising the standard of musical excellence in our art form. We believe the way to do this is to offer a well-rounded course of study. We want our students to be able to read it, write it, sing it and perform it. With a comprehensive understanding of music theory, both live and recorded performances will improve."

- Ben Speer
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Ben Speer's Stamps-Baxter School of Music is held on the campus of Trevecca Nazarene University for classes, private lessons, meals and lodging in air-conditioned dorms. Theory, harmony, songwriting, sight singing and ear training are taught daily. Private lessons are available in voice, piano, guitar and bass guitar. A daily lecture series features successful songwriters and music industry executives involved in various areas of music. Recent years' students came from 30 different states and ranged in age from 6 to 72.

Electives are offered at no additional tuition such as ...

Free concerts are common by such artists as The Gaither Vocal Band, Allison Durham Speer, Greater Vision, Ivan Parker, Anthony Burger, The Florida Boys, Speers, and others.

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Bill Gaither, one of the school's strongest supporters said of it, " it is one of the most important things that young people today can take advantage of and something that is so necessary if we are to retain the quality of musicianship that our Gospel Music pioneers possessed."

But the heart of the school remains the group singing, ear training and theory classes where students are divided into as many as nine different levels according to ability and interest. The faculty is able to teach students with little musical knowledge a tremendous amount of music in a short period of time. And those that have had musical training are taught how to apply it to the unique style that is Southern Gospel Music. There's no other school quite like it.

The faculty is the best of it's kind. The director of the school, Ben Speer , leads such well-known names as songwriters/arrangers, Harold Lane and Daryl Williams, long-time quartet pianist and theory teacher Jack Clark, performers and voice teachers like Darlene Neptune, and Bruce and Connie Northam, Gaither Homecoming singer and instrumentalist Stephen Hill and excellent piano teachers like Eloise and Tracey Phillips.

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Come join us this year . . . The school lasts two weeks,
but the effect of the school lasts forever.

Call with Questions 615-228-4100