Danville Area Community College Trustees have agreed to launch a band and choral program. Board members last night also agreed to offer partial tuition waivers for up to 30 full-time students who wish to perform under the direction of Dr. Eric Simonson – DACC’s Professor of Music. The program will be available beginning this fall.
DACC President Stephen Nacco hopes to attract the cream of a very talented crop of local high school musicians by offering a partial tuition-and-fee waiver and thereby building a viable and sustainable musical performance program.
‘’With Jacobs Hall slated to become the College’s center for performing, musical, and dramatic arts, DACC has an opportunity to lay the groundwork for new performing-arts programs and to boost full-time enrollment by offering a partial tuition for in-District students who participate in the DACC Music Ensembles,’’ says President Nacco.
