The Center for Texas Music History strongly supports In Tune, In Texas.
- Gary Hartman, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Texas Music History
(letter of introduction) pdf

Featured Texas Artist:
Steven Fromholz
Steven Fromholz was born June 8, 1945, in Temple, Texas. Mr. Fromholz has remained true to all that is the Lone Star State. He sings about Texas, writes about Texas, works in Texas – and  lives in Texas! He is often heralded as one of the last real Texas Troubadours – a cowboy, and a living legend in Texas Music. Mr. Fromholz's The Texas Trilogy, the three-part saga of life in the small town of Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas, is considered by many to be the best song ever written about the State of Texas. Mr. Fromholz is our current Texas Poet Laureate. Learn more about Mr. Fromholz by visiting www.stevenfromholz.com.

But a cowboy's life was lonely, and his lot was not the best
But if it hadn't been for men like me, there wouldn't be no west. (Man with the Big Hat -SF)

Previously Featured Artists

IT,IT Site Links
Song List Page

Links to Other Sites
C-FB Educational Foundation
Center For Texas Music History
Texas Music Office
Texas Music Museum
Texas History & Culture
Buddy Holly Museum
Brian Burns
Brook Tribute to Brian Burns
Woody Guthrie
Gruene Hall

The Brook@Blalack | Table of Lessons | Song List | Featured Artists

Be an In Tune, In Texas Contributor. Email us the title of your favorite song about Texas or ideas for using Texas music in the classroom. Thanks to Dustin for recommending Bowling for Soup's Come Back to Texas! I'll Take Texas!

May 13, 2008 marks the third annual Texas Heritage Day at Blalack Middle School. Texas Poet Laureate, Steven Fromholz, Austin's Bob Livingston and Denton's Donal Hinely will share stories and songs. Texas heritage is Texas music, and Blalack is indeed honored to have these Texas artists present at this year's Texas Heritage Day.

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Texian Boys

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What's on the playlist?
Ballad of the Alamo
Deguello
Goliad
Yellow Rose of Texas
Travis's Letter
Green Leaves of Summer
Billy in the Low Ground

Unit One: Regional Geography
Unit Two: The First Texans
Unit Three: Exploration & Colonization
Unit Four: The Texas Revolution
Unit Five: Forming the Republic & Early Statehood
Unit Six: Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit Seven: Texas Frontier & the Impact of Industry
Unit Eight: 20th Century Texas

In Tune, In Texas brings Texas music to all areas of the Texas history/geography curriculum.*
In Tune, In Texas is committed to providing students opportunities to experience the rich variety of music native to Texas, music brought to Texas by immigrant groups and music written to celebrate the Great State of Texas.
C-FB TV Report on In Tune, In Texas

IT,IT  continues to round up lots of Texas tunes and hitchin'em to the curriculum. Your input would be a great big Texas help, so email us the titles of your favorite songs about Texas. Who knows, maybe you'll get yourself listed as a genuine contributor to In Tune, In Texas!

Thank You Carrollton - Farmers Branch Education Foundation!
In Tune, In Texas would like to express a "Deep In The Heart" felt thanks to the Carrollton - Farmers Branch ISD Educational Foundation for its generous support. Funding provided by the Educational Foundation is being used to build a digital library of songs that enhance the Texas history curriculum. The digital library will be catalogued according to the C-FB ISD Community of Learners and stored on a portable digital media system to allow for easy sharing between all classroom teachers. Thank you Educational Foundation for this unique opportunity to reach young Texans

*In Tune, In Texas is developed and maintained to meet the needs of the 7th grade Texas history classroom as expressed by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS.) The songs are organized by the Carrollton-Farmers Branch I.S.D. Community of Learners (on-line curriculum,) but it is the hope of this site that all students and teachers of Texas history find In Tune, In Texas useful in their efforts to more fully understanding the personality of the Great State of Texas!

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