OKLAHOMA CITY — For five years, Chris Schaefer worked as a disc jockey, and he had studied nightlife enough to know he wanted a career in the music industry.
The 25-year-old Oklahoma City man had his future planned out: He’d move to Great Britain and attend the award-winning Academy of Contemporary Music and use what he learned as a springboard into a music-related job. Then he found out he could do the same thing in his own city.
Last year, the ACM partnered with the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond to open the music school’s first U.S. venture. Known formally as ACM@UCO and informally as the “School of Rock,” the school will offer two-year degrees to students wanting to enter the music industry and opened its doors to about 160 students Monday.
The annual tuition and fee costs for an in-state student will be about $6,800, the same as for a regular UCO student.
