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Are you a high school student interested in learning what it's like to work at a radio station?Then apply for Texas Public Radio's Camp KPAC, a week-long summer enrichment camp where you can gain hands-on radio broadcasting experience.KPAC's Nathan Cone and James Baker will teach campers basic techniques for music recording, editing and production. Students will also hone their interviewing skills and learn how to write and edit copy for radio. Campers will also be taught how to work a digital audio board and learn radio announcing techniques.At the end of the week, campers will use the still the skills they learn to interview and record a student musician in the KPAC studios to produce a broadcast quality segment that may be featured on Classical Spotlight or on tpr.org.Camp KPAC information:Dates: The next dates for Camp KPAC have yet to be decided.Cost: FreeEligible Students: High school students, grades 9-12 during the 2011-2012 school yearSpace Available: 6 participantsFor more information: Contact Texas Public Radio's Classical Music Programming Director Nathan Cone at nathan@tpr.org or call the station at (210) 614-8977.

The Talented Darian Thomas Shares His Passion For The Arts

Texas Public Radio | By Jillian Kouzel

Published July 19, 2013 at 12:29 PM CDT

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Jillian Kouzel

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Jillian Kouzel

[Editor's note: This report was produced by a student at Camp KPAC 2013, a week-long workshop to teach radio skills to area high school students.]

Nineteen-year-old Darian Thomas studies at the University of the Incarnate Word, and has ambitious plans for his life. Born into a musical family, surrounded by the arts, Thomas noted that “music just came naturally,” and discovered this at a very young age.

Predominantly a violinist, Thomas plays in multiple groups around San Antonio, including YOSA (Youth Orchestras of San Antonio), the pit orchestra at The Playhouse SA, and quartets for entertainment around town. Throughout his musical journey, Thomas discovered a passion for composition, and mainly performs his own works for audiences, including “Rant” and “For Rachel,” as heard during this interview. He also enjoys singing in the Incarnate Word Choir, and aspires to be a professor of music, teaching composition or conducting, at a university on the East Coast or in France.