Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)

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It is a disorganized mess and the employees, Logozzo and Logan, who have openly defied the administration and their fellow staff and ignored state and federal guidelines, are still harming students and running the program into the ground. Losing 10 of the 18 long established and award winning ensembles is criminal! Time for some real reorganization and termination of the employees that should have been gone long ago!
  • 01-09-2021, 03:53 PM
    Soapboxmom
    re: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)
    Dallas College - Eastfield Campus Choral Music, 3737 Motley Dr, Mesquite, TX (2021)

    Dallas College Eastfield Campus has students transferring and doing incredibly well. Choir Director Melinda Imthurn was invited to conduct in Carnegie hall and has students making All-State choir. Her Dallas Women's Choir is tremendous. All choral activity at Dallas College should be under he fine leadership!
  • 01-11-2021, 08:35 PM
    Soapboxmom
    re: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)
    Quote:
    NASM: We have met with our administration and with the National Association of Schools of Music officials to go to the next step in our accreditation process under the new name of the college campus. We needed to resign our accreditation as Richland College Music because of the name change and will be reapplying and processing our accreditation with NASM as Dallas College Richland Campus due only to the new structural change in our district and name. I am very excited that we will be finalizing this step once we are all back on campus under normal conditions in the new structure.
    This is the version of events Derrick Logozzo is publishing in his weekly Music Department Update. The very top administrator that has called me several times in the past two years and spoken to me at length promised to make substantial changes to the music department. The predatory advising will not be tolerated and records are being pulled again as Donna Walker tragically lost her life to cancer this past summer and was not able to monitor the music advising as she had intended. It was indicated to me that the college would not be pursing NASM accreditation again as all 7 campuses would have to go through the process and it is extremely costly and not necessary for a very small community college program such as these 7 campuses host. The administration expects that going forward only students that are qualified are to be accepted as music majors and they are to be graduated with an Associates in 2 years and helped to transfer with only hours that are on their degree plan. Space for community members will be kept available. Dallas College is one college and it has 7 campuses that all host music classes and I was led to believe that redundant and poorly run parts of the programs will be eliminated.

    The schedule has already been drastically cut across the board and there will be more to come as I was promised that this was the perfect time to fix the glaring issues in the Richland Campus Music Department as we transition to one unified college. Music students may well be taking classes at more than one campus as this continues. Dallas College Richland Campus does not stand alone and cannot be accredited as a separate entity as students can take classes at all of the Dallas College Campuses. Faculty and staff across the campuses have been axed as the programs are combined and streamlined in this time of decreasing budgets. We now have a Provost and numerous new Vice Provosts under her for each academic area that was formerly under the deans of the individual colleges.

    The other 6 campuses have been following degree plans / Guided Pathways and putting students in college level Music Theories 1-4 and a single private lesson (MUAP) and a single ensemble (MUEN) each semester for only the two years the program is designed for. Associate's Degrees are 60 credit hours plus piano classes 1-4 may be advisable and 4 credits of recital that is normally required should be taken. That alone is 68 hours of the 66 maximum that will transfer.

    The 3-5 year 100-161 credit hour party at Richland is now over! The administration will also be looking at the deplorable graduation rate, transfer rate and completion of Bachelor's Degree numbers. The folks I have been communicating with in the administration encouraged me to contact them any time any further issues should come up. It is well known that communication needs to be improved and I was assured that this would be addressed. I expect the programs at all the campuses to be much smaller and micro-focused as this new college is put together to best serve the students and taxpayers.

    All attempted hours count. Students must remember that out of state tuition starts at 150 credit hours and financial aid ends at 180 hours. No one should leave Richland Campus with more than say 70 hours. Transfer students usually end up having to take more hours when they transfer than is on the degree plan and many change majors. Until everything is fully implemented students need to be extra careful to double check everything. They should always talk to the schools they wish to transfer to and be sure they are good candidates to get accepted. Career Services, the Transfer Center and the real advisors in Thunderduck Hall should be consulted before one registers for a single credit hour. The predatory music advisors at the Richland Campus cannot be trusted as the records posted here clearly demonstrate!

    Guided Pathway Map View – Guided Pathways – Dallas College
  • 01-13-2021, 03:53 PM
    Soapboxmom
    re: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)
    In today's ridiculous missive:
    Quote:
    From: Logozzo, Derrick [mailto:DerrickLogozzo@dcccd.edu]
    Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 10:33 AM
    To: Logozzo, Derrick
    Subject: Credit Registration Deadline tonight for empty schedules

    ........Richland Music Performance Calendars
    Concert and Recital Series – Music at Richland – Dallas College........
    Quote:
    .....the Music Department includes presentations and performances on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in Fannin Performance Hall unless noted otherwise. All recitals are free to the general public. The recital schedule is subject to change.
    Date Performance Location
    January 19 Music Department Orientation Fannin Performance Hall
    January 26 Richland Faculty Jazz Group Fannin Performance Hall
    February 2 Master Class Fannin Performance Hall
    February 9 Richland Voice Faculty Fannin Performance Hall
    February 16 Guest Presentation Fannin Performance Hall
    February 23 Guest Presentation Fannin Performance Hall
    March 2 Richland Percussion Group and Steel Band Fannin Performance Hall
    March 9 Richland Chamber String Ensembles Arena Theater, F-108
    March 23 Richland Wind Symphony and Chamber Ensembles Fannin Performance Hall
    March 30 Richland Jazz Ensembles Fannin Performance Hall
    April 6 Richland Instrumental Faculty Arena Theater, F-108
    April 13 Richland Guitar Ensemble Fannin Performance Hall
    April 20 Richland Opera Scenes Fannin Performance Hall
    April 27 Richland String Orchestras and Chamber Ensembles Fannin Performance Hall
    May 4 Vocal Honors Recital Fannin Performance Hall
    Thursday, May 6 Instrumental Honors Recital Fannin Performance Hall

    For more information about the Recital Series, contact professor, Melissa Logan, 972-238-6284.

    Contact Derrick Logozzo at 972-238-6254, derricklogozzo@dcccd.edu for more information
    Date Performance Location Time
    Tuesday, March 23 Spring Symphonic Instrumental Concert 1: Night Colors
    Wind Symphony, String Orchestras, Chamber Ensembles    		 Fannin Performance Hal 7:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, March 30 Spring Richland Jazz Showcase: Night on the Town
    Faculty Jazz, Jazz Combos, Fusion Band, Big Band Jazz Ensemble    		 Fannin Performance Hal 7:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, April 13 Spring Richland Guitar Ensemble Concert: Fires of Paradise Fannin Performance Hal 7:30 p.m.
    Saturday, April 17 Carnival of Steel Festival Guest Artist Concert: Pan Jazz II with the Richland Steel Sound Steel Band
    $10 Admission
    Guest Artist Performance Demo Clinic, 5 p.m., Fannin Hall, $5 Admission    		 Fannin Performance Hal 8 p.m.
    Friday, April 23 Spring Richland Choral Concert
    Chamber Singers & Jazz Singers    		 Fannin Performance Hal 7:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, April 27 Spring Symphonic Instrumental Concert 2: Capturing a Legacy
    Wind Symphony, String Orchestras, Chamber Ensembles    		 Fannin Performance Hal 7:30 p.m.
    Friday, April 30 Spring Richland Opera Concert Fannin Hall, F-176 7:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, May 4 Spring World Beat Concert: Drumming from Another World
    Richland Percussion Group [RPG] & Steel Bands    		 Fannin Performance Hall 7:30 p.m.
    Wednesday, May 5 Spring Student Composer's Concert: New Music Richland
    Works composed by students of Professor Omar Surillo    		 Fannin Performance Hall 7:30 p.m.
    Saturday, May 8 Richland Music Season Finale Concert
    Wind Symphony, String Orchestra, Chamber Singers
    $10 Admission    		 Fannin Performance Hall 7:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, August 3 Richland Summer Sounds Showcase Concert
    Community Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, Chamber Ensembles & Soloists
    $10 Admission    		 Fannin Performance Hall 7:30 p.m.
    Quote:
    MUSI-9176-82001 (1298401)
    Recital
    Add to Cart    		 INET
    INET
    M T W R F S U    		 McCampbell, Cynthia / Vita (PDF) RLC
    1    		 Jan 19, 2021
    May 13, 2021
    (16 weeks)
    Open Seats: 24
    Capacity: 25    		 eCampus
    Internet Based    		 Course Description
    Find Class Availability
    Class Syllabus (PDF)
    Textbook InfoTextbook Info for MUSI-9176-82001open in a new window
    Logozzo needs to remove the concert schedules from his emails and online. The campus is closed. 4 of the jazz ensembles, the chamber brass, the chamber woodwinds, the guitar ensemble and the Percussion Group were pulled so they won't be performing. Opera was not offered and it should never have been. Brookhaven has an excellent program and that is plenty of spots in the college for opera (which is extraordinarily competitive and almost impossible to find gainful employment from.) Composition class was also pulled, so that evening performance like most of the rest will not happen.

    Melissa Logan is no longer in charge of recital. Recital was given to a much more qualified adjunct and then Dallas College foolishly removed it from the schedule last week (even though students are required to take recital for each semester of their Freshman and Sophomore years.) The program is a disorganized disaster.
  • 01-14-2021, 08:29 PM
    Soapboxmom
    re: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)
    A trusting student contacted a professor they knew in the music department to get help signing up for a piano class only. Derrick Logozzo stepped in and put the student into a piano class and his Steel Band. Again, he is putting students in his own classes to fill chairs. This student is no longer a music major and cannot afford to take a single extra credit hour that is not on their degree plan or Guided Pathway. This student was never qualified to do a music degree to begin with and had already been seriously harmed by Logozzo putting them in numerous credit hours that they will not be able to apply to anything.

    Exhausting financial aid and landing students in out of state tuition is predatory. Students need to be gaining skills that will lead to gainful employment. A single music class as CE is a nice break. Multiple hours of chair filling is keeping students from coursework that will benefit them.

    This student just wanted to learn a little more about music and take some piano. A kind fellow student encouraged that student to take only the piano class and do so as Continuing Ed. Students have been conned and used for years by Logozzo and Logan. These predatory advisors need to be terminated!

    Derrick Logozzo is not supposed to be registering people per the VP. He constantly deluges students and former students with emails to hound them into music classes. This student is not a music major any longer and should always take music classes as CE to avoid accruing hours that apply to nothing (except exhausting financial aid and in-state tuition eligibility.)

    Richland VP Donna Walker states in writing in July 2019:
    Quote:
    Music coordinators have been instructed to follow the Guided Pathway and may not require students to enroll in courses outside of the Guided Pathway.The Guided Pathway indicates that students are not required to enroll in more than 4 semester credit hours MUEN and 8 semester credit hours MUAP to complete that component of the Field of Study in Music....
    Concern: Derrick Logozzo is registering students in excessive hours in music ensembles. Should students choose to take additional courses, they have the option to enroll in continuing education sections of MUEN and MUAP and not accrue credit hours...Student enrollments will continue to be monitored to ensure alignment with the Guided Pathway.
    Student enrollments will continue to be monitored to ensure alignment with the Guided Pathway...

    Music faculty are the content experts and will only advise students for music courses. Music faculty will not register students for music or core classes.Guided Pathway advisors will be available for students to be advised for core classes prior to enrolling in music classes. Students and Guided Pathway advisors will register students for music and core classes.
  • 01-18-2021, 12:33 PM
    Soapboxmom
    re: Kilgore College Hires Derrick Logozzo (Dallas College / DCCCD Richland Music Advisor Out of State Tuition Scam)
    Dallas College fail.... 10 of the 18 ensembles at the Richland Campus were removed from the schedule early on January 8th. I signed up for 3 of those. When I saw them disappear I dropped one of the ensembles as I knew it would be cancelled and changed over to a full hour private lesson with that incredible professor. That group had already planned to keep the band together through private lessons and recording.

    Today, I open up Blackboard and even though those ensemble classes have obviously been cancelled, they all still show as open and starting tomorrow. In Econnect they show on my class schedule. I contacted the other student in the class that had not gotten together and made plans yet. They had no idea that the class had been cancelled 10 days ago. They would have driven up to campus on the first day (tomorrow) for a class that doesn't exist. None of us were ever notified or refunded.

    Dallas College is a disorganized mess and the predatory advisors are still there harming the trusting students.

    Current Schedule
    Term Course-Number-Section (Reg #)
    Title    		 Class Meeting Information Faculty Capacity/Availability Location
    Credits    		 Start/End
    Date    		 Last Date to Drop Without a Grade Status Co-req
    Sections    		 Prereq.
    met    		 Class
    Features

















    All MUAP courses require co-enrollment in MUSI 9176 and at least 1 instrumental ensemble.


































    All MUAP courses require co-enrollment in MUSI 9176 and at least 1 instrumental ensemble.
    2021SP
    		 MUEN-1123-82001 (1299570)
    Band
    		 F176 LAB
    T R
    12:30PM 01:50PM

    		Capacity - 25
    Availability - 23
    		 RLC
    1.00    		 01/19/21
    05/13/21
    		 02/01/21
    		 Pending
    NOTE: Jazz Combo. Audition required. Contact Coordinator Derrick Logozzo at 972.238.6254, derricklogozzo@dcccd.edu for information.
    2021SP
    		 MUEN-2123-82001 (1299816)
    Lab Band
    		 F170 LAB
    T R
    10:00AM 11:20AM

    		Capacity - 25
    Availability - 22
    		 RLC
    1.00    		 01/19/21
    05/13/21
    		 02/01/21
    		 Pending
    NOTE: Fusion Band. Contact Coordinator Derrick Logozzo, 972.238.6254, derricklogozzo@dcccd.edu for information.













    My Class Schedule: Results


    To view your class details follow the link under the first column.


    ID: Name: Heather

    Term
    Spring 2021
    Total Registered Credits 8.00
    Total Registered CEUS 0.00
    Course-Number-Section (Reg #)
    Title    		 Class Meeting Information Faculty Capacity/Availability Location
    Credits/CEUS    		 Term Start/End
    Date    		 Co-req
    Sections    		 Prereq.
    met    		 Other
    Charges    		 Class
    Features    		 Important
    Dates
    MUEN-2123-82001 (1299816)
    Lab Band    		 F170 LAB
    T R
    10:00AM 11:20AM

    		Capacity - 25
    Availability - 22
    		 RLC
    1.00    		 2021SP
    		 01/19/21
    05/13/21
    		 IncludED 70% Refund Date: 02/04/21
    25% Refund Date: 02/10/21
    Last Day to Drop: 04/15/21
    Progress Reporting Period 1: 02/14/21 - 02/27/21
    Progress Reporting Period 2: 03/14/21 - 03/27/21
    NOTE: Fusion Band. Contact Coordinator Derrick Logozzo, 972.238.6254, derricklogozzo@dcccd.edu for information.
    MUEN-1123-82001 (1299570)
    Band    		 F176 LAB
    T R
    12:30PM 01:50PM

    		Capacity - 25
    Availability - 23
    		 RLC
    1.00    		 2021SP
    		 01/19/21
    05/13/21
    		 IncludED 70% Refund Date: 02/04/21
    25% Refund Date: 02/10/21
    Last Day to Drop: 04/15/21
    Progress Reporting Period 1: 02/14/21 - 02/27/21
    Progress Reporting Period 2: 03/14/21 - 03/27/21
    NOTE: Jazz Combo. Audition required. Contact Coordinator Derrick Logozzo at 972.238.6254, derricklogozzo@dcccd.edu for information.
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