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UCO School of Rock seeks to make Bricktown a music hub

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From NewsOK:

While rock bands rang in the grand opening of the University of Central Oklahoma’s Academy of Contemporary Music from Bricktown’s United Way Square on Wednesday, civic and education officials sang the school’s praises in its newly renovated high-tech home on the fourth floor of the Oklahoma Hardware building.

There also were many plaudits aimed at ACM@UCO Chief Executive Officer Scott Booker, the man most responsible for bringing the first authorized U.S. version of the prestigious British academy to Oklahoma.

“I mean this guy is going to do for music in Oklahoma what Alan Freed did for rock ’n’ roll in Cleveland,” UCO President W. Roger Webb said of Booker during the grand opening ceremonies.

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