From NewsOK:

A music trail featuring interpretive markers across Oklahoma with information about artists, composers and performers who have ties to the state would bring in thousands of visitors each year, a proponent of the plan said Monday.

The trail is an effort to showcase Oklahoma’s musicians and is part of a multimillion-dollar expansion plan by the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum that would provide more than 10 times the space for the Muskogee facility.

Max Boydstun, president of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s board, presented the plan Monday to several legislators and state agency representatives at the state Capitol.

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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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From The Associated Press:

Grand-opening festivities are set for the University of Central Oklahoma’s Academy of Contemporary Music, also known as the “School of Rock.”

The first ACM in the U.S. will celebrate Wednesday with a free public concert at the United Way Plaza in the Bricktown district in Oklahoma City. The concert will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and feature Oklahoma City-based bands The Uglysuit, Mama Sweet and Rainbows are Free.

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