Curtis Peoples
Curtis L. Peoples, Ph. D., CA, has been involved in music for over four decades. He is an active musician, a graduate, and a former instructor of the Sound Technology program at South Plains College. Curtis has worked in several recording studios and has been a production manager for many events. He plays live, writes, and records music in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Curtis Peoples hosts the Music Crossroads of Texas Radio program on KTTZ 89.1 and KNCH 90.1. In 2017 he began teaching the history of West Texas Music for the Honors College at Texas Tech. In 2019, he began teaching American Media Studies and the History of Pacific Northwest Rock and Roll at Oregon Tech in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department. His research centers on music and place.
Curtis Peoples is available for professional music archive and appraisal services. With over 25 years of experience archiving music collections, he can help consult on the best practices and methods for preserving your music collection. He can also appraise your music collection for donation and market sale purposes and find a suitable archive or museum to house your collection permanently.
In 2001, Curtis helped launch the Southwest Music Archive in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University. He served for twenty years as the archivist for the collection and ten years as the head of the Crossroads Recording Studio located in the Texas Tech Library.