TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Over the past 13 years, The University of Texas at Tyler's School of Performing Arts has seen steady growth in enrollment and its programs, according to school director Dr. Sarah Roberts."With more students and more recognition and visibility, we're able to offer more things," Roberts said Wednesday.

She said increasing student numbers have expanded ensemble sizes from a single collaborative wind group into two full concert bands, larger musical theater casts and a new string program.

As we celebrate arts and education week, today we talked to Dr. Sarah Roberts who is the director of the school of performing arts at the University of Texas at Tyler.