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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – With the excitement of being led and taught by renowned professional music educators, five Lincoln University students flew to South Bend, Indiana to attend the Conn-Selmer Institute.
The Conn-Selmer Institute (CSI) provides an educational center, ongoing reference source, and support network for the professional growth of music educators. It also supports college students entering the music education field as they bridge the gap between their university training and their first professional experiences.
Music education students D’Angelo Cooper, Quinten Farr, Jameel Judge, Emmanuel Philor and Khyle Wooten attended the Institute along with Music Education Coordinator at Lincoln University, Dr. Christine Limb, from June 6 – 9, 2010, at Notre Dame University.
The CSI Director of Educational Outreach contacted Dr. Alvin Amos, chair of the Lincoln University Department of Visual and Performing Arts. He offered five Lincoln University students a full scholarship to the summer program. Their scholarships included tuition, meals, and housing at Notre Dame University.
With the support of Professor H. Wade Johnson and the senior secretaries of the Department of Visual and Performing Art, Dr. Limb worked through the multi-layered steps of completing lengthy student and faculty applications and the travel arrangements for the five students.
Each day of the institute was filled with sessions covering a wide range of music education topics, including recruitment and retention, instrumental and vocal methods, classroom management, pedagogical literature, ethnic music, drum circles, and arranging.
“There was a nice assortment of activities for all grade levels,” said Dr. Limb. “I was so impressed with the high quality of sessions. Our students represented Lincoln University so well and networked with professionals from all over the country.”
The staff of the institute was comprised of music educators from many universities and schools, including Ohio State, Butler, and Pennsylvania State Universities.
A “field trip” to the famous instrument factories in Elkhart, IN allowed the students to learn how brass and woodwind instruments are made. The trip also included a tour of the corporate office of Conn-Selmer, Inc., a leading manufacturer in musical instruments.
Participants came from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii. Lincoln University students met music teachers and professors with varying backgrounds, experience, and knowledge.
“Simply put, it was breathtaking,” said Kyle Wooten, bass leader in the Lincoln University Concert Choir. “It opened up my eyes to how vast the musical world is.”
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Lincoln University – founded in 1854 as the nation’s first Historically Black University – combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society. The University enrolls approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students.
Internationally recognized for preparing learners and producing world-class leaders in their fields, Lincoln has created five academic Centers of Excellence-programs of distinctions. They are: Lincoln-Barnes Visual Arts, Grand Research Educational Awareness and Training (GREAT) for Minority Health, Mass Communications, Teacher Education and Urban Pedagogy and Business and Inform ation Technology.