Head of music ed group to visit KU

Lynn M. Brinckmeyer, president of the Music Educators National Conference and alumna of Kansas University, will return to campus April 25-27 as part of a lecture series sponsored by KU’s student chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.

While at KU, Brinckmeyer will give lectures on choral literature and teaching music. She also will be a guest clinician for the division of choral music, part of KU’s School of Fine Arts.

Her presentation, “Touch a Life: Teach Music,” will take place at 8 p.m. April 26, in 575 Murphy Hall. A reception sponsored by KU’s student chapter of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference will follow.

Brinckmeyer is an assistant professor of music and director of choral music education at Texas State University. She teaches courses in choral music education and directs the University Singers. She has a bachelor’s in education and master’s in music education from Eastern New Mexico University. She earned her doctorate in music education from KU in 1993.